Eos Tools Pro vs Beacons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eos Tools Pro
This utility app provides advanced GNSS information for high-precision receivers, crucial for GIS and surveying. It includes an NTRIP client for corrections, user-configurable alarms, and background operation with mapping software.
- Advanced GNSS information (RMS, PDOP, differential status)
- Built-in NTRIP client for RTK/DGNSS corrections
- User-configurable audible alarms
- Background operation with mapping software
- Satellite view for multiple constellations
- Orthometric Height and Position Shift computation
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Eos Tools Pro is a monitoring utility for the Arrow and Skadi series high precision GNSS receivers from Eos Positioning Systems. It provides advanced GNSS information such as RMS values, PDOP, differential status, satellites tracked and used, that are critical for submeter and centimeter GIS and surveying data collection. The app features a built-in end trip client to access RTK or DGNSS corrections from an RTK network. Eos Tools Pro also allows audible user configurable alarms and runs in the background of your mapping surveying software. Features: - Built-in NTRIP client to connect to an RTK Network - Displays GNSS and Tilt Compensation accuracy with quality control information - Select the Skadi Smart Handle mode: Extensible Virtual Range Pole™ or Invisible Range Pole™ - Satellite view for all constellations in use (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS and IRNSS) - User configurable alarms - Orthometric Height (Geoid models for vertical datum) - Compute and apply Position Shifts to accommodate different - Laser Offset Mapping for Esri ArcGIS® Field Maps - Locate and map underground utility assets directly in ArcGIS Field Maps - Terminal emulator to send configuration commands to the receiver - HTML5 built-in browser Disclaimer: "Continued use of Eos Tools Pro running in the background and connected to the GPS/GNSS receiver can dramatically decrease the battery life of your Apple device." Technical Support: For technical support, questions, feedback or bug reporting, please contact support@eos-gnss.com.
Beacons
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Beacons AR turns your favorite places into luminous columns of light you can see through your camera. Raise your phone and look around: each saved location — your home, your office, a viewpoint on a hike — rises into the sky as a glowing colored beam, so you always know which way it is and how far. • See your places as colored light beams in augmented reality • Add a beacon from your current location, by picking a point on the map, or by entering coordinates • Name them, color them, edit or remove them anytime • On-screen labels show each beacon's name; far-away places stay visible on the horizon • Great outdoors for hikes and panoramas, and around town Inspired by the waypoint beacons of adventure games, brought into the real world. Your beacons stay on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Beacons at every 10 days against Eos Tools Pro's every 2 months. Beacons also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eos Tools Pro ships an update every 2 months, Beacons every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eos Tools Pro | Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eos Positioning Systems | Jr Cabbry |
In-app purchases
Eos Tools Pro
No in-app purchases
Beacons
No in-app purchases
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