ASTC vs TRAILASAUR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASTC
Enhance your conference experience by accessing schedules, speaker details, and exhibitor information. Take notes directly on presentation slides in real-time and share insights with attendees via in-app messaging, tweeting, or email.
- View conference schedule
- Access speaker and exhibitor details
- Take real-time notes on slides
- Draw directly on presentation slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
- Share information via tweet/email
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The ASTC Events mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent to the presentation slides real time during presentations and draw and highly directly on the slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors pages as well. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with the in app messaging feature, tweeting, and emailing.
TRAILASAUR
This app combines high-performance outdoor activity tracking with a live paleontology news feed. Log your rides, hikes, and more to earn rewards, and stay updated on the latest fossil discoveries and research.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Expeditions and quests
- Earn rewards and unlock artifacts
- Bike setup and PSI calculators
- Strava sync
- Paleontology news feed
- Offline field guide
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You know it was the asteroid. You ride anyway. TRAILASAUR is built for the kind of person who tracks descents, debates K–Pg boundary evidence, and thinks both matter. It is a high-performance outdoor tracker and a live paleontology intelligence network in the same app, by design. THE TRAIL SIDE Turn every ride, hike, ski run, and walk into progression. TRAILASAUR logs your activity, rewards your effort, and builds a record of your outdoor life that actually means something. • Real-time GPS tracking for rides, hikes, skiing, and walks • Expeditions: multi-stage quests tied to real-world activity • Earn TrailBites and unlock Relics in the Artifact Vault • Spend TrailBites in the Tavern Shop on real gear and accessories • Bike setup logging for fork, shock, tires, drivetrain, and pressure • Smart PSI calculators for tires and suspension • Strava sync with improved export reliability • Post-activity summaries with stats, maps, and badges • Trekker DNA: your rider profile, refined over every session • Themes, profile customization, arcade games, and weekly nudges From the bike park to the summit to the skin track, every adventure counts toward your legacy. THE DINO NEWS SIDE Most outdoor apps stop at the trailhead. TRAILASAUR goes 66 million years further. The Dino News Network is a live intelligence feed that tracks the paleontology world so you do not have to. Four channels, updated daily, straight from the frontier: • Discoveries: new species, taxonomy revisions, and fossil finds • Breakthroughs: peer-reviewed research and preprint alerts • Museums: exhibits, collections, acquisitions, and openings • Media: documentaries, podcasts, books, and drops Tap the meteor. Stay informed. Know things other people do not. ONE APP. TWO OBSESSIONS. The trail is out there. So is the science of everything that roamed it before you. TRAILASAUR is the only place that treats both seriously. Ride. Roam. Roar. What’s New in This Version This update focuses on new themes, major bug fixes, and overall polish across Trailasaur. New Themes Customize the look of the app with new theme support and updated visual polish across key screens. Field Guide Improvements The Local Field Guide continues to grow, making it easier to explore the land beneath your tires. • Park intel with history and location context • National Park Service descriptions, alerts, and activity info • Nearby wildlife observations grouped by species • Offline guide support for deeper backcountry access Stability and Bug Fixes We fixed a range of issues across recording, saving, navigation, and general app flow to make Trailasaur smoother and more reliable. Polish Updates Additional refinements to Strava sync, UI consistency, and core experience throughout the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TRAILASAUR at 100% against ASTC's 0%. TRAILASAUR also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 11 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ASTC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. TRAILASAUR sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. ASTC asks for nothing beyond the download.
TRAILASAUR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASTC has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ASTC's written reviews are positive against 100% of TRAILASAUR's.
ASTC ships an update every 11 months, TRAILASAUR every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASTC | TRAILASAUR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INC. | TRAILASAUR LLC |
Customer experience
ASTC
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In-app purchases
ASTC
No in-app purchases
TRAILASAUR
- Mini Trailbite Pouch$0.99
- Small Trailbite Pack (10,000 TB)$4.99
- Medium Trailbite Pack (24,000 TB)$9.99
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- Large Trailbite Pack$19.99
- Titan Trailbite Pack (130,000 TB)$49.99
- Mythic Trailbite Hoard (280,000 TB)$99.99
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