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TECH CorroboratedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

Location Tracking App

2
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 4w ago
see the posts →
2
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
19
rivals shipping · web scan
how verified →

In their words

"neither phone updates its location anymore" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Home Assistant Companion app — "neither phone updates its location anymore" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Restarting phones — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
Reinstalling Home Assistant app — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
Logging back in — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
Setting Location to Always — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

track location in home assistant

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $49.99/mo · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
55 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
1d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

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What the numbers suggest

19 rivals shipping (fact bar) how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
2 builder posts asking · 2 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
0 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 3 the month before see the curve → demand is cooling.
2 demand signals vs 19 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 31 days ago → conversation is quiet lately.

Signal history

4 tracked posts (2 asks · 2 product/news) first post May 2026 0 in the last 30 days
2026-05-01 · +1 post · 1 on record2026-06-28 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-07-08 · +1 post · 3 on record2026-07-22 · +1 post · 4 on record 4 0 May 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

3 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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