Comparison

LiveTrail vs O

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

O

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All you need to orienteer on your phone. Record, store, replay and analyze your orienteering runs. Keep all your races, trainings, maps and courses organized in one place. Train O-App makes orienteering more accessible than ever. No need for a printed map, compass, SI-card, or control flags. From planning to running in seconds. O-App will show you the map and compass and use the GPS in your device to auto-punch when you get close to a control. With a digital map, the struggle to see small map details is over, and it's great for night orienteering, too. Plan courses and run them yourself or share them for others to run. Replay & analysis Review your race at the finish line in just a few taps. No more waiting for the official replay platform to unlock the event. Visualize your route and legs while the race is still fresh in your memory. Analyze your runs in depth. Time, pace, track distance, track extra, climb, etc., all broken down per leg. Share & import Share your tracks with your fellow orienteers and compare their routes to yours in our multi-runner replay interface. You may also add a run by importing the GPX track recorded with other fitness platforms like Strava, Garmin, Coros, Polar or Suunto.

Screenshots

LiveTrail4 screens
O4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: O at every 2 days against LiveTrail's every 5 days. LiveTrail's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, O every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LiveTrail versus O: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveTrailO
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB88 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLiveTrail SARL1428250 B.C. LTD.

In-app purchases

None

LiveTrail

No in-app purchases

None

O

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiveTrail free?
LiveTrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is O free?
O is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LiveTrail or O have ads?
Neither LiveTrail nor O shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveTrail or O?
LiveTrail ships an update every 5 days, and O every 2 days. Most recently, LiveTrail was updated on November 2, 2026 and O on October 26, 2026.

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