LiveTrail vs Agony Ride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveTrail
Track your favorite athletes in real-time or push your own limits with this comprehensive app. Follow live action, access race information, and share your progress with loved ones.
- Real-time athlete tracking
- Live camera feeds at checkpoints
- Race maps and schedules
- Personalized pace charts
- Live GPS position sharing
- Social media sharing of achievements
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A brand-new LiveTrail, rebuilt from the ground up. Follow your runners live, with a notification every time they cross a checkpoint. Live rankings, passage times, course map and elevation profile in 2D and 3D. Running yourself? Your bib opens a space of your own: GPS beacon, SOS alert, cut-offs, and a finisher poster to share. New: the Ghost table — your race plan, checkpoint by checkpoint. Works offline, dark mode, km or miles.
Agony Ride
This app connects sponsors with riders for an annual fundraising event. Participants can update their progress and goals, while sponsors can view rider information and connect with them.
- Sponsor-rider connection
- Rider progress updates
- Sponsorship information access
- Participant goal setting
- Rider profiles
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Companion app to the Christian Encounter Ranch (CER) annual Agony Ride fundraiser event. Provides a platform for sponsors to connect with and support riders. For ride participants the app provides convenient access to current sponsorship information as well as a platform to engage their sponsors. Sponsors: Easily access the current rider list and learn more about riders. Riders: Update your messaging, post updates for your sponsors, update your goals, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Agony Ride at 5.0 against LiveTrail's 3.6. LiveTrail's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Agony Ride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively.
LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, Agony Ride every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveTrail | Agony Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | LiveTrail SARL | Michael Lewis |
Customer experience
LiveTrail
Agony Ride
In-app purchases
LiveTrail
No in-app purchases
Agony Ride
No in-app purchases
