Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats Reviews – Page 11
5/5 rating based on 109 reviews. Read all reviews for Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats for iPhone.
Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats is free iOS app published by tractive GmbH
Awesome device!
nitayy
It's so interesting to see where my kitten wonders each day! I can show up where she is when I want to... A great relief.
Simply just working for me
Meowchka
To be honest I am using this for my wonderful toddler and it is working wonderfully.
It's great
Water sleigh
I really love the tracker I feel very good having it for my dog. The live tracking works great! Their support is good when I needed a replacement tracker because the battery was not holding they were responsive and sent me a new tracker. I would recommend this to anyone.
Read my evaluation before buying any tracker device
Fast_Eagel01
All below applies, but in July 2017, I upgraded to the 3G version. Basically the same great performance as described below, but with better battery life & tracking granularity. Previously I bought the Garmin Tracker, when it first came out and for years I had no complaints. However, the third party providing the tracking service dropped out and I was forced to find a replacement. I tried several other devices and was pretty disappointed in either the hardware or tracking function. Before this device, the best was when I bought a couple of Pods and was pleased with the hardware, battery performance and ergonomics. However, the realtime tracking left lots to be desired. I have since heard the shortfall was in the tracking App which had been corrected (but have not verified). Web searches found dozens products promising everything I could want, but they are (still) in the development phase. Then I stumbled across Tractive, they offered a reduced price for purchasing a pair (I have two dogs) and the tracking service, not the least expensive I have seen, was reasonable when paying for two years in advance. Yes it was a risk on an unknown quantity, but it did workout for me. The device is very small and lightweight. Neither of my dogs notice it on their collars. I did have to get thinner collars before getting the retention clips (it comes with two sizes) to fit. So far they have been very secure (the company advertises a collar that fully encloses the device), but I would like to see how secure the clips are for dogs running through the brush. Battery life has been very good, about four days in the normal update mode. The App gives you a reading of battery status. Charging takes about 2.5 hours and is easy to connect to the charger. How often it updates position appears to be a function of how much they move around. When they are sleeping etc the update period can be as long as 20 minutes. Normal activities like walking it drops to every 5 minutes or so. The beauty of this device is the Live Tracking feature. While it pulls the battery down faster, it is the best reason to buy this device. It toggles on/off (remotely from the App) in less than a minute. Updates are once per second or so, if gives the unit's speed and height above sea-level (with the premium service) and the App map shows a solid red line of the pet's progress. Thus you can toggle Live Tracking on/off to conserve power. It is so accurate I could tell which side of the road they were walking on. It also proves a feature that turns on a small LED light so night location is easier. They advertise that rain does not affect the integrity of the unit. So far I am very satisfied with my purchase. As side note, when my wife drove to Ohio, the devices both functioned flawlessly the entire trip. I have heard stories of pets getting away at rest stops or follows accidents and not being found before the family had to stop looking. This device would reduce this risk. This portion is added on a few months after the original post. I took both dogs out to a heavily canopied forest. The live tracking option was virtually useless. I suspect the unit was not receiving GPS signals. After 15 minutes I turned the App off and let it run in the normal mode. In that configuration I would get periodic position reports. Not exactly what I hoped for, but good enough to reduce the search area.
Where did the option for playing a sound go?
bpenpeci
I can’t find the button that used to play a sound on the device. Happened after the update. ?!?!?!
Pretty happy
jennerjay
This was easy to use & easy to figure out. I am a premium member and have gotten quick feedback from help inquiries as well. I do wish there was a map that showed locations over the last year, as it would be a simple and fun recap to our adventures. I also wish the integrated Tractive Dog Walk app tracked the tracker rather than my phone- I don’t always want to bring my phone on our hikes but if I want the track of where we went, I have to.
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I could not get more then one person on it and it took forever to get it hooked up
Awesome GPS dog tracker
Michbex
Great improvement on the already awesome previous app! Happy user since day one. Still the best! recommend it!