Does Not Work
Tracking is very inaccurate. This app just exists to steal and sell your data. Many parts of the app either route to their website or just tell you to check their website instead. Also pushes you to use Waze for up to date info on street closures but Waze was hit or miss for that.
Did not work during event
Spoke to a person next to me as well to confirm it wasn’t just me. The app was not accurate and I couldn’t track my wife and it had her running at a 5 min/mile pace and it said she was finished and she wasn’t even halfway through the race. You’d think they’d get this figured out since they do it every year.
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Just made up the race
Tried following my wife and showed her running 5.5 minute miles. Come to find out, it just set its own pace. Race didn’t even follow the path she followed.
Useless
I had heard there was a marathon in Cincinnati, and this app would tell me what I need to know about the alleged marathon. But I guess I got some bad info. This app is totally useless.
Not working on race day
The app is slow, not loading participants when you search for them, and when I try to click follow an athlete nothing happens. App is crashing on race day it appears. The only reason to have the app is for race day, so big fail and big waste of time. Wish I could see how my friends are doing.
Just doesn’t work
The most important part of the app is live tracking of the runners. It does not offer accurate live tracking during the recent races and shows half marathoners running full marathons with arbitrary mile times applied to everyone. Embarrassing and useless.
False advertising
It clearly says “Track Participant Live”, but it’s not live at all. It just records when you crossed the starting line and then estimates where they would be based on an average running pace. I was watching the live tracking to support my runner, and it showed they were almost to where we were standing. We kept watching for them, and nothing. Checked the app again, and it showed they were already past us. I knew we hadn’t seen them, so I pulled up the track my iPhone app, and they were still two miles back from where the supposed live tracker said they were.
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Kept crashing
This app has lots of whistles and bells, but the main reason I was using it was to track family and friends as they ran the course. App worked great for the first hour, then apparently couldn’t handle the traffic and began to crash after only a minute. Had to keep reopening it over and over. Finally gave up.
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Live tracking doesn’t work
Runner does not show up on the map
Needs significant work
Couldn’t find race results, search by bib number button isn’t working. Also can’t scroll past 1st page of results when just browsing.
Doesn’t work
It won’t even let me download it. On my brand new iPhone. So I don’t need to update my iOS.
Incorrect timing
This app told my family and friends that I was coming at a pace faster than I was, and when I was more than 10 minutes behind the app’s schedule, it frightened them thinking something medically had gone wrong. Meanwhile, the app on my phone did nothing but drain my battery and interfere with my Bluetooth when listening to music. Fix the app for next year.
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Faulty App
I was so disappointed with the Pigworks App. My son and I flew into Cincinnati so he could run the flying pig marathon. The app never tracked him even though he ran the race and had an official finish time on the Flying Pig marathon site. It was very frustrating because I had no idea where he was or how he was doing. Even when I go on the App now, it says he didn’t finish. My son runs 2 - 3 marathons a year and this has never happened with any other tracking app. What a letdown!!
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Horrible This Year
Server overwhelmed but finally got connected and was able to track my runner (if you could call this tracking.) We setup on the course and “watched” runner approaching but never saw them pass. App said runner had long passed us so we went home only to have the runner FaceTime us on the course wondering where we were. The app showed he had already finished the course. Terribly disappointed in the app AMD missed opportunity to support our friend.
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Too Many Glitches
Great idea but execution is spotty. Did not track one runner I was following until almost 40 minutes into race. Also sends too many useless alerts.
Lots of info - I wish it was was easier to find what I was looking for!
I am sure that app is full of great stuff. I had a very difficult working within the app- eg how to switch from Full to Half . I am sure there is an easy solution somewhere .
Not much to it
I think this app was just ok. However, no cheers made it not fun for my supporters. Also, not very user-friendly. The Start Race button kept reappearing the whole time I was running the race, making me think it was not tracking me.
Race Joy is a much better app.
Race Joy is a much better app.
It could have been better
There were parts, non-tracking related that were really really good. But the tracking for both the 5K and the half marathon were so far off that it was pointless to even have it.
Participant tracking accurate
Participant time tracking was amazingly on time every time. Saw my runners at six locations and app told when they were going to be there right when they arrived. Weekend info and other information was nice to have at fingertips also for the weekend
Fails at primary purpose
I’ve never written a review before but this felt necessary. My family was planning to meet me as I finished but the app was over an hour off of my projected finish time. Several different phones had the same unreliable result. I thought the purpose was to help people trying to follow a racer and my family was disappointed they didn’t get to see me at all throughout the race. I spoke with other racers and their families after the race and they had the same issue.
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