Official IBU App vs FloStyle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Official IBU App
Stay updated with all IBU biathlon competitions in real-time. Follow your favorite athletes, view results, standings, and detailed profiles. Never miss a moment of the action with this essential app for biathlon enthusiasts.
- Real-time competition updates
- Results and standings
- Competition calendar and schedule
- Favorite athlete personalization
- In-depth athlete profiles
- Notifications and newsletters
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Get live updates from every single IBU competition, follow your favourite athletes and teams, browse competition statistics and athletes’ profiles in this must-have for biathlon fans! Never miss a shot again with the official app of the International Biathlon Union. Everything you need for the full biathlon experience: - Real-time updates of every competition - Results & Standings of all competition series - Calendar & competition schedule - Option to personalize your experience and follow your favourite biathletes - In-depth athletes profiles including statistics, performance data, bios & more - Notifications and Newsletters
FloStyle
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FloStyle is a judging app for freestyle kayaking, built around how a scribe really works at the water's edge. With a powerful 3D trick animation view, you can also quickly see what tricks should look like. Score a ride • Every Paddle Worldwide 2026 hole and wave trick, with Clean, Super Clean, Air, Huge and Link • Surface and Squirt Paddle Worldwide scoring built in, with custom rule sets available if required • Big, clear tiles made for a tablet in the rain, and a phone layout for your pocket • A run timer with a warning beep, and tricks after the hooter flagged as late • A check in role, for ensuring boats and kit meet the requirements Run a competition • Athletes, classes, sessions and heats, all drawn to the Paddle Worldwide format • Create a competition from the app or a spreadsheet, making large competition setup a breeze • One device can run the whole day, or host a panel of judges over a phone hotspot or any WiFi • Judges join by scanning a code, in the app or in any browser, with nothing to install • The chief judge sees every sheet, compares judges, overrules with a reason and locks the score • Live results, a big screen for the venue and overlays for a stream • PDF and CSV results, with full backups available. Practise and have fun • Standalone sessions for training, with results you can export • Fun moves and jam sessions for club nights • A move library with the definition and value of every trick Yours, not ours • No account, no sign-up, no subscription • Works with no internet at all • Nothing leaves your devices unless you choose to publish results to paddlefreestyle.com, and paddlers can be listed by bib number only Made by paddlers, for judges, scribes, coaches and clubs. Happy paddling!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FloStyle at every 2 days against Official IBU App's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Official IBU App ships an update every 6 weeks, FloStyle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Official IBU App | FloStyle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Biathlon Union (IBU) | Lava Logic |
In-app purchases
Official IBU App
No in-app purchases
FloStyle
No in-app purchases
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