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Tracker price index

Every device this site covers, in one table, grouped by the only question that changes the answer: does it need a plan? 85 products, with live Amazon prices as of October 8, 2026.

Jump to the no-fee group See the 3-year cost breakdown

By Mike M.Last updated October 5, 2026

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A tracker's price tag tells you almost nothing about what it costs. One of the cheapest devices in this index is a cellular tracker listing under twenty dollars, and it is also among the most expensive things here to own: its maker publishes $12.95 a month for the service that makes it work, which is $466.20 of plan across three years before you count the hardware. Meanwhile the priciest item in the no-fee group costs its purchase price and then nothing, forever.

So this index is not sorted by price. It is grouped by funding model — four groups, in order of how much they ask of you after checkout — and every row shows the device price and the plan cost as two separate figures. They are deliberately never added together into a single number, because the plan total depends on a term length you choose and we are not going to put words in your mouth about it.

Device prices come straight from Amazon's product API and carry the date they were checked. They expire on their own after 48 hours: if the daily refresh stops, every number on this page disappears and the buttons revert to reading “Check price”. That is the design rather than a bug. A missing price is an inconvenience; a price that quietly rotted into fiction is a trust problem. Right now 79 of the 85 products below carry a verified live price.

Plan figures work differently. Each one is the brand's own published rate, read on a stated date and listed in the Sources block at the foot of this page. Where a brand publishes no rate at all, the cell says so rather than carrying a guess: AngelSense makes you request its monthly figure, and LandAirSea prints $8.95 a month in one product's own title while publishing nothing on a static page for the others. That silence is worth weighing before you commit to thirty-six months of payments.

One thing the table cannot show you: whether the company behind a plan will still be there to bill you. Two brands in the bottom group have already changed hands in a way that redirected their own website somewhere else. The brand directory covers who owns what, and the glossary unpacks the terms the spec sheets use.

45 products

No subscription, ever

Bluetooth crowd-network tags, radio direction-finding gear, holders, mounts and batteries. The purchase price is the whole cost of ownership, and nothing in this group can start billing you later.

Product	Plan	Plan cost / 3 yr	Device price
CR2032 coin cells (multi-pack) Amazon Basics Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$9.99Amazon
Apple AirTag (2nd generation) Apple Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$24.00Amazon
Apple AirTag 4-pack (2nd generation) Apple Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$89.00Amazon
Apple AirTag Leather Loop Apple Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$18.00Amazon
ATUVOS tracker tags (4-pack) ATUVOS Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$18.97Amazon
OBD port lock bbfly Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$59.90Amazon
OBD-II splitter extension cable bbfly Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$9.90Amazon
Chipolo CARD Chipolo Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$33.14Amazon
Chipolo LOOP Chipolo Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$33.15Amazon
Chipolo POP Chipolo Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$24.65Amazon
Waterproof bike mount for AirTag CITYWAY Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$8.49Amazon
DEWALT Tool Connect Tag DEWALT Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$32.10Amazon
Breakaway cat collar with AirTag holder Dgerp Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$5.40Amazon
AirTag card case for camera bags DLENP Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$5.99Amazon
AirTag wallet card case (2-pack) DLENP	No monthly fee $0	$0	$5.99Amazon
Dogtra Pathfinder 2 Dogtra Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	Check price →
Elevation Lab AirTag Surface for Milwaukee PACKOUT (4-pack) Elevation Lab Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$22.49Amazon
eMACROS dog GPS tracker, no subscription eMACROS Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$111.99Amazon
eufy SmartTrack Card E30 eufy by Anker Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$18.99Amazon
eufy SmartTrack Link (4-pack) eufy by Anker Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$36.99Amazon
Garmin Alpha TT 25 collar Garmin	No monthly fee $0	$0	$349.99Amazon
Garmin eTrex 32x Garmin Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$299.99Amazon
6-in-1 RF and tracker detector Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$37.97Amazon
AirTag adhesive mount Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$9.99Amazon
AirTag luggage lock case Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$9.43Amazon
AirTag wallet card insert Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$6.38Amazon
Hidden AirTag insole holder Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$13.59Amazon
Hidden AirTag tool mount Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$3.99Amazon
Ultra magnetic waterproof AirTag holder Generic Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$11.99Amazon
Girafus Pro-Track-tor cat finder Girafus Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$95.99Amazon
Waterproof AirTag dog collar holder (2-pack) GOCII Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$5.69Amazon
KeySmart SmartCard Gen 2 KeySmart Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$29.99Amazon
Knog Scout bike alarm and finder Knog Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$64.99Amazon
Faraday pouch for car keys lanpard Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$8.99Amazon
Marco Polo Advanced pet tracker Marco Polo Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$329.95Amazon
Milwaukee ONE-KEY Bluetooth tracking TAG Milwaukee Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	Check price →
AirTag keyring case (multi-pack) MOLOSLEEVE Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$4.99Amazon
Motorola Moto Tag 2 Motorola Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$37.99Amazon
Nutale Findthing key finder (4-pack) Nutale Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$16.99Amazon
Pebblebee Card 5 Pebblebee Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$31.99Amazon
Pebblebee Clip 5 Pebblebee Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$27.99Amazon
CR2477 coin cells (5-pack) Philips Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$13.99Amazon
Rolling Square AirCard Pro Dual Rolling Square Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0	$0	$39.99Amazon
Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 Samsung Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$52.78Amazon
Hidden luggage tracker for Find My Travel Depot Read the write-up	No monthly fee $0 + batteries	about $3 in coin cells	$17.38Amazon

4 products

Works free, sells you a plan

Finding the item costs nothing. The features the brand advertises hardest — location history, smart alerts, item reimbursement — sit behind a membership. Buyable with no intention of ever subscribing, as long as you know which half you are getting.

Product	Plan	Plan cost / 3 yr	Device price
Tile Mate Life360 Read the write-up	Optional plan $0, or from $9.99/mo	$0, or from $359.64 on the cheapest paid tier	$14.99Amazon
Tile Pro Life360 Read the write-up	Optional plan $0, or from $9.99/mo	$0, or from $359.64 on the cheapest paid tier	$34.20Amazon
Tile Slim Life360 Read the write-up	Optional plan $0, or from $9.99/mo	$0, or from $359.64 on the cheapest paid tier	$19.99Amazon
Tile Sticker Life360	Optional plan $0, or from $9.99/mo	$0, or from $359.64 on the cheapest paid tier	$24.99Amazon

5 products

Service prepaid, then billed

Sold as having no monthly fee, which is true in the narrow sense that no card gets charged every month: the service is paid into the purchase price. Month thirteen is a real cost and the box does not print it. Ask the renewal rate before you buy.

Product	Plan	Plan cost / 3 yr	Device price
AngelSense GPS tracker AngelSense Read the write-up	Bundled, then paid Yr 1 bundled	Not published by the brand	$619.00Amazon
FEELION hardwired tracker, no subscription FEELION Read the write-up	Bundled, then paid Service prepaid	Not published by the brand	$99.99Amazon
Magnetic no-monthly-fee vehicle tracker Generic Read the write-up	Bundled, then paid Service prepaid	Not published by the brand	$139.99Amazon
TuTrackAI OBD tracker TuTrackAI Read the write-up	Bundled, then paid Service prepaid	Not published by the brand	$85.46Amazon
VyncsPro 4G Vyncs Read the write-up	Bundled, then paid Service prepaid	Not published by the brand	$99.99Amazon

31 products

Dead without a plan

Cellular devices. There is a SIM inside and somebody has to pay a carrier for it, so the device price is a deposit rather than the cost. This is the group where sticker price misleads hardest and where the thirty-six-month arithmetic reorders everything.

Product	Plan	Plan cost / 3 yr	Device price
AMERICALOC GL300 MXW AMERICALOC	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$70.98Amazon
Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS + Cellular) Apple Read the write-up	Plan required Carrier line	Not published by the brand	$249.00Amazon
Bouncie OBD-II tracker Bouncie Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$89.99Amazon
Brickhouse Security Livewire Volt Brickhouse Security	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$14.20Amazon
Family1st portable vehicle tracker Family1st	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$9.99Amazon
Fi Series 3+ GPS dog collar Fi Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$90.30Amazon
Garmin Alpha 200i handheld Garmin Read the write-up	Plan required Plan for satellite	Not published by the brand	$697.00Amazon
Garmin inReach Mini 2 Garmin Read the write-up	Plan required Plan for satellite	Not published by the brand	$299.00Amazon
Halo Collar 5 Halo Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	Check price →
Invoxia GPS Tracker PRO Invoxia Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$99.00Amazon
LandAirSea 54 LandAirSea Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$14.95Amazon
LandAirSea 54 (Premium Edition) LandAirSea Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$29.95Amazon
LandAirSea Overdrive LandAirSea Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$49.95Amazon
LandAirSea Sync (OBD-II) LandAirSea Read the write-up	Plan required +$322 / 3 yr	$322.20	$24.95Amazon
MOTOsafety OBD tracker MOTOsafety Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	Check price →
Optimus 2.0 with magnetic case Optimus Tracker	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$19.95Amazon
Optimus GV75MG waterproof wired tracker Optimus Tracker Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$54.95Amazon
Optimus wired vehicle tracker Optimus Tracker Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$19.95Amazon
PAJ 4G tracker for kids and seniors PAJ GPS Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$23.99Amazon
Pawfit 3 pet GPS tracker Pawfit Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	Check price →
SecuLife medical alert pendant SecuLife Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$89.00Amazon
SpotOn Nova GPS dog fence SpotOn Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$999.00Amazon
Spy Tec GPS tracker, 140-day battery Spytec Read the write-up	Plan required +$466 / 3 yr	$466.20 at the annual rate	$49.95Amazon
Spytec GPS tracker (GL300 series) Spytec Read the write-up	Plan required +$466 / 3 yr	$466.20 at the annual rate	$16.95Amazon
SureSafe dementia GPS tracker SureSafe Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$149.92Amazon
Tracki Pro 4G Tracki	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$18.99Amazon
TrackmateGPS Mini PRO II with kill switch TrackmateGPS Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$64.95Amazon
Tractive Smart Cat GPS tracker Tractive Read the write-up	Plan required +$252 / 3 yr	$252 on Basic (a 2-year term at $144 plus a 1-year at $108)	$71.52Amazon
Tractive Smart Dog GPS tracker Tractive Read the write-up	Plan required +$252 / 3 yr	$252 on Basic (a 2-year term at $144 plus a 1-year at $108)	$47.40Amazon
Weenect Cat XS Weenect Read the write-up	Plan required Plan required	Not published by the brand	$44.99Amazon
Whistle GO Explore Whistle	Plan required Brand absorbed	Not published by the brand	$89.99Amazon

#ad · Device prices are live from Amazon's product API, as of October 8, 2026, and we earn a commission when you buy through them — full disclosure here. Where there is no verified live price we show none. Plan costs are the brands' own published rates, cited below.

What to do with this

A price index checks a decision. It does not make one

If you already know what shape of device you need, this table tells you what it runs today and what the plan adds. If you do not, start from what the tracker has to do and work back to the group it belongs in — the pages below do that in order.

The three-year cost table How to choose a tracker Trackers with no monthly fee

Where the figures came from

Sources

Every specification and plan price on this page traces to one of these, read on the date shown. Device prices are live from Amazon and stamped separately.

Life360 — membership pricing (Silver $9.99, Gold $16.99, Platinum $24.99 per month) — accessed 2026-10-05
Tractive — subscription plans (Basic $9/mo 1-year, $6/mo 2-year; Premium $10/$7/$5) — accessed 2026-10-05
Spytec GPS — plan pricing ($14.95/mo monthly, $12.95/mo paid annually) — accessed 2026-10-05
Bouncie — pricing page (subscription required per device, no contract) — accessed 2026-10-05
LandAirSea — service plans — accessed 2026-10-05
AngelSense — pricing plans explained ($59 activation on month-to-month; rates not published) — accessed 2026-10-05
Amazon Product Advertising / Creators API — live prices and product images — accessed 2026-10-05