Trail Challenger vs ACE Races
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trail Challenger
Embark on virtual hiking challenges and track your real-world progress to completion. Earn a physical medal upon finishing any trail. Compete in time trials on famous routes and climb the leaderboards.
- Virtual hiking challenges
- Real progress tracking
- Physical medal rewards
- Time trials
- Leaderboards
- Community page
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Trail Challenger is a virtual hiking challenge that tracks your actual progress along the route to verify completion. This is not like other virtual challenges that only count your steps, so make sure you are able to access and hike the trail challenge of your choice. Set Your Fitness Goal Trail Challenger is designed for any fitness or experience level, this is the hiking challenge for everyone. Completing any of Hong Kong’s long trails are epic achievements, regardless if it takes 1 day or 100 days. Simply pick the trail you want to conquer and enter the challenge. Our app will track your progress as you hike the trail and target 100% completion. Do the trail in bite sized day hikes, or in one epic day out….the choice is yours. Redeem Your Medal When you finally complete 100% of the hiking trail, we will send you a REAL medal in the post. Time Trials Ready to claim bragging rights among your hiker friends? Pick one of Hong Kong’s famous day hikes, enter the start zone and start the clock. Race to the end zone as quick as you can to stop the clock. You will then see where you come on the leaderboard along with all the other hikers. App Features * Long Trail Hiking Challenges * FREE Day Hike Time Trials * Hiking Community Page * Merch Store Fitness goals and resolutions There is no better way to lose weight, than by setting goals. Therefore, pick a hiking adventure to ensure you smash your resolutions!
ACE Races
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ACE Races helps you take part in friendly virtual races and challenges wherever you are. Run, walk, cycle, swim, or complete each challenge in the way that works for you. Track progress, celebrate achievements, and enjoy inclusive ACE Races experiences. Every entry plants a tree.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Trail Challenger at 13.0 against ACE Races's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trail Challenger | ACE Races |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Trail Maps | ACE Races |
In-app purchases
Trail Challenger
No in-app purchases
ACE Races
No in-app purchases
Questions
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