Comparison

RaceDay CheckIn vs Forward 2024

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

Head to head
About

RaceDay CheckIn

Streamline participant check-in for races and events with this application. It offers offline functionality, fast searching, and dynamic bib assignment. Quickly update participant information, scan barcodes, and print labels for a smooth event day experience.

Highlights
  • Offline Mode
  • Auto-Sync
  • Fast Participant Searching
  • Dynamic Bib Assignment
  • Participant Information Updates
  • Barcode Scanning
  • Label Printer Support
  • Waiver Check-in
Features
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The RunSignUp RaceDay CheckIn application has the following key features: - Offline Mode - RaceDay CheckIn will continue to function even with a spotty on-site Internet connection. - Auto-Sync - The app will automatically sync in the background, allowing you to focus on packet pickup. - Fast Searching - Once synced, all data is local so you can search for participants quickly by name, bib number, group name, or corporate team name. - Dynamic Bib Assignment - Simply type in the bib numbers as you hand them to participants on race day. - Participant Information Updates - Quickly change info about a Participant while checking them in, like their Giveaway selection, name, Custom Question response and more! - Quick CheckIn - Simply scan registration barcodes with device camera for a streamlined check in experience. - Audio & Haptic Feedback - Rest assured that you are properly checking in Participants with this feature. - Label Printer Support - Customize label layouts and quickly print information labels when checking in Participants. - Waiver CheckIn - Enables you to ensure all participants checking in have signed their waivers. - Related Registrations – Allows you to find all the people who registered in the same transaction, are on the same Group/Team, or are all a part of the same Fundraising Team. - Fundraiser Details - Show progress of Fundraisers towards their goal and your Fundraising minimums. - CheckIn Presets - You can create multiple presets, and set them on a per-event basis to allow you to customize the checkin experience for each of your events. - Cloud Preset Configurations - Easily save and upload a set of presets to the cloud for easy access from other devices.

About

Forward 2024

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This app is to support our company-wide in person recurring summit event called Forward (https://www.hakuforward.com/). The purpose of this app is to be interactive and informative for our customers and employees alike. Some of the major interactive functionality we have added to this build includes: registering for the event on-site, understanding changes in weather with an API to an internationally known weather forecasting system, creating a schedule of events to attend, getting context and changes on speakers and themes for the key events, taking photos in our Photobooth feature and adding stickers to share across all major social media, texting and email platforms! While the app right now is highly interactive, we also plan to enhance with additional features we will push during and after the event including, push notifications throughout the day to support key timeframes of information as well as calls to actions for attendees and a survey to complete about their experience at the event. The app will better enable our customers to not only have a successful event through interactive, informative, simple and streamlined UI, but also allow them to interact with our organization for us to better improve our operations and ultimately our business.

Screenshots

RaceDay CheckIn4 screens
Forward 20244 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RaceDay CheckIn at every 3 weeks against Forward 2024's every 6 months. Forward 2024's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RaceDay CheckIn ships an update every 3 weeks, Forward 2024 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RaceDay CheckIn versus Forward 2024: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaceDay CheckInForward 2024
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB49 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRunSignuphaku App corporation

In-app purchases

None

RaceDay CheckIn

No in-app purchases

None

Forward 2024

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RaceDay CheckIn free?
RaceDay CheckIn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forward 2024 free?
Forward 2024 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RaceDay CheckIn or Forward 2024 have ads?
Neither RaceDay CheckIn nor Forward 2024 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RaceDay CheckIn or Forward 2024?
RaceDay CheckIn ships an update every 3 weeks, and Forward 2024 every 6 months. Most recently, RaceDay CheckIn was updated on November 2, 2026 and Forward 2024 on October 27, 2026.

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