FieldEvents vs Meet Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FieldEvents
Streamline track and field event management with this digital tool. Easily track competitors, marks, and placements for various field events, eliminating the need for manual record-keeping. Offers real-time results and advanced features for officials and spectators.
- Manage all track and field events
- Track competitor marks and placements
- Live results pushed to the web
- Leica Disto Bluetooth measurement integration
- Import/Export meet data
- Real-time competition viewing
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FieldEvents is a tool built for all track & field officials and spectators. With this app, you can ditch the pencil and paper and rid yourself of the headaches that come with running off a field event the traditional way Run off a Competition • FieldEvents supports running off every field event in a track meet: High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Weight Throw, Hammer Throw, Discus, and Javelin. • Easily keep track of all competitors, marks, order, and place • Alive groups are supported for High Jump and Pole Vault FieldEvents Live • Results are pushed to the web in real time after each mark (requires FieldEvents Pro Subscription) • Spectators can view ongoing competitions right from the app or from the web. • Each live competition has a competition view and a scoreboard view (great for displaying on a large display for spectators). Leica Disto Laser integration • Input measurements directly from a Lecia Disto Bluetooth device (Leica Disto D2 supported) Import/Export • Load an entire meet from a file. FieldEvents Supports loading lynx.evt or CSV file generated by popular meet managers (requires FieldEvents Pro Subscription) • Export the competitor start list to PDF before starting the competition • Export competition results to CSV and PDF
Meet Manager
This app streamlines track and field meet organization, allowing users to create events, register athletes, record results, and generate live leaderboards. It eliminates the need for manual record-keeping and offers offline functionality.
- Create full event schedules
- Record results instantly
- Automatic rankings with tie-breaking
- Auto-advance athletes with smart seeding
- Share live results
- Export results as CSV
- Offline functionality
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Meet Manager runs athletics and swimming meets from your phone, tablet or browser — from the first entry to the final results. Build the timetable, take entries, time every race, record every jump and throw, and share results and standings as each event finishes. No spreadsheets, no clipboards, no waiting around for results. PLAN THE MEET • Track, field, relays and swimming — with heats, semi-finals and finals, or timed finals • Build Timetable lays out the whole programme and spreads it over the days you choose, even two weekends, with a finish time for each day • Start from a template, or copy a meet you've run before • Print heat sheets for every event, in your language TAKE ENTRIES • Keep your own list of athletes and add them to any meet, or import them from a CSV file • Share a registration code so athletes or parents can enter themselves and pick their events — you approve each entry • Draw lanes from entry times, with the fastest swimmers in the last heat ON THE DAY • The starter fires the gun from the app, and each lane's time comes in as it finishes • Timekeepers join with their own code, claim a lane and time it on their phone — or type in times from a handheld watch • Record a finish order for distance races and mass starts • Field officials record every attempt, with World Athletics tie-breaks for jumps, throws, high jump and pole vault • Mark DNS, DNF or DQ — with the rule broken, from the swimming rule book or your federation's own codes • Qualifiers advance from heats to semi-finals and finals automatically, with swim-offs for ties • Keeps working when the signal drops: results are kept on the device and sync when you're back online RESULTS • Viewers follow results and standings on their own phones with a viewer code — parents, athletes and spectators • School and athlete standings, scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 with ties shared • Export results as a PDF, a web page or a CSV file • Swim meets import entries and export results as Lenex, swimming's standard exchange format FOUR KINDS OF ACCESS Admin, timekeeper, viewer and registration codes: everyone sees just the screens they need. 7 LANGUAGES English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Hindi and Chinese — PDFs and heat sheets included. WHO IS IT FOR? School sports days, inter-school championships, club competitions, swimming galas and community meets — whether you're running 10 athletes or several hundred. Download free and run your first meet today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FieldEvents at 4.9 against Meet Manager's 4.0. FieldEvents also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). Meet Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. FieldEvents sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Meet Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
FieldEvents holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FieldEvents has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FieldEvents ships an update every 9 days, Meet Manager every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FieldEvents | Meet Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Klein | Shaun Basson |
Customer experience
FieldEvents
Meet Manager
In-app purchases
FieldEvents
- FieldEvents Pro1 Month trial$14.991 Year
Meet Manager
No in-app purchases









