Comparison

GPS vs Live GPS Mobile Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GPS

Record your outdoor activities like hiking, cycling, or driving with live route tracking. Monitor speed, altitude, and create custom map markers. Share your recorded routes with friends in various export formats.

Highlights
  • Live route tracking on map
  • Record speed and altitude
  • Create custom map markers
  • Pause and resume recordings
  • Export routes in KML, GPX, CSV
  • Share recordings with friends
Features
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Record your hikes, runs, bike rides and journeys with GPS-Tracker Pro. View your routes on the map, explore your stats and share your trips. All features: • GPS recording in the background • Pause and resume recording • Auto Pause when you stop moving • Distance, duration, moving time and idle time • Current, average and maximum speed, plus pace • Altitude, elevation gain and descent • Interactive speed, altitude and pace charts by time or distance • Standard, satellite and hybrid maps • Route colours based on speed • View all tracks together on one map • Markers with titles, notes and photos • Move markers on the map and change their colours • Search, rename and trim the beginning or end of tracks • Import GPX, KML and GTP files • Export as GPX, KML, CSV and GTP, optionally with photos in a ZIP • Share routes as map images with optional trip details • Widgets, Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported devices • Adjustable GPS accuracy and distance filter • Inactivity alerts, poor GPS signal alerts and regular status reports Background GPS use may reduce battery life.

About

Live GPS Mobile Tracker

Features
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Live GPS Mobile Tracker is an app that allows you to use your mobile device as a GPS tracker. It reports location to your own or hosted server with selected time intervals. By default application is configured to use free Live GPS Mobile Tracker service (IP: 85.214.119.254, port - 6055). To see your device on map register on http://demo.traccar.org/ and add your device with identifier. GPS IntTel Track (Server) is a free open source server that supports more than 80 different protocols and GPS tracking devices. NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

GPS4 screens
Live GPS Mobile Tracker1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Live GPS Mobile Tracker at 7.0 against GPS's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GPS versus Live GPS Mobile Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPSLive GPS Mobile Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarvin WagnerLive GPS

In-app purchases

None

GPS

No in-app purchases

None

Live GPS Mobile Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS free?
GPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live GPS Mobile Tracker free?
Live GPS Mobile Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GPS or Live GPS Mobile Tracker have ads?
Neither GPS nor Live GPS Mobile Tracker shows ads.

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