Comparison

LiveTrail vs OruxMaps

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

OruxMaps

Record and analyze outdoor activities with various online and offline maps. Track routes, use sensors, and share your live position. Includes advanced GIS tools for calculations and utilities like a compass and dashboard.

Highlights
  • Record routes with online/offline maps
  • Integrate with heart rate and bike sensors
  • Upload activities to Strava/SICAMI
  • Analyze activity data with graphs
  • Follow routes with alerts
  • Live position sharing
  • GIS tools for calculations
Features
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Enjoy your outdoor activities. The app allows you to record your routes using different types of maps, both online and offline. NEW: Peak visualization, using augmented reality or a synthetic view. Supported offline map formats: Mapsforge .map, Garmin .img, Rmap .rmap, GeoPDF .pdf, GeoTIFF .tif, MBTiles .mbtiles Keep your data private. No registration required, and no uploading of your data anywhere if you don't want to. Use different sensors in your activities (heart rate monitor, cadence/speed/power on a bike). Upload your activities to important sites like Strava or SICAMI. Analyze your activities, obtaining graphs, average and maximum data, etc. Follow routes, with alerts when you move away from the path or when you approach points of interest. Search for routes using an online service, which will allow you to find paths anywhere. It includes a powerful GIS tool for complex distance calculations, bearings, intersections, coordinate conversions, and more. Share your live position with your friends and hiking companions, or with family so they can follow your trail. It includes numerous utilities: - Dashboard - Compass - Artificial horizon - GIS tool Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LiveTrail4 screens
OruxMaps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiveTrail at none against OruxMaps's 6. LiveTrail also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). OruxMaps's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. OruxMaps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LiveTrail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OruxMaps holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of LiveTrail's written reviews are positive against 36% of OruxMaps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, OruxMaps monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LiveTrail versus OruxMaps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveTrailOruxMaps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews35.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB114 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperLiveTrail SARLjose Vazquez Araujo

Customer experience

LiveTrail

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative60.2%

OruxMaps

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

LiveTrail

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

OruxMaps

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • Small contribution$2.99
  • Medium contribution$4.99
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  • Large contribution$9.99

Questions

Is LiveTrail free?
LiveTrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OruxMaps free?
OruxMaps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LiveTrail or OruxMaps?
OruxMaps is rated higher. LiveTrail averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while OruxMaps averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do LiveTrail or OruxMaps have ads?
Neither LiveTrail nor OruxMaps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveTrail or OruxMaps?
LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, and OruxMaps monthly. Most recently, LiveTrail was updated on November 2, 2026 and OruxMaps on November 5, 2026.

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