Comparison

LiveTrail vs CourseForge

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

CourseForge

Features
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Turn your next training idea into a clear course plan. CourseForge is a show-jumping course planner for riders, trainers and course designers. Build and edit arena layouts on your iPhone or iPad, keep your ideas organized, and share them with others. DESIGN YOUR COURSE Place, rotate and arrange obstacles in a visual editor. Set the jumping order, adjust your layout, and use grid and snapping controls to position elements. SAVE YOUR IDEAS Keep multiple courses ready to revisit and refine. Core course creation and editing work offline, so you can plan wherever inspiration strikes. SHARE YOUR PLANS Export courses as images or PDFs, or share editable CourseForge files so another CourseForge user can open and work with your layout. START FOR FREE Create courses in a 50 × 60 m arena with the default sand footing. Use basic jumps, course ordering, saving, import and export. EXPAND WITH COURSEFORGE PRO Unlock Pro with a one-time in-app purchase: • Remove ads. • Choose custom arena dimensions and footing options when creating a course. • Change an existing arena’s footing. • Add cross rails, cavaletti, flower boxes, flowers, bushes, trees, cones and flags. Pro is a permanent upgrade, with no subscription. MAKE IT YOURS Choose English or Hungarian, metric or imperial units, and your preferred grid settings.

Screenshots

LiveTrail4 screens
CourseForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiveTrail at none against CourseForge's 1. LiveTrail also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. CourseForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LiveTrail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, CourseForge every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LiveTrail versus CourseForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveTrailCourseForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB49 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLiveTrail SARLGergely Baba

In-app purchases

None

LiveTrail

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CourseForge

One-time1
  • Course Forge Pro$6.99

Questions

Is LiveTrail free?
LiveTrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CourseForge free?
CourseForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LiveTrail or CourseForge have ads?
CourseForge shows ads; LiveTrail does not.
Which is updated more often, LiveTrail or CourseForge?
LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, and CourseForge every 4 days. Most recently, LiveTrail was updated on November 2, 2026 and CourseForge on October 31, 2026.

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