Simple GPS Dashboard vs Daily Locator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple GPS Dashboard
This app displays essential location and orientation data from your mobile device. It offers a simple interface with day and night modes, and allows unit customization for speed and altitude. Note that accuracy depends on device hardware and environmental conditions.
- Location and orientation parameters
- Day and night display modes
- Customizable speed units (km/h, mp/h, knots)
- Customizable altitude units (meters, feet)
- Compass heading correction
- Accurate data display
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As its name says, this app represents a very simple dashboard with the most important information about location parameters your mobile device can provide. Although the application tries to show the most accurate data according to different situations - like correcting compass heading due to device rotation - please note that results still depend on your device's hardware and software capabilities and compass calibration. Readings highly depend on built-in hardware sensors and you could experience deviations (such as expected 10-20 degrees between GPS and magnetic heading). When you are in closed spaces such as buildings or tunnels, your GPS data like speed and location can only be retrieved from networking services and cannot be guaranteed as accurate. The purpose of the application is to show the most important location and orientation parameters as precisely as possible and in the most noticeable visual form. To keep things simple, there are two modes of information display - day and night. Switch between those using the button in the upper right corner. Change speed and altitude measuring units by just tapping the value on the dashboard. You can toggle between km/h, mp/h, and knots for speed, and meters and feet for altitude. Please note that this application could use your battery intensively to keep you up with information about location, speed, and other parameters. Turn off your device screen or quit the application to save energy when information is no longer needed. All settings are always remembered.
Daily Locator
Automatically log your daily locations, including city, state, and country. Manually add places, tag primary locations, and view your history on a map or list. Export your data for reports or backups, with a focus on user privacy.
- Automatic location detection
- Manual location entry
- Primary location tagging
- Map and list views
- PDF and CSV export
- Privacy-focused design
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Key Features: Automatic Logging: Detects your current location and fills in city, state, and country—instantly. Manual Entry: Add any place by searching or typing it in. Primary Location Tagging: Choose the most important location for each day. Map + List Views: Review your location history in a list or interactive map. PDF & CSV Export: Perfect for tax reports or personal backups. Built with Privacy in Mind: Your location data is yours alone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daily Locator at 100% against Simple GPS Dashboard's 50%. Daily Locator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Simple GPS Dashboard's advantage is update cadence (every 12 months vs every 56 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Simple GPS Dashboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Locator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Locator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple GPS Dashboard has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Simple GPS Dashboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Locator's.
Simple GPS Dashboard ships an update every 12 months, Daily Locator every 56 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple GPS Dashboard | Daily Locator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 56 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davor Pleskina | Erin Krentz |
Customer experience
Simple GPS Dashboard
Daily Locator
In-app purchases
Simple GPS Dashboard
- SGD - remove ADs$2.99
Daily Locator
No in-app purchases
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