Dakar Rally vs OruxMaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dakar Rally
Experience the world's toughest rally raid race. Get detailed route information, driver profiles, and live race updates. Watch highlights and follow your favorite competitors in real-time.
- Detailed route and stage information
- Driver profiles
- Live race updates
- Real-time rankings
- Competitor tracking
- Video highlights and key moments
Read full descriptionHide full description
Download the official DAKAR app for free. Dive into the heart of the DAKAR, the most famous and toughest rally raid race in the world! The 2027 edition, the seventh chapter of the rally’s Saudi adventure, will take place from January 1rd to 15th. Get ready for Dakar 2027! Find the detailed route and each of the stages, discover the drivers participating in this edition, and stay up-to-date with all the latest race news. Follow the race live on the app through our enhanced Race Center, featuring live commentary, real-time rankings, and tracking of your favorite competitors. A wide range of videos, including highlights, key moments, driver profiles, and much more, also awaits you. Customize your notifications to receive all the latest Dakar news.
OruxMaps
Record and analyze outdoor activities with various online and offline maps. Track routes, use sensors, and share your live position. Includes advanced GIS tools for calculations and utilities like a compass and dashboard.
- Record routes with online/offline maps
- Integrate with heart rate and bike sensors
- Upload activities to Strava/SICAMI
- Analyze activity data with graphs
- Follow routes with alerts
- Live position sharing
- GIS tools for calculations
Read full descriptionHide full description
Enjoy your outdoor activities. The app allows you to record your routes using different types of maps, both online and offline. NEW: Peak visualization, using augmented reality or a synthetic view. Supported offline map formats: Mapsforge .map, Garmin .img, Rmap .rmap, GeoPDF .pdf, GeoTIFF .tif, MBTiles .mbtiles Keep your data private. No registration required, and no uploading of your data anywhere if you don't want to. Use different sensors in your activities (heart rate monitor, cadence/speed/power on a bike). Upload your activities to important sites like Strava or SICAMI. Analyze your activities, obtaining graphs, average and maximum data, etc. Follow routes, with alerts when you move away from the path or when you approach points of interest. Search for routes using an online service, which will allow you to find paths anywhere. It includes a powerful GIS tool for complex distance calculations, bearings, intersections, coordinate conversions, and more. Share your live position with your friends and hiking companions, or with family so they can follow your trail. It includes numerous utilities: - Dashboard - Compass - Artificial horizon - GIS tool Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dakar Rally at none against OruxMaps's 6. Dakar Rally also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 5). OruxMaps's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. OruxMaps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Dakar Rally asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Dakar Rally against 4.0 for OruxMaps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dakar Rally has 153 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Dakar Rally's written reviews are positive against 36% of OruxMaps's.
Dakar Rally ships an update every 4 weeks, OruxMaps monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dakar Rally | OruxMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (153 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.7% of reviews | 35.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O) | jose Vazquez Araujo |
Customer experience
Dakar Rally
OruxMaps
Bugs and requests
Dakar Rally
Reported bugs
3 issues- Duplicate rider records
- Notifications not linking to relevant updates
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to track specific riders/drivers more easily
- More comprehensive video coverage and highlights
- Improved user interface and navigation
OruxMaps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dakar Rally
No in-app purchases
OruxMaps
- Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Small contribution$2.99
- Medium contribution$4.99
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- Large contribution$9.99









