Rugby Xplorer vs MapRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rugby Xplorer
Access live streaming, radio broadcasts, and exclusive fan content for all levels of rugby, from local games to national teams. This app also facilitates registration for playing, coaching, or refereeing in the regular season.
- Live streaming of rugby matches
- Radio broadcasts
- Fan-first content
- Player registration
- Coach registration
- Referee registration
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Rugby Xplorer is the official app of Rugby — your home for fixtures, results, news, and fan-first content. Watch LIVE, listen to radio broadcasts, and follow every moment from grassroots to the professional game. Sign up, register, and manage your rugby journey whether you're a player, coach, referee or fan — from your local club to international events. From Club to Country, everything rugby is right here.
MapRun
Experience orienteering with a smartphone app that handles timing and punching, eliminating the need for physical course setup. Enjoy instant feedback on your performance, including your track, personal results, and leaderboard rankings.
- Smartphone timing and punching
- No physical course setup needed
- Instant performance feedback
- Track your route
- Personal results and leaderboards
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MapRun enables a form of Orienteering that uses a SmartPhone App for punching and timing, avoiding the need to put out flags and units on the course. This saves time and effort for organisers, courses can be left open for extended periods of time, and instant feedback is provided with track, personal result and leaderboard results in the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MapRun at 57% against Rugby Xplorer's 7%. MapRun also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rugby Xplorer ships an update fortnightly, MapRun every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rugby Xplorer | MapRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.3% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rugby Australia Ltd | PETER EFFENEY |
Customer experience
Rugby Xplorer
MapRun
Bugs and requests
Rugby Xplorer
Reported bugs
139 issues- App crashes frequently
- App requires constant re-downloading
- UI is clunky and confusing
- Difficulty navigating
- App signs out frequently
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- Saved teams disappear
- Content not updated frequently
- Registration process is difficult
- App is not user-friendly
- App is unprofessional
- App is slow and laggy
- Errors in inconvenient situations
- Updates don't work
- Blank screen issues
- App doesn't refresh scores
- Inconvenient to use on iPad
- Forced to use a bad app
- Ads in weird spots
- Cannot find competitions
- Profile update issues
- Data integrity issues
- Waste of money for RA
- Not fit for purpose
- App quality reflects Australian rugby
- Shockingly bad experience
- Clunky UI
- Ads jammed in weird spots
- Can't find competition
- Update profile page usability issues
- Rubbish app
- Constantly freezing
- Registering players is a nightmare
- Waste of money for RA
- Not user friendly
- Pathetic
- Runs as smoothly as Rugby Australia
- Cost a fortune
- Useless
- Frustrating to navigate
- Nightmare to keep deleting and uploading
- Embarrassing to rugby
- Continues to get worse
- Can't find, nominate or enter teams
- Unprofessional
- Super Rugby not on Comp List
- User unfriendly
- Screen goes blank
- Update does not work
- App won't load
- Plagued with opening issues
- No update button
- Continually crashes
- White screen
- Only works after deleting and downloading
- Signing up issues
- Crashing app
- Worse user experience than MyGov app
- Clunky and not always user friendly
- App hangs a bit
- Wants to update when opening
- Fills screen with unwanted comps
- No refresh button for scores
- Absolutely useless for following scores
- Backend data is a mess
- Competitions and scores out of date
- Results appear and disappear
- Last year's season shown instead of last week's
- Have to delete app every time
- Cannot find Wallabies next game
- Frustrating to delete and reinstall
- Doesn't do its job
- Driving me nuts
- Blank screen
- Doesn't do anything
- Insane number of deletes and installs
- Only platform to use
- App prone to crashing
- Can only use app once before crash
- No live refresh of scores
- Half-hearted effort
- Doesn't provide details for Six Nations
- Cannot remove teams from choices
- Poor and unserviceable app
- Constant issues logging in
- Player registration issues
- Inconsistencies with fees
- Match day is a joke
- Cannot get 7's comp on Match Day
- Needs to be better
- Load of rubbish
- Cannot sign in
- Cannot reset password
- Hopeless
- Doesn't work properly
- App very laggy
- Pathetic and difficult to navigate
- Registration process pathetic
- Difficult to navigate
- No live streaming
- Doesn't work on iPod touch
- Stops on opening screen
- Glitchy
- Will not open
- No access to junior rugby details
- Not sure where to start or finish
- UX not signed off by grassroots
- Cannot administer game results
- Team names cut off
- Disrespectful to volunteers
- Cannot add comps
- More unwanted comps appearing
- Garbage
- Absolutely useless for clips
- Can't see which team is which
- Half the names cut off
- No way to differentiate teams
- Won't open anymore
- Not good for local comps
- Clunky UI moving between competitions
- Lacks results for local competitions
- Poorly designed
- Impossible to move between leagues
- Teams can be added but not removed
- News tab as default is annoying
- Back button defaults to news
- Underwhelming
- Can't get rid of default teams
- Finding community teams is hard
- Can't add competition and filter
- Can't see team lists easily
- Can't see highest point scorer
- Randomly ordered teams
- Ordinary
- Hard to track subscriptions
- No subscription history
- Basic payment system
- White screen with app name
- Problem resolved now works fine
- Images won't load
Requested features
49 requests- Ability to edit or delete teams
- Move favorite teams to be more accessible
- Fix app so saved teams are shown first
- Disable adding international teams automatically
- Add Shute Shield
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- Ability to remove default teams
- Add news stories for local clubs
- Filter competitions by club or grade
- See full round for the week
- See team lists easily
- See highest point scorer/try scorer
- Filter by club/grade/scoring type
- Subscription history
- Link to actual club
- Ability to message club via app
- Add more local competitions
- Improve UI for easier navigation
- Add dark mode
- Better handling of match day traffic
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Improve score update functionality
- Allow adding grassroots level rugby teams
- Provide details for Six Nations
- Allow removal of unwanted teams
- Make news tab optional or context-aware
- Return to previous tab after hitting back button
- Improve team differentiation for similar names
- Add live streaming functionality
- Improve registration process for players and volunteers
- Allow adding and filtering competitions by club or grade
- Provide results for local competitions
- Improve app stability and performance
- Fix issues with score updates and refreshes
- Allow users to customize their team and competition lists
- Provide better support for different devices and operating systems
- Ensure app works reliably on iPads
- Fix issues with account creation and password linking
- Improve the ability to find specific teams and fixtures
- Add functionality for live score updates
- Make the app more intuitive for grassroots rugby users
- Allow users to easily add and remove favorite teams and competitions
- Improve the display of team names and league information
- Fix issues with app crashing and freezing
- Ensure app updates are functional and easy to apply
- Simplify the user interface and navigation
- Provide clear and up-to-date competition and fixture information
- Improve the registration and login process
- Allow users to track their subscriptions and membership history
- Provide better support for users experiencing technical difficulties
MapRun
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rugby Xplorer
No in-app purchases
MapRun
No in-app purchases
