Dashr vs Smart Headgear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dashr
This application is designed for coaches and trainers to manage athlete testing data. It works in conjunction with specific timing hardware to record and analyze performance metrics.
- Athlete testing data management
- Works with Dashr timing hardware
- Performance metric analysis
- Coach and trainer focused
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If you are an athlete looking for your testing data, please download the "Dashr Player Profile" app. This app is designed for a coach or trainer to be used alongside the Dashr timing hardware which can be purchased at www.dashrsystems.com. Please note: This app is best utilized with Dashr hardware.
Smart Headgear
This app helps combat sports athletes analyze their sparring sessions by tracking key metrics. It guides users through pairing a sensor, attaching it to headgear, and then analyzing the collected data to identify and improve performance. The goal is to enhance safety and skill through objective measurement.
- Real-time sparring data tracking
- Sensor pairing and attachment
- Sparring session analysis
- Performance issue identification
- Comparison with sparring partners
- Improvement through data-driven insights
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The Smart Headgear Sensor' allows for tracking and monitoring fighters' sparring sessions in these simple steps. 1. Pair your sensor 2. Attach the sensor to your headgear 3. Spar 4. Analyze your sparring session 5. Spot and fix your issues 6. Spar again AS SEEN ON INDIEGOGO -Real-Time Sparring Data -Compare Stats against sparring partners "Anything that's going to help our fighters stay a little bit safer by gathering data and helping us improve the aspect of getting better at fighting..I'M ALL WITH IT! - Sodiq 'Super' Yusuff'
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Headgear at 5.0 against Dashr's 3.5. Smart Headgear also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Dashr's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (41 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart Headgear holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dashr has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Dashr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smart Headgear's.
Dashr ships an update fortnightly, Smart Headgear every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dashr | Smart Headgear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dashr, LLC | Anapact |
Customer experience
Dashr
Smart Headgear
In-app purchases
Dashr
No in-app purchases
Smart Headgear
No in-app purchases
