Comparison

Active Experience vs Nine Windows

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

Head to head
About

Active Experience

Follow live event progress, view real-time leaderboards, and get participant alerts. Discover event landmarks, share photos, and stay updated on races like marathons and triathlons. Integrates with HealthKit for heart rate and workout data.

Highlights
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Participant GPS tracking
  • Course map with landmarks
  • Progress alerts and updates
  • Event photo sharing
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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One app for all of your events. Track participants on an events course map, view real-time leaderboards, receive participant progress alerts and important updates from events. • View & share results and rankings. • Find event landmarks with the course map. • Track participants via GPS. • Accept or decline tracking notifications. • Receive push notifications for followed participants. • Take and share event photos with all other spectators and participants using the app. • Easily follow and stay up-to-date with Marathons, 5Ks, 10Ks and Triathlons near you. In the Watch app, Apple’s HealthKit is used to collect heart rate and exercise data, and at the end of a run, the workout is saved to Healthkit. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Nine Windows

Features
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Nine Windows is a golf practice companion that helps you train all nine shot shapes — high, mid, and low trajectories combined with draw, straight, and fade shapes. Each practice round gives you a random distance and one of nine target windows on a 3x3 grid. Your job is to hit the shot. Record whether you nailed the distance, the window, both, or missed entirely. FEATURES • Random Shot Challenges Get a target distance and shot window for each attempt. No two practice sessions are the same. • Session Tracking & Duration Record each shot result and see your accuracy percentages for distance, window, and both combined. Session duration is tracked automatically so you can see how long you practiced. • Session Notes Add free-text notes to any session — record what you were working on, course conditions, or tips from your coach. Notes appear in your session history for easy reference. • Practice Goals & Streak Goals Set targets for accuracy, shot count, or consecutive hit streaks and track your progress over time. For accuracy goals, choose how many shots must be recorded before the goal can complete — so a lucky first shot won't count. For streak goals, pick which result counts as a "hit": Both, Distance, or Window. Goals can be scoped to all time, recent days, recent sessions, or even your current session. Progress updates live as you practice, with a celebration when you hit your target. • Data Export (CSV & PDF) Export your session history as a CSV spreadsheet or a professionally styled PDF report. The PDF includes a visual summary with accuracy cards, progress bars, and a session history table — perfect for sharing with coaches or reviewing your progress. • Focus Mode / Weak-Area Drills Activate Focus Mode to drill the windows and distances where you struggle most. The app analyzes your shot history and biases challenges toward your weakest areas. • Detailed Stats & Insights View your overall accuracy across all sessions. See your strongest and weakest windows, best and worst distance ranges, and all-time best streak. Trend indicators show how your last 5 sessions compare to your previous 5. • Window Performance Heatmap See your accuracy for every window in the 3x3 grid at a glance, color-coded from green to red. • Trajectory & Shot Shape Breakdowns Track your accuracy by height (High, Mid, Low) and shape (Draw, Straight, Fade) to find patterns in your game. • Driving Range Management Save multiple driving ranges with their flag distances. Practice with the exact distance markers available at your range. Per-flag accuracy stats show which distances you're nailing and which need work. • Yards or Meters Switch between yards and meters in Settings. All distances, stats, and flag markers convert automatically — perfect for international golfers. • Customizable Stats Display Long-press the session stats area to reorder and hide stat sections. Drag to rearrange, tap to toggle — your layout is saved automatically. • Streak Milestones Build consecutive "Both" hit streaks and get celebratory feedback every 5 in a row. Your all-time best streak is tracked across sessions. • Warmup Routines Start each session with a structured warmup. Use the built-in 65-shot routine or create your own custom routines with configurable distance ranges, target windows, and shot counts per phase. • Distance Variance Choose from three variance levels to add realistic randomness to your target distances. • Apple Watch App Take Nine Windows to the range on your wrist. Get shot challenges, record results, manage driving ranges, and track stats right from your Apple Watch. • 20 Languages Fully localized in English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Screenshots

Active Experience1 screens
Nine Windows4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Active Experience at 14 against Nine Windows's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Active Experience versus Nine Windows: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive ExperienceNine Windows
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (148 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews6.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings148 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive Network, LLCANTHONY JOSEPH BLASUCCI

Bugs and requests

Active Experience

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot enter date of birth to create account
  • Tracking stops working mid-race
  • Inconsistent and inaccurate runner locations

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve runner tracking accuracy and reliability
  • Provide course maps and mile markers
  • Allow easy spectator tracking without complex setup

Nine Windows

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Active Experience

No in-app purchases

None

Nine Windows

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active Experience free?
Active Experience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nine Windows free?
Nine Windows is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Active Experience or Nine Windows have ads?
Neither Active Experience nor Nine Windows shows ads.

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