RaceTec Toolkit vs MapRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RaceTec Toolkit
This app provides race timers and officials with essential tools for managing races. Features include manual backup timing, course updates, and detailed race summaries. It also offers sign-on lists and penalty box management.
- Manual backup/timing
- Gun start time recording
- Course updates (DNFs, penalties)
- Race and split summaries
- Leaderboards
- Penalty box management
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RaceTec Toolkit is a suite of tools designed to link seamlessly with RaceTec and is specifically for race timers and race officials. List of features: Manual backup/timing, gun start time recording, course updates (DNFs, penalties), Ops (race and split summaries, leaderboards), time trial starts, sign-on lists, penalty box management and entry lists. Non-RaceTec users can still enioy the features with some limitations.
MapRun
Experience orienteering with a smartphone app that handles timing and punching, eliminating the need for physical course setup. Enjoy instant feedback on your performance, including your track, personal results, and leaderboard rankings.
- Smartphone timing and punching
- No physical course setup needed
- Instant performance feedback
- Track your route
- Personal results and leaderboards
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MapRun enables a form of Orienteering that uses a SmartPhone App for punching and timing, avoiding the need to put out flags and units on the course. This saves time and effort for organisers, courses can be left open for extended periods of time, and instant feedback is provided with track, personal result and leaderboard results in the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RaceTec Toolkit at 100% against MapRun's 57%. RaceTec Toolkit also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.7). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RaceTec Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RaceTec Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 57% of MapRun's.
RaceTec Toolkit ships an update monthly, MapRun every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RaceTec Toolkit | MapRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Graeme Vincent | PETER EFFENEY |
Customer experience
RaceTec Toolkit
MapRun
In-app purchases
RaceTec Toolkit
No in-app purchases
MapRun
No in-app purchases
Questions
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