Formula SAE vs OreConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Formula SAE
This app provides essential information for the Formula SAE community, including competition news, schedules, maps, and team details. Stay updated with real-time scoring, results, and important announcements, even without data service.
- Competition news and updates
- Interactive maps and schedules
- Team scoring notifications
- Event results and leaderboards
- Paddock team locator
- Push notifications for announcements
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The Formula SAE app was custom built for the Formula SAE community: competitors, volunteers, spectators, and sponsors. Using the app, you’ll have access to competition news, maps, schedules, paddock list, team list, and more. • Team Scoring Notifications - Follow your favorite teams’ results, achievements, and penalties as they compete during competition. • Event Results – Easily access leaderboards, static results, live dynamic results, and submit problem reports for your team. • Push Notifications & Announcements - Be automatically notified about important competition announcements as well as of weather-related impacts while on-site. • Maps & Schedules - Access the most up to date maps, schedules, and competition guides--available in the app even if you don’t have data service coverage at the competition site. • Paddock List – Use the Team Paddock List to locate your favorite teams in the paddocks while on site at competition.
OreConnect
This app allows university departments and student groups to post and manage events. It helps measure progress towards organizational goals and gather feedback. Designed for educational institutions.
- Post and host events
- Gather feedback on events
- Measure progress towards goals
- Manage student group activities
- Departmental event coordination
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OreConnect is an events app that gives Colorado School of Mines departments (launching Fall 2023) and undergraduate student groups (launching Spring 2024) a way to post and host events, get feedback and measure progress toward ORE goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OreConnect at 4.0 against Formula SAE's 3.3. OreConnect also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Formula SAE's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
OreConnect holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.
Formula SAE ships an update every 5 months, OreConnect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Formula SAE | OreConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (10 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SAE | Colorado School of Mines |
Customer experience
Formula SAE
OreConnect
In-app purchases
Formula SAE
No in-app purchases
OreConnect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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