OCR Buddy vs Rox Tickets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Buddy
This app helps obstacle course racers find and plan their race calendar. It features a comprehensive database of events from major international brands to local races, providing direct links for participation.
- Obstacle course race database
- Event planning calendar
- International and local race listings
- Direct event registration links
- Growing event information
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OCR Buddy is the first mobile calendar application designed for obstacle course racers. OCR Buddy's extensive and ever-growing database lists events from international race brands to the local obstacle races right in your backyard. OCR Buddy provides you with all the information you need to plan and build your race calendar while providing you the direct link to any event you are interested in or want to participate in.
Rox Tickets
This platform facilitates the secure buying and selling of tickets for fitness race events on the secondary market. It offers a reliable and user-friendly solution with advanced fraud prevention tools to ensure verified and legitimate transactions.
- Secure ticket buying
- Secure ticket selling
- Fitness race events
- Secondary market
- Fraud prevention tools
- Verified transactions
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ROXTickets is your go-to platform for securely buying and selling tickets to fitness race events on the secondary market. Whether you're looking to secure an entry or need to sell your ticket, ROXTickets offers a reliable, user-friendly solution. The platform prioritises safety with advanced fraud prevention tools, ensuring that all transactions are verified, legitimate, and transparent. With ROXTickets, you can confidently trade fitness race tickets, knowing that you're supported by a trustworthy service dedicated to enhancing your experience. Join our community of enthusiasts and never miss out on an event again!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OCR Buddy at 97% against Rox Tickets's 49%. OCR Buddy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Rox Tickets's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Rox Tickets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OCR Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
OCR Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of OCR Buddy's written reviews are positive against 49% of Rox Tickets's.
OCR Buddy ships an update every 2 months, Rox Tickets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OCR Buddy | Rox Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better | 2.6 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better | 49.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Russ Blatt | ROX Tickets Ltd |
Customer experience
OCR Buddy
Rox Tickets
Bugs and requests
OCR Buddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rox Tickets
Reported bugs
10 issues- Stripe Connect page won't load
- App glitches when buying tickets
- App keeps logging itself out
- Login issues after reinstallation
- Upgrade to notifications keeps glitching
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- Holding page for ticket purchase
- Won't accept password on sign up
- Delayed updates
- Non-functioning buttons
- Error messages
Requested features
6 requests- Allow PayPal as an alternative payment method
- Improve Stripe Connect integration
- Clarify T&Cs regarding spectator ticket alerts
- Ensure notifications work reliably
- Fix app logging out issue
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- Improve password validation on sign up
In-app purchases
OCR Buddy
No in-app purchases
Rox Tickets
- Rox Tickets$29.99
Questions
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