Comparison

Active Experience vs The Call

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

The Call

This app provides personalized surf spot recommendations based on swell, wind, and exposure. It helps you choose the right board, suggests techniques, and logs your sessions to track progress. Discover new spots and get directions directly within the app.

Highlights
  • Personalized surf spot recommendations
  • Board and fin setup suggestions
  • Session logging and progress tracking
  • Customizable surf windows
  • User-added spot functionality
  • Integrated navigation
Features
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The Call is a personalized daily surf-spot recommender for surfers who want more than a generic forecast. **Today's Call** See exactly which spot is working right now — ranked by real swell direction, period, and wind against each break's actual exposure, not just wave height. **A Real Spot Database, Not a Handful of Defaults** Hundreds of researched spots across California (all 14 coastal counties), Hawaii (every island), Florida, the Northeast, Pacific Northwest, Gulf Coast, and the Carolinas — organized by region and county/state so your calls only ever include spots relevant to you. **Your Quiver, Your Gear** Add your own boards. The Call matches your actual quiver to the day's conditions and tells you which board and fin setup to grab — plus a smart backup pick when conditions might swing. **Session Focus** Get a technique to work on before you paddle out, tailored to the day's size, period, wind, and whichever board you're actually riding. **Surf Journal** Log every session — rate how good the call actually was, track your skills individually over time, and watch real progress charts build as you go. **Pick Your Window** Can only surf a specific block of time? Find out which spot is genuinely best for exactly that window, not just the best pick for the whole day. **Add Your Own Spots** Not just the built-in breaks — add any spot you know, anywhere, with your own read on how it faces and breaks. **Directions, Built In** Every spot links straight to Apple Maps or Google Maps, so if you don't know how to get there, you're one tap from turn-by-turn directions. **Sync Across Devices (Optional)** Create an account to keep your quiver, journal, and preferences synced everywhere — or skip it entirely and use the app fully offline-local on one device. Built by a surfer, for surfers who take their sessions seriously.

Screenshots

Active Experience1 screens
The Call4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Call at 5.0 against Active Experience's 1.5. Active Experience's advantage is ratings volume (150 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Call holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Active Experience has 150 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Active Experience versus The Call: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive ExperienceThe Call
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (150 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings150 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive Network, LLCCody Marksohn

Customer experience

Active Experience

All ratings148 ratings
Positive12.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.8%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive6.0%
Neutral1.7%
Negative92.3%

The Call

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

The Call

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Active Experience

No in-app purchases

None

The Call

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active Experience free?
Active Experience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Call free?
The Call is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Active Experience or The Call?
The Call is rated higher. Active Experience averages 1.5 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while The Call averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Active Experience or The Call have ads?
Neither Active Experience nor The Call shows ads.

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