LocationNow vs Open Location
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocationNow
Monitor and manage IoT devices with real-time tracking, geofencing, and alert notifications. Configure devices remotely, view historical data, and generate reports for people and asset monitoring. Supports single and group device tracking.
- Real-time IoT device tracking
- Geofence creation for alerts
- Over-the-air device configuration
- Breadcrumb history visualization
- Report generation
- Single and group device support
- Satellite and normal map views
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LocationNow App is the ideal tool to monitor Laipac's IoT devices. This App provides real-time access to track the IoT devices, configure the IoT devices over the air, create geofences for exit and entry alerts, receive alerts, visualize breadcrumb history, create reports, and access critical information for people and asset monitoring. This App can track a single device and groups of devices. Install this App on your phone or tablet to protect your investment at your fingertips. What's New? • This version boasts a new look and functionality to help you stay connected to your devices (people and assets). • A sleek design and easy navigation • Smooth & fast transitions for an excellent in-app experience • Can locate a single device and group of devices, work with multiple geofences, generate visual breadcrumb trails, and manage device/user profiles. • Available in both Satellite view as well as Normal view.
Open Location
Seamlessly share locations between your favorite map and navigation apps. Easily send points of interest, contacts, or geo-tagged media to apps like Google Maps, Uber, or Outdooractive. Combine your existing navigation tools in novel ways.
- Share locations between different map apps
- Supports various data types (contacts, photos, GPX, KML)
- Integrates with numerous navigation and map services
- Streamlined iOS share extension
- Combines existing apps in new ways
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Map Switcher App in form of a streamlined iOS-share-extension. There are many good apps for navigation and map display. Unfortunately, it's currently not possible to exchange locations between different map apps. However, most apps offer the option to share a location. And that's precisely where this app comes in. You share a location and then select the "OPEN LOCATION" action provided by this app. EXAMPLE USAGE: I found a point of interest on Google Maps or Yelp. I share it via the "OPEN LOCATION..." action. Then I choose e.g. 'TomTom', because this might be my favorite app for car navigation. Or I could choose 'UBER' to order a ride. Or maybe 'Outdooractive' to hike to this location. Et cetera, etc... Everyone should be able to find good use of combining his/her existing apps with each other in new ways. SUPPORTED DATA TYPES: - contacts (vCard) - geo-tagged photos & movies - geo: links - GPX waypoints - ICS / ICAL events - KML placemarks - Plus Codes - textual coordinates - Wikipedia pages SUPPORTED APPS: - Apple Maps - Citymapper - CoMaps - Direkto - Google Earth - Google Maps - Guru Maps - here - Komoot - Lyft - Magic Earth - MapOut - maps.me - Organic Maps - OsmAnd Maps - Outdooractive - Pocket Earth - Scenic Motorcycle Navigation - Sygic - TomTom Go - UBER - Waze - What3Words - Wigemo - Yelp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open Location at 94% against LocationNow's 25%. Open Location also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). LocationNow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Open Location sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LocationNow asks for nothing beyond the download.
LocationNow ships an update every 8 months, Open Location every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LocationNow | Open Location |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laipac Technology Inc. | Michael Hoereth |
Customer experience
LocationNow
Open Location
In-app purchases
LocationNow
No in-app purchases
Open Location
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