Gausta vs RaceConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gausta
Plan your winter or summer trip with real-time resort information, including slope conditions and lift status. Track your activities, participate in challenges for prizes, and book your ski pass and activities seamlessly.
- Real-time resort information
- Interactive maps and snow reports
- Lift status and webcams
- Ski pass purchase and recharge
- Activity tracking with GPS
- Seasonal activity configuration
- Challenges and prize opportunities
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Are you looking for an unforgettable experience in Gausta? Use our official App to make the most of your trip in both winter and summer. The App offers a range of features designed to optimize your experience before, during and after your trip. It’s very simple, plan your getaway and get real time updates on slope conditions. Set up your Skitude profile and track your activities on the slopes to get detailed stats about all your activities. And that’s not all, take part in challenges to be in with a chance of winning incredible prizes. Practical, isn’t it? And you'll be pleased to hear that we offer all this and much more for free. - REAL-TIME RESORT INFORMATION Get all the resort information including: interactive maps, snow reports, slope conditions and lift status, as well as webcams, and much more! - BOOK YOUR TRIP Purchase and recharge your ski pass with no need to queue. What's more, book your trip and/or activities in just a few clicks. - TRACK YOUR RUNS Set up your Skitude profile to track your activities using the GPS tracker. Find out where you are in the season's rankings and try to complete the challenges to be in with a chance of winning great prizes. - YOUR PERFECT ALL-YEAR-ROUND COMPANION Configure the App according to the season, and get access to specific information about all our summer activities. Live an unforgettable experience with the official app of Gausta!
RaceConnect
This app provides a sustainable solution for race tracking and timing using your smartphone as the central hub. It eliminates the need for single-use timing chips or extra tracking devices, offering advanced technology for event connectivity.
- Smartphone as timing hub
- Race tracking
- Event safety features
- Eliminates extra devices
- Sustainable timing solution
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RaceConnect links transponder timing, race tracking and event safety - all - in one sustainable solution where your smart phone is the hub. No more single-use timing chips. No extra tracking devices! Take advantage of tomorrow's technology and stay connected with RaceConnect. RaceConnect is available to selected sporting events, where timing is provided by Ultimate Sports Service. The participant will need a personal Tracking Code in order to enable the service. Notes on background services: After connecting the tracker, RaceConnect may utilize background location services, in order to provide additional tracking and timing data for the event. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RaceConnect at none against Gausta's shown. RaceConnect also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Gausta's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gausta against 5.0 for RaceConnect. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Gausta ships an update every 2 months, RaceConnect every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gausta | RaceConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gausta Ski & Resort AS | Ultimate Sport Service ApS |
Customer experience
Gausta
RaceConnect
In-app purchases
Gausta
No in-app purchases
RaceConnect
No in-app purchases
