Comparison

Trax Retail vs Program Advisor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Trax Retail

This app empowers consumer goods manufacturers and retailers to optimize in-store execution. It uses advanced computer vision to analyze store shelves from photos, providing real-time reports on shelf conditions and actionable insights for immediate improvements.

Highlights
  • Real-time mobile reports
  • Shelf analysis with computer vision
  • Distribution and share of shelf reporting
  • Out-of-stock detection
  • Planogram compliance checks
  • Automated KPI calculations
  • Offline reporting
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Trax Retail Execution is a solution that provides consumer goods manufacturers and retailers with unprecedented control and optimization of their in-store execution. Reduce manual auditing time and maximise your sales at every point of sale. Trax’s breakthrough mobile application is built on cutting edge computer vision algorithms unique to retail. With an advanced camera application, Trax allows the field user to take high quality images of the store shelf, have it sent to our Trax cloud and within minutes the user is sent actionable real-time mobile reports on immediate corrective actions to be taken in the store. The user friendly application delivers a robust range of reporting capabilities such as distribution, share of shelf, out of stocks, promotional presence, planogram compliance and more, with custom reports for both field users and supervisors. Features also include: automated KPI calculations, task prioritization tools, reports highlighting gaps and opportunities, role-based task lists, targeted questionnaires and surveys, geo-located images, historical store data and offline reporting capabilities.

About

Program Advisor

This app helps beverage alcohol distributors manage sales programs and initiatives efficiently. It automates goal assignment, tracks progress, and calculates payouts for sales teams and management. Users gain self-service access to program and promotion data.

Highlights
  • Automated goal assignment
  • Sales program tracking
  • Payout calculation
  • Performance reporting
  • Self-service access to data
  • Dashboard metrics
Features
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Program Advisor helps Beverage Alcohol Distributors manage sales programs and other goal-oriented initiatives more profitably and efficiently by automating everything from goal assignments to tracking actuals to calculating payouts to reporting the results. Sales reps and sales support staff gain self-service access to the information required to manage programs, promotions, incentives, placements, quotas, and goals. Program Advisor Mobile provides users with dashboard-delivered metrics that help them gauge progress against goals for any and all programs within their sphere of responsibility. Support for organizational hierarchies lets managers and directors see these metrics for all direct reports. Requirements: iOS 7.0 or later Dimensional Insight Program Advisor Server 6.4 or 7.0

Screenshots

Trax Retail4 screens
Program Advisor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Program Advisor at 5.0 against Trax Retail's 4.3. Program Advisor also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Trax Retail's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Program Advisor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trax Retail has 2.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trax Retail ships an update fortnightly, Program Advisor every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Trax Retail versus Program Advisor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrax RetailProgram Advisor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB51 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTrax Image RecognitionDimensional Insight, Inc

Customer experience

Trax Retail

All ratings2,085 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative57.7%

Program Advisor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Trax Retail

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Capture button not working
  • Pictures not downloading properly
  • App crashing after updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Front-facing camera support
  • Better organization and navigation
  • Improved reliability and stability

Program Advisor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Trax Retail

No in-app purchases

None

Program Advisor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trax Retail free?
Trax Retail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Program Advisor free?
Program Advisor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trax Retail or Program Advisor?
Program Advisor is rated higher. Trax Retail averages 4.3 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Program Advisor averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Trax Retail or Program Advisor have ads?
Neither Trax Retail nor Program Advisor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trax Retail or Program Advisor?
Trax Retail ships an update fortnightly, and Program Advisor every 5 months. Most recently, Trax Retail was updated on September 23, 2026 and Program Advisor on July 7, 2026.

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