Hotham vs Sole Motive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hotham
Get real-time weather, snow reports, and live snow cams for the ski resort. Track friends, monitor your ski day and season stats, and compete on leaderboards. Purchase lift tickets, lessons, and rentals directly through the app.
- Real-time weather and snow reports
- Live snow camera feeds
- Friend tracking and group creation
- Ski day and season statistics
- Resort leaderboard
- Online ticket and rental purchases
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REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA No more guessing how many layers you’ll need with real-time weather including minimum temperature, wind speeds and how much snow has fallen in the last 24 hours. VIEW LIVE SNOW CAMS Keep an eye on snowfalls and see real time mountain views with live cams from various locations around the resort. FIND AND TRACK YOUR FRIENDS Stay connected with friends by creating your own private group. See their current location in real-time on the resort map, what run or lift each person in your group is riding and the difficulty rating. TRACK YOUR DAY AND SEASON Keep track of all the details about your ski day and season. How many days skied, runs completed and vertical kilometres logged are all at the touch of a button. If you have an Apple Watch, record your runs as a workout and see your workout in the Health app. LEADERBOARD Compete for the top spot on the Hotham Leader board through days skied, lifts ridden, and vertical metres logged. SHOP ONLINE Buy early and save on lift tickets, lessons, rentals and more. Created exclusively for Mount Hotham Alpine Resort by the Resorts Tapped LLC. Note: Location and Logging services require a GPS-equipped device. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Sole Motive
This app provides comprehensive event information for athletes and spectators, including schedules and maps to navigate race weekends. Follow your favorite runners live with real-time progress tracking and split times.
- Event schedules
- Race weekend maps
- Favorite runner lists
- Live runner progress tracking
- Runner split times
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The Sole Motive has everything you need to know about the events for athletes and spectators. Easy to follow schedule and maps allow you to know when and where to be over the race weekend. Create a list of your favourite runners and follow them on race day. Track their progress LIVE including runner split times.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Sole Motive at free against Hotham's free with in-app purchases. Hotham's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (41% vs 25%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Hotham ships an update every 10 days, Sole Motive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hotham | Sole Motive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.6% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mount Hotham Skiing Company PTY LTD | Mobee Event Apps |
Customer experience
Hotham
Sole Motive
Bugs and requests
Hotham
Reported bugs
16 issues- Trail status inaccurate
- Grooming status incorrect
- App often doesn't work early morning
- Snow report/weather conditions not dated
- Lift status shows 'unknown'
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- GPS tracking issues (stops working, deletes runs)
- App fails to load sometimes
- Slow to show trail and lift status
- Cameras mislabeled or not showing
- Tracking auto-disables after inactivity
- Stats failing to update
- Login issues
- App redirects to web browser for snow report
- Trail map out of date
- New app is not iPad friendly
- Cannot open properly on iPad
Requested features
19 requests- More specific weather information
- Ability to book ski school on the day
- More resort/personality skiing footage
- Link with Epic Passes
- See all resort trails under each lift (older version functionality)
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- App for Hotham, Falls, and Perisher
- Comment on terrain park status
- Add expected opening time for closed lifts
- Better webcams
- Include speed in stats
- Add road conditions alerts
- Add a 'help!' button for emergencies
- Leaderboard fairness
- iPad compatibility
- Phone list feature
- Night skiing tracking
- First Tracks availability
- Back country trail information
- Grooming information for cross-country trails
Sole Motive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hotham
No in-app purchases
Sole Motive
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hotham free?
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Do Hotham or Sole Motive have ads?
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