iTagPro for keys and wallet, is it worth it?

Bluetooth drain has been a non issue for me, but the app nags for background permissions on Android. That bugged me more than battery life ever did. For keys and a wallet it does the job, just set your expectations on range.

I grabbed one mainly for my work bag since I work from home and still somehow manage to lose the thing between rooms. The feature I actually ended up using most is the separation alert, not the pinging. There’s a setting where it warns you if you leave the tag behind, and that caught me a few times when I was heading out for coffee and had left the bag upstairs. That part felt genuinely useful rather than gimmicky. The pinging works fine too but I have to be within a reasonable distance or I’m just wandering around listening for a faint beep. Battery wise mine is still on the original coin cell after a few months, so no complaints there. It’s not something I think about much, which is probably the best thing you can say about a little tracker.

I’ve had one clipped inside my wallet for a few months and it has stayed useful, mostly because I can ping it from the couch instead of tearing the house apart. The phone battery side has been fine for me. I can’t say how long the tag itself will last, but it isn’t the kind of thing I’d expect to stop using after a week.

I ended up buying two, one for my keys and one that just floats between my backpack and jacket depending on the day. The thing that surprised me is the separation alert, my phone buzzed in my pocket before I even made it out of the coffee shop when I left my keys on the table. That alone has saved me a trip back more than once.

Mine lives on my spare keyring that mostly sits in a kitchen bowl, and the ping still gets used a couple times a week when I’m heading out the door. Battery drain has been a non-issue on my phone. The one thing I’d say is the beep is loud enough to hear from another floor, which matters more than I expected.

Mine stays in my bag most days and I still don’t consider it a waste. The pinging is handy when I’m rushing, but I mostly like the separation alerts so I notice if I walk off without it.

The app battery thing gets blown out of proportion in my opinion. It runs in the background but it’s not like having maps open all day or anything. I’ve got a bunch of these paired and my phone still lasts me through the day fine.

One thing nobody brings up is the separation alerts actually work better than the ping for wallet brain. Mine buzzed me from the car park when I walked off without my bag, which I never would have noticed otherwise. The ping is the headline but the random saves are the real value.

Mine’s been on my keys since January and I’ve replaced the battery once already, so the six month claim is optimistic. Still, it’s saved me a couple of frantic mornings, so I keep it. No clue how long I’ll stick with it.