MapRun vs Slopey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Slopey
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Slopey helps your spectators and crew track you on race day. Used by distance trail runners, Slopey analyses your training runs and predicts (based on pace vs gradiant profiling and fatigue factors) where you will be and when. Add and share calibration points to keep everyone up to date with the latest information (as we all know race day is unpredictable). Share map and checkpoint information before the race.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Slopey at every 5 days against MapRun's every 2 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.
MapRun ships an update every 2 weeks, Slopey every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapRun | Slopey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PETER EFFENEY | Ryan Hapgood |
In-app purchases
MapRun
No in-app purchases
Slopey
No in-app purchases
