Comparison

Control Orienteering Analysis vs TracTrac

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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, 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

About

TracTrac

View live and replay GPS tracking data from your favorite sports events and clubs. Access event and race lists, map views, leaderboards, and detailed competitor performance information.

Highlights
  • Live GPS tracking
  • Event and race lists
  • Map view with live/replay
  • Leaderboards and rankings
  • Performance tables
  • Competitor information
Features
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The TracTrac app allows you to see gps based tracking from your favourite events and clubs live and in replay on your mobile device. The TracTrac app includes the following features: - Event list including all past, present and future races available. - Race list for each event including all past, present and future races available the selected event. - Map view displaying the race live and replay incl. - Leader line. - Rank. - Replay control. - Live leader board with selection and sorting. - Performance table with detailed performance information for each leg of the race. - Detailed competitor information with performance information for each leg and each race.

Screenshots

Control Orienteering Analysis4 screens
TracTrac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Control Orienteering Analysis at 60% against TracTrac's 11%. Control Orienteering Analysis also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.0). TracTrac's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Control Orienteering Analysis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TracTrac asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Control Orienteering Analysis holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Control Orienteering Analysis's written reviews are positive against 11% of TracTrac's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control Orienteering Analysis ships an update weekly, TracTrac fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Control Orienteering Analysis versus TracTrac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControl Orienteering AnalysisTracTrac
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better11.1% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrienteers OyTracTrac Aps

Customer experience

Control Orienteering Analysis

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral26.7%
Negative13.3%

TracTrac

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative88.9%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Control Orienteering Analysis

Subscriptions3
  • Total Control Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Total Control for supporters6 Months trial$29.991 Year
  • Total Control14 Days trial$34.991 Year
None

TracTrac

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control Orienteering Analysis free?
Control Orienteering Analysis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TracTrac free?
TracTrac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Control Orienteering Analysis or TracTrac?
Control Orienteering Analysis is rated higher. Control Orienteering Analysis averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TracTrac averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Control Orienteering Analysis or TracTrac have ads?
Neither Control Orienteering Analysis nor TracTrac shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control Orienteering Analysis or TracTrac?
Control Orienteering Analysis ships an update weekly, and TracTrac fortnightly. Most recently, Control Orienteering Analysis was updated on September 10, 2026 and TracTrac on September 16, 2026.

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