Control Orienteering Analysis vs LoxBridge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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, 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
LoxBridge
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LoxBridge is the missing link between your Apple Watch and Livelox. Finish a run. Put your watch down. LoxBridge handles the rest. The moment your outdoor workout ends, LoxBridge wakes up in the background, extracts the full GPS route, and sends it to Livelox — ready for analysis before you've even caught your breath. ------------------------- BUILT FOR ORIENTEERS ------------------------- Whether you're chasing a course record in the forest or scouting a new area, every GPS track tells a story. LoxBridge makes sure none of them get lost. ------------------------- COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC ------------------------- • Detects new workouts instantly with the Apple Watch App • Extracts your GPS track and converts it to industry-standard GPX format • Sends a notification — one tap to upload, or let it retry automatically next time you open the app • Stores all routes locally so nothing is ever lost ------------------------- PRIVACY FIRST ------------------------- • No backend server, no tracking. • Your GPS data goes directly from your watch or phone to Livelox — nowhere else • Open about what it accesses: full privacy policy available in-app and online ------------------------- REQUIREMENTS ------------------------- • A Livelox account (free at livelox.com) • An Apple Watch that records Outdoor Run workouts with GPS • iPhone running iOS 24 or later ------------------------- HOW IT WORKS ------------------------- 1. Connect your Livelox account once in Settings 2. Record an Outdoor Run on your Apple Watch as usual 3. Receive a notification when the route is ready 4. Tap "Upload" — done LoxBridge is a lightweight utility built by and for orienteers. No subscriptions, no fluff — just your routes, where you need them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Control Orienteering Analysis at Free against LoxBridge's $1.99. Control Orienteering Analysis also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). LoxBridge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#119 vs unranked). On 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
Control Orienteering Analysis is free to download; LoxBridge costs $1.99 up front. Control Orienteering Analysis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LoxBridge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Control Orienteering Analysis ships an update weekly, LoxBridge every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Orienteering Analysis | LoxBridge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #119 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orienteers Oy | Erik Frick |
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
LoxBridge
No in-app purchases
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