MOBO vs Control Orienteering Analysis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOBO
This app transforms your smartphone into a complete orienteering toolkit, combining map, compass, and punching device functionalities. Navigate standard orienteering maps using your phone's compass and scan QR codes at control points to record your progress. View your statistics alongside other users on the server.
- Smartphone as map and compass
- QR code control point punching
- Standard orienteering map display
- On-screen compass navigation
- User statistics tracking
- Server-based data synchronization
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MOBO is modern way to practice orienteering sport. Today's smartphone is 3-in-1 device for orienteer – map, compass and punching device all in one package. Still you need basic orienteering skills to complete courses- maps in phone are standard orienteering maps and for navigation you need to use built-in on-screen compass. There are special signs in controls points with QR code. Punch information will be sent to server where you could see statistics of MOBO users.
Control Orienteering Analysis
This app helps orienteers track and analyze their courses. Record new tracks, import existing ones, and view them on custom maps. Analyze pace, HR, and altitude, mark notes, and compare different route choices. Share your progress with a community feature.
- Record and import orienteering tracks
- View tracks on custom map images
- Analyze pace, HR, and altitude data
- Compare different route choices
- Community features for sharing and interaction
- Offline Apple Watch tracking
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Control is an app for orienteers. It is the perfect app for keeping track of your orienteering courses and analyzing them. It allows you to record a track in the app or import your existing track from a gpx/fit file. You can also import a track directly from Garmin Connect, COROS, Suunto or Polar if you subscribe to Total Control. View the track on any map image you add to the app. Either import an image file from a scanner or take a picture right in the app, then calibrate and adjust the track. Browse your course point-by-point, see the pace, HR, altitude along the way. Mark notes for later use. Pace zone stats let you view the pace which you had in the different sectors of the track. You can also replay the track with the speed you want. You can export the route you took in GPX format as well as a fully-customizable image of the orienteering map and your route. Export the track to Livelox or export track and the map to Digital Orienteering Map Archive. Save a video from a specific time with configurable length & gps tail length. Compare routes lets you add another route on the same map for comparing different route choices. And with What If -functionality, you can even draw an alternate route and speculate how much better your time would've been without that one silly mistake. Follow your favourite runners with Control Club. See their posts and post your own. React and comment to their performances and also compare their tracks to your own. With Cloud Sync you are able to see your courses on all your devices. Basic app is completely free but for the more advance features you are required to get a Total Control subscription. We offer a free 2-week trial period for you to try it out, with all the features. You can cancel anytime. With Control Apple Watch app you can track a route by carrying only your watch, it tracks the route completely offline. You can mark controls as you pass them. Also by just turning the Digital Crown. Afterwards, when you get back to your iPhone, the track is automatically synced to the iPhone app and to all your devices with iCloud. Control's Privacy Policy: https://control-app.net/privacy-policy End User License Agreement: https://control-app.net/eula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MOBO at 5.0 against Control Orienteering Analysis's 3.7. MOBO also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.5 vs 17.6). Control Orienteering Analysis's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Control Orienteering Analysis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MOBO asks for nothing beyond the download.
MOBO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Control Orienteering Analysis has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MOBO ships an update every 9 months, Control Orienteering Analysis every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MOBO | Control Orienteering Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 56.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tak R&D | Orienteers Oy |
Customer experience
MOBO
Control Orienteering Analysis
In-app purchases
MOBO
No in-app purchases
Control Orienteering Analysis
- Total Control Monthly$4.991 Month
- Total Control for supporters6 Months trial$29.991 Year
- Total Control14 Days trial$34.991 Year
Questions
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