Comparison

Val d'Isère Ski vs Chalky

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

Head to head
About

Val d'Isère Ski

This app provides essential information and services for skiers and visitors to a specific resort. It allows for quick ski pass recharging, real-time shuttle tracking, and access to resort updates like weather and lift status. Explore the area with an interactive map and view live webcam feeds.

Highlights
  • Recharge ski pass
  • Real-time shuttle tracking
  • Weather and forecasts
  • Lift opening/closing times
  • Interactive resort map
  • Webcam access
Features
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Val d'Isère Ski is the essential ski area app: - Recharge your ski pass in the app in less than 3 minutes using contactless technology. - Stop running after our shuttles! View the position of our free shuttles in real time on the app. - Find out what's happening in the area: weather, local forecasts, lift opening and closing times - we'll tell you everything in real time! - Need to find your way around or find some hiking trails? Use our interactive map to find your bearings and explore the resort like a pro. - Find all the webcams of Val d'Isère and Tignes in the app. And don't forget to activate your notifications so you don't miss a thing! We'll let you know when there's free entertainment nearby during your stay. You'll also be notified of any link closures or other unforeseen events on the resort. Continued use of GPS in the background may reduce battery life.

About

Chalky

Discover dartboard locations near you and keep score for casual games like Cricket, 301, and 501. Organize tournaments, leagues, and track your match history. Attach photos to memorable moments.

Highlights
  • Find dartboard locations
  • Score Cricket, 301, 501
  • Quick tournament setup
  • League organization
  • Match history tracking
  • Attach photos to game moments
Features
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Chalky is a darts discovery app to help you find dartboard locations near you. It has a scoreboard built in to score a casual game of Cricket, 301, or 501. It has a quick tournament feature to make it easy to set up a casual tournament for 4-16 people. FIND A BOARD Stop calling around to see who has a board. Chalky maps dart venues near you, and a verified-only filter hides anything that hasn't been confirmed yet. Save your regular spots to Favorites, add a board that's missing, or post an update with a photo when a bar changes its setup. SCORE FIRST. SIGN IN LATER. Open Chalky and start keeping score right away. No account, no setup, no ads. Cricket, 301, and 501 all run on your phone and keep working when the bar Wi-Fi doesn't. CRICKET, 301 AND 501 • Cricket scoring for 15-20 and the bull, with clean marks you can read across the room • 301 and 501 with straight-in, double-out rules • Doubles and triples show as dots under the number — no sliding labels to fight with • Lifetime stats: matches, wins, win percentage, and marks per round TOURNAMENTS AT THE BAR Run a bracket without paper. Players claim a seat by scanning a QR code or typing a short code, and the host gets an alert as results come in. Cricket, 301, and 501 are all supported. LEAGUES, FRIENDS AND HISTORY Add friends with invite codes, keep league nights organized, and hold on to a full match history so there's no argument about who won last week. MAKE THE BIG MOMENTS YOURS Attach your own photos to a big turn, a big lead, or a match win, and choose whether they fire in every game or only in Cricket or 301/501. PRIVACY Keep Score works with no account at all. Sign in only if you want cloud history, friends, tournaments, or bar reviews. Chalky doesn't sell your information and doesn't use advertising trackers.

Screenshots

Val d'Isère Ski4 screens
Chalky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Val d'Isère Ski at 105 against Chalky's 3. Chalky's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Val d'Isère Ski against 5.0 for Chalky. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Val d'Isère Ski has 105 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Val d'Isère Ski's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chalky's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Val d'Isère Ski ships an update every 2 weeks, Chalky every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Val d'Isère Ski versus Chalky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVal d'Isère SkiChalky
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (105 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings105 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB69 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVal d'Isère TéléphériquesBrian Franke

Customer experience

Val d'Isère Ski

All ratings105 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.9%

Chalky

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Val d'Isère Ski

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Tracking stops after 2 minutes despite appearing to run
  • App crashes during skiing recording sessions
  • GPS connection loss and recovery issues
  • Stats fail to load or take excessive time to display
  • Login failures and connection errors after updates
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  • Soft crashes causing GPS disconnection mid-run
  • Expired ski pass prevents app linking functionality

Requested features

9 requests
  • Ability to link ski pass to app for automatic tracking
  • RFID integration to recover historical ski data
  • Lift-based tracking instead of GPS to reduce battery drain
  • Downloadable offline piste maps for poor signal areas
  • Piste direction indicators (arrows showing lift-to-lift flow)
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  • Multi-user tracking to follow friends and family on slopes
  • Improved stats calculation accuracy
  • More webcam options
  • Val radio feature restoration

Chalky

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Val d'Isère Ski

No in-app purchases

None

Chalky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Val d'Isère Ski free?
Val d'Isère Ski is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chalky free?
Chalky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Val d'Isère Ski or Chalky?
Chalky is rated higher. Val d'Isère Ski averages 4.9 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Chalky averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Val d'Isère Ski or Chalky have ads?
Neither Val d'Isère Ski nor Chalky shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Val d'Isère Ski or Chalky?
Val d'Isère Ski ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chalky every 3 weeks. Most recently, Val d'Isère Ski was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chalky on October 31, 2026.

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