Athletic.APP vs TrailTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athletic.APP
This app connects track and field and cross country teams, athletes, parents, and fans through a communication and management network. It also facilitates participation in virtual meets with tools for result submission, including video and GPS tracking.
- Team communication network
- Virtual meet participation
- Result submission with video/GPS
- Customized team pages/profiles
- Private group conversations
- Athlete/team following
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The AthleticAPP syncs with your Athletic.net account to create a communications, management and engagement network for Track & Field and Cross Country teams, athletes, parents and fans. Additionally, it provides the platform for competing in Athletic.net virtual meets, including features for finding virtual meets and submitting results with video, photos, and GPS run recording tools. Coaches: - Create specific private conversation groups for your various athlete types. Talk to sprinters, jumpers, throwers, distance runners, or any sub-group of athletes you deem necessary - Post videos, news, events, photos, and results to your customized team page - Featuring push notifications so that athletes see your messages - Invite athletes on your roster to connect with your team using the app and create their own accounts - Secure and private; you decide who receives your content Athletes: - Post videos, news, events, photos, workouts and results to your customized profile - Enter into and submit your results for virtual meets and challenges - Start private conversations with your teammates and coaches to discuss results, upcoming races, technique, and workouts - Follow your favorite athletes, teammates and teams Parents and fans can also use the app to follow their favorite team's and athlete's news and updates, and can communicate with coaches regarding upcoming team events. Athletic+ https://www.athletic.net/features/athletes Terms of Service: https://www.athletic.net/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.athletic.net/privacy/
TrailTimer
This app simplifies off-road timing for UTVs, dirt bikes, and 4x4s. It automatically loads courses, logs runs, and updates leaderboards. Features include live map tracking, offline functionality, and optional OBD integration for engine data.
- Automatic course loading by driving
- Self-triggering checkpoints
- Seamless run logging
- Live map tracking for crew
- Offline functionality
- OBD integration for engine data
- 3D run replays
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Time race days on your own land, with your own crew, in the woods behind the house. Drive your loop once, slowly, and TrailTimer places the checkpoints for you. Tap START and race it the same afternoon. Every run is logged, and the leaderboard updates before your helmet is off. No account. No sign-up. No email, no password, no ads. Trade a short code with your buddies and your whole crew is on the same clock, on the same leaderboard. NEW WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE AND iOS 27 Finish a run and your debrief is waiting: what happened on each leg and one thing to try next time. It's free, and your phone writes it even with no signal. Ask your results in plain words, like "what's my best lap here this month?" Every fault code gets a plain-words line saying what it means. Organizers get a day recap to send the crew. When you have signal it uses Apple's Private Cloud Compute, and nothing comes to us. On iOS 27 your crew's times also fit an extra-large home screen widget. SEE WHAT YOUR MACHINE IS DOING Plug an inexpensive Bluetooth adapter into your machine's diagnostic connector and your speed, RPM, and engine vitals show up right on the timing screen. Most side-by-sides don't have the 16-pin car-style OBD port, and they don't need one: TrailTimer reads Polaris, Honda, Can-Am, Yamaha, John Deere, Kawasaki and other powersports machines off the connector they do have. Some machines need a pigtail cable to reach it, and some can't be read at all. Our site lists which machines work and which never will. FIND A LOOP NEAR YOU Search public trails and published courses around you, preview the terrain in 3D, and import one in a tap. In national forests you'll see which machines the Forest Service allows on a route, and when. Public trails come from OpenStreetMap, so check land access before you race. BUILT FOR RACE DAY WITH YOUR CREW You're the one who organizes it AND the one trying to win it. Line up the running order, watch riders on a live map while you wait your turn, and see times land on the leaderboard the moment they finish. BUILT FOR THE TREES Trees, canyons, and jacket pockets make other GPS apps struggle. TrailTimer shows you honest signal health before you launch, and if the signal blinks mid-run it recovers the missed checkpoints in order when it comes back, instead of throwing the run away. GLANCE WITHOUT UNLOCKING Your running time, checkpoint count, and gap to your personal best stay live on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on iPhones that have one. RELIVE EVERY RUN IN 3D Watch a flyover of your run over real terrain, with the actual line you drove and an elevation profile of the climb. RESULTS THAT SETTLE IT Leaderboards, split times, personal bests, and head-to-head comparisons, with like-for-like class filters so a 250 two-stroke isn't racing a 450. FOR THE BUILDERS: DIY CHECKPOINT TIMING Build the TrailTimer reader for about $250-350 in parts: one USB-powered unit that rides on your machine, with an antenna on the side. Then mark the course with cheap waterproof RFID tags. Every tag you pass is clocked automatically, out of sight of the start line: transponder timing like the big races run. Nothing to buy off the shelf yet; the build guide is on our site. WORKS WAY OUT THERE No cell signal needed. Everything works offline in the dirt and syncs when you're back in range. WHAT YOU NEED • An iPhone. That's it: GPS timing works with no extra hardware. • Optional: a Bluetooth OBD adapter for live gauges and fault codes Free to time, score, and share. Your last 30 days of results are free. TrailTimer Pro keeps your full history forever, publishes unlimited tracks, and adds gauge notes to your debrief, a season review for each course, and the post-run deep dive. Subscribe (with a free month) or buy it once to support a fellow side-by-sider. Privacy Policy: https://tylerfit.ch/trailtimer/privacypolicy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrailTimer at 100% against Athletic.APP's 29%. TrailTimer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Athletic.APP's advantage is ratings volume (278 vs 3) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). 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. Athletic.APP sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and TrailTimer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TrailTimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Athletic.APP has 278 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Athletic.APP's written reviews are positive against 100% of TrailTimer's.
Athletic.APP ships an update fortnightly, TrailTimer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Athletic.APP | TrailTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (278 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 278 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deker Net LLC | TYLER W FITCH |
Customer experience
Athletic.APP
TrailTimer
Bugs and requests
Athletic.APP
Reported bugs
17 issues- Cannot log in, stuck in a loop
- App constantly signs users out
- Screen freezes
- App does not allow upgrades
- App stays on loading/start screen
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- App won't open
- Login issues after updates
- Automatically logs out after login
- App doesn't load or display content
- Account reset or linked incorrectly (Facebook login)
- Birthdate selectors are hidden behind the notch on iPhone 13
- App won't record runs or parts of runs
- App gets stuck saving runs
- Logged into another user's account via Apple login
- Updates from events take too long to post
- Virtual meet video posts showing wrong videos
- App gives someone else's profile when logging in
Requested features
12 requests- Include national and state rankings in the app
- Allow viewing rankings on the app
- Add live streaming and results support
- Enable push notifications for team posts and comments
- Allow viewing other users' times on the feed
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- Make app functionality match the website
- Add dark mode option
- Support Apple Watch notifications for meets
- Allow coaches to register athletes for meets
- Display meet details on the team page
- Show more data on the app like the website
- Allow users to see other people's times on their feed
TrailTimer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Athletic.APP
- Athletic+ Monthly$9.991 Month
- AthleticTV Yearly$49.991 Year
- Athletic+ Yearly$95.001 Year
TrailTimer
- TrailTimer Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
- TrailTimer Pro (Annual)1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- TrailTimer Forever$99.99









