Noosa Triathlon vs MapRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noosa Triathlon
This app provides comprehensive information for a multi-sport festival, including event schedules, athlete tracking, and an event feed. It's designed to enhance the experience for participants and spectators alike during a five-day celebration of sports and healthy living.
- Event Information
- Schedule
- Event Feed
- Athlete Tracking
- Sports and healthy lifestyles celebration
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Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival is five-day event, celebrating sports, healthy lifestyles, fitness and fun. With an irresistible mix of sport and entertainment coupled with sun, sea and surf in one of Australia’s most popular destinations, Noosa, the event consists of various family, social and sporting activities for everyone to be a part of. The Noosa Tri App provides Event Information, schedule, event feed, athlete tracking - everything you need to know for Noosa Triathlon weekend. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life
MapRun
Experience orienteering with a smartphone app that handles timing and punching, eliminating the need for physical course setup. Enjoy instant feedback on your performance, including your track, personal results, and leaderboard rankings.
- Smartphone timing and punching
- No physical course setup needed
- Instant performance feedback
- Track your route
- Personal results and leaderboards
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MapRun enables a form of Orienteering that uses a SmartPhone App for punching and timing, avoiding the need to put out flags and units on the course. This saves time and effort for organisers, courses can be left open for extended periods of time, and instant feedback is provided with track, personal result and leaderboard results in the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MapRun at 57% against Noosa Triathlon's 0%. MapRun also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MapRun holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Noosa Triathlon's written reviews are positive against 57% of MapRun's.
Noosa Triathlon ships an update every 3 months, MapRun every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noosa Triathlon | MapRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobee Event Apps | PETER EFFENEY |
Customer experience
Noosa Triathlon
MapRun
In-app purchases
Noosa Triathlon
No in-app purchases
MapRun
No in-app purchases
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