Comparison

Control Orienteering Analysis vs RiverLog

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

RiverLog

Features
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RiverLog helps to log, organize and review the details from your white water adventures. It also enables you to connect with your fellow paddlers and share the experience Features: - Automatically inserts current water levels and flows for selected river section - Keeps your logs grouped by sections - River database- browse available rivers and gauges - Gauges- comparison of current water level to your logs - A common wall to share posts with other users - Sharing of personal profiles Make your run unforgettable!

Screenshots

Control Orienteering Analysis4 screens
RiverLog3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RiverLog at none against Control Orienteering Analysis's 3. RiverLog also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). 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

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. RiverLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Control Orienteering Analysis versus RiverLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControl Orienteering AnalysisRiverLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrienteers OyJan Prochazka

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

RiverLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control Orienteering Analysis free?
Control Orienteering Analysis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RiverLog free?
RiverLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Control Orienteering Analysis or RiverLog have ads?
Neither Control Orienteering Analysis nor RiverLog shows ads.

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