Comparison

The Nationals vs Throwdown Live

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

Head to head
About

The Nationals

Features
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The Nationals App is het platform van The Nationals Competitie waar je de Events kan vinden, je scores kan loggen en het leaderboard kan bekijken. JOIN: doe mee met dé functionele fitness competitie van de Benelux! Met zes Events verspreid over tien maanden zoeken wij de fitste atleet in elke divisie. Iedere atleet doet de Events op zijn eigen niveau, in zijn eigen divisie (categorie). COMPETE: Check als eerste het nieuwe Event, inclusief video, movement standards en scorekaarten. Log je scores in de App en zie hoe jij het doet op het leaderboard van jouw divisie. WIN: De top 20 van iedere divisie wordt uitgenodigd voor de live Winterspelen en Zomerspelen in de Brabanthallen in Den Bosch.

About

Throwdown Live

Discover and register for functional fitness competitions and hybrid races. Track live leaderboards, manage your schedule, and connect with organizers. Features for both athletes and event organizers.

Highlights
  • Browse and filter competitions by date, level, and location
  • Register solo or as a team
  • Follow live leaderboards and receive score notifications
  • Manage personal schedules and heat times
  • Create and manage competition pages
  • Automate heat generation and scheduling
  • In-app messaging with organizers
Features
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Throwdown is the app for functional fitness competitions and hybrid races. Find your next competition, register in minutes and follow the leaderboard live. FOR ATHLETES • Browse every competition on a map and filter by date, level, discipline, team format and country • Register solo or as a team and pay online securely • Invite your teammates, everyone fills in their own details • Edit your registration for as long as the organizer allows it • Get your personal schedule with your time, your heat and your floor • Follow the leaderboard live, workout after workout • Get a notification the moment a time moves or a score lands • Check in with the QR code you received by email • Order your kit from the event shop and book your spectator seats • Message the organizing team straight from the app FOR ORGANIZERS • Build your competition page and open registrations the same day • Manage divisions, prices, capacity, waiting lists and promo codes • Generate your heats automatically and fine tune the schedule to the minute • Let your judges score from their phone with a single link • Publish the leaderboard when you decide, division by division • Show the live scores on the venue screens and on Chromecast • Run check in, bibs, volunteers and their shifts • Sell your merch and your spectator tickets in the same place • Track your revenue and export your accounting • Get paid straight to your own account Throwdown speaks English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish and Danish. Need a hand, write to us from the app or at www.throwdown.live

Screenshots

The Nationals2 screens
Throwdown Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The Nationals and Throwdown Live are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

The Nationals ships an update every 5 weeks, Throwdown Live every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
The Nationals versus Throwdown Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe NationalsThrowdown Live
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWebbers B.V.Throwdown, Inc

In-app purchases

None

The Nationals

No in-app purchases

None

Throwdown Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Nationals free?
The Nationals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Throwdown Live free?
Throwdown Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Nationals or Throwdown Live have ads?
Neither The Nationals nor Throwdown Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Nationals or Throwdown Live?
The Nationals ships an update every 5 weeks, and Throwdown Live every 4 weeks. Most recently, The Nationals was updated on October 29, 2026 and Throwdown Live on October 30, 2026.

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