Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats Reviews – Page 6
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
Works Great!
tammynicole11
This works great it has survived swimming in the creek, running though soybeans and woods and her brothers! The only thing that I don’t like is the piece that secures the tracker on the dog collar. I feel like it could be more secure (I put hers in a pouch and attached to her collar because I’m afraid she will lose it. This is my first time using a tracker and it is simple and easy.
Tracker
Lolacats
My cats a roamer I can find him wherever he goes so much less worries that someone will dump him somewhere or send him to a shelter so many evil people around here
The battery life is awful
katepodell87
In the review it says it will last up to 7 days . It lasts up to a day and a half. Other than the crappy battery life it works well. The live tracking is good .
Works well in town.
J5thwheel
I just love the indicators for distance and direction to Marcella. That’s been more useful than the map. I wish live tracking would work more reliably. I tap it and it spins for maybe minute then gives up. I sometimes have to tap it 3 or four times before it will start live trading. There is no indication of whether it’s the cellular or GPS connection that’s not working. Quite often when this is happening my phone shows a.strong Verizon signal.
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. As of April 2018, I upgraded to new units and want to report that battery life has improved about 15%.
Best tracker
Debt boy
It work very nice.. although I believe they can do a better job on allowing the customer to select the fence instead of a big fixed fence. But overall the app and the sensor works very nice. I am extremely happy with it.
Bigger battery
Dennis stuff
Battery only last for about two days they need to come out with a collar with a larger battery or a larger tracker
Awesome
Geek-Squad
Had trouble at first but the company told me to do a reset and it’s been working perfectly
Peace of mind
OllieDolly
I love the ability I have to know where my cat is when he is outside. However, the double charge for the monthly fee bites. I must have missed that in my research but you're required to pay a monthly fee for $9.99 to the GPS provider and $5.99 to the tracking app.