Overview of GPS Family Services
An interesting fact: American users immediately buy an annual subscription to the GPS-tracking service for loved ones, Europeans prefer monthly payment. In Russia, most often they take service for a minimum period and pay per day. This is due to the fact that for our compatriots GPS technologies are still perceived as exotic and are used in special cases. For example, if the child went camping or went on vacation. There are two reasons for this:
Let's not be cunning, GPS monitoring of children is one of the areas of our work. Therefore, you have to closely monitor what competitors are doing and compare themselves with them. For example, today we will try to compare as objectively as possible the three GPS services - American, European and ourown .
The oldest American company that has been working in the direction of civilian GPS monitoring since 2007 and is affiliated with the telecom operator AT&T.
Device
Size and weight: 77 × 38 × 20mm, 67 g, several colors are available. Rechargeable battery 880 mAh, battery life up to 40 hours.
The
Tracking service is performed only in the interval mode, that is, the position is transmitted once every few minutes. Therefore, when viewing a story, instead of a “track”, a chronological set of points appears on the map.
Surveillance - through a Web portal or mobile application. All the "classic" functions for GPS tracking are present:
The coverage area is limited to the AT&T service area - that is, the service works only in the USA and Canada.
Additional functions: panic button to send a signal to parents (the message includes location information) and two-way voice communication (the child can call one preset number).
Price
The device itself in the United States can be bought for $ 125, but you need to add a mandatory activation payment of $ 19.99 and an agreement on an annual contract of $ 15 / month or $ 18 / month.
The Scandinavians are known for their craving for laconicism - just remember Ikea. This love at first sight betrays Swedish origin in the service. Trucks focused on GPS surveillance for children and pets. A classic startup story - the necessary amount of 50 k euros to launch on Kickstarter was collected in just a month. It turned out great.
Device
Size and weight: 38 × 55 × 10mm, 25 gr., Several colors to choose from. No buttons, microphones, display - just a beacon to determine the location. Non-removable battery. Unrecoverable U-MIM Gemalto card. Operating time - 1 day, which is not bad for a 515 mAh Li-pol battery.
Service:
Surveillance is as simple as possible - from the screen of a smartphone or tablet, through a proprietary mobile application.
Tracking only in the interval mode (interval of 5 minutes or more)
Coverage - Western Europe and North America (total 33 countries).
Additional functions: when you hover over the camera, you can see which side and at what distance the child is. Geofences, speeding control. A review of the story is limited to 36 hours.
Price The
price of the device is € 199 / $ 249, including a 2-year subscription. Service fee - $ 5 per month, starting from the third year. The board already includes GSM-communication services, which operates in a single roaming-free space in 33 countries.
As already mentioned, in Russia the market is smaller than in Europe or the USA, therefore there are no services tailored strictly for children. But still the topic is presented quite tightly. We have a similar product called "WhereChildren" and is quite popular, despite the fierce competition with mobile operators (we will also talk about the differences with them on occasion).
Device
Beacon of the second generation. Size and weight: 68.5 × 38.5 × 23.5 mm, 60 g. Black plastic case. Waterproof. Operating time - up to 7 days.
Service
Mobile application, monitoring from mobile devices or from a desktop computer. Tracking in continuous and interval modes. Storage of history up to 3 years.
Greater functionality that can be used to monitor not only children, but also employees, for example. Control of geofences, notification of events, monitoring of compliance with traffic rules, distribution of tasks, etc.
Price
8900 costs tracker + monthly fee from 0 rubles.
- Devices are too expensive. If in the West gadgets are often bought out of curiosity and regularly change one toy for another, then with us these expenses are still the lot of the elite.
- In Russia, there are simply no beautiful devices. For the most part, they look so boring and uninteresting that they do not cause mothers any desire to attach such a thing to their child.
Let's not be cunning, GPS monitoring of children is one of the areas of our work. Therefore, you have to closely monitor what competitors are doing and compare themselves with them. For example, today we will try to compare as objectively as possible the three GPS services - American, European and our
AmberAlertGPS , USA
The oldest American company that has been working in the direction of civilian GPS monitoring since 2007 and is affiliated with the telecom operator AT&T.
Device
Size and weight: 77 × 38 × 20mm, 67 g, several colors are available. Rechargeable battery 880 mAh, battery life up to 40 hours.
The
Tracking service is performed only in the interval mode, that is, the position is transmitted once every few minutes. Therefore, when viewing a story, instead of a “track”, a chronological set of points appears on the map.
Surveillance - through a Web portal or mobile application. All the "classic" functions for GPS tracking are present:
- geofence control,
- over speed,
- informing about the status of the device, etc.
The coverage area is limited to the AT&T service area - that is, the service works only in the USA and Canada.
Additional functions: panic button to send a signal to parents (the message includes location information) and two-way voice communication (the child can call one preset number).
Price
The device itself in the United States can be bought for $ 125, but you need to add a mandatory activation payment of $ 19.99 and an agreement on an annual contract of $ 15 / month or $ 18 / month.
Trax , Sweden
The Scandinavians are known for their craving for laconicism - just remember Ikea. This love at first sight betrays Swedish origin in the service. Trucks focused on GPS surveillance for children and pets. A classic startup story - the necessary amount of 50 k euros to launch on Kickstarter was collected in just a month. It turned out great.
Device
Size and weight: 38 × 55 × 10mm, 25 gr., Several colors to choose from. No buttons, microphones, display - just a beacon to determine the location. Non-removable battery. Unrecoverable U-MIM Gemalto card. Operating time - 1 day, which is not bad for a 515 mAh Li-pol battery.
Service:
Surveillance is as simple as possible - from the screen of a smartphone or tablet, through a proprietary mobile application.
Tracking only in the interval mode (interval of 5 minutes or more)
Coverage - Western Europe and North America (total 33 countries).
Additional functions: when you hover over the camera, you can see which side and at what distance the child is. Geofences, speeding control. A review of the story is limited to 36 hours.
Price The
price of the device is € 199 / $ 249, including a 2-year subscription. Service fee - $ 5 per month, starting from the third year. The board already includes GSM-communication services, which operates in a single roaming-free space in 33 countries.
Where are My , Russia
As already mentioned, in Russia the market is smaller than in Europe or the USA, therefore there are no services tailored strictly for children. But still the topic is presented quite tightly. We have a similar product called "WhereChildren" and is quite popular, despite the fierce competition with mobile operators (we will also talk about the differences with them on occasion).
Device
Beacon of the second generation. Size and weight: 68.5 × 38.5 × 23.5 mm, 60 g. Black plastic case. Waterproof. Operating time - up to 7 days.
Service
Mobile application, monitoring from mobile devices or from a desktop computer. Tracking in continuous and interval modes. Storage of history up to 3 years.
Greater functionality that can be used to monitor not only children, but also employees, for example. Control of geofences, notification of events, monitoring of compliance with traffic rules, distribution of tasks, etc.
Price
8900 costs tracker + monthly fee from 0 rubles.