OCR Europe vs Sporlyst Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCR Europe
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OCR Europe is the app for all Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) enthusiasts in Europe. Discover OCR, Trail, Hybrid, Endurance, and other exciting events across Europe and find your next challenge. Browse an extensive event database, save your favorites, explore detailed event information, and keep everything you need for your race season in one place. Features: • Comprehensive database of OCR and related events across Europe • Events from OCR, Trail, Hybrid, Endurance, and Special categories • Powerful search and filtering by date, location, event type, distance, category, and series • Detailed event information with race schedules and start times (where available) • Save your favorite events for quick and offline access • Set reminders for your favorite events so you don't miss an upcoming race • Sync your favorites across your devices • Interactive map showing events near you • Event details including descriptions, registration links, locations, and videos from previous events • Current weather information for upcoming events (where available) • Available discount codes for selected events • Export events directly to your calendar • Open event locations in your preferred navigation app • Notifications about new events and updates based on your selected event categories Whether you're looking for your next obstacle race, trail run, hybrid competition, or endurance challenge, OCR Europe helps you find and organize the events that matter to you. OCR Europe – your companion for the European OCR season! Get inspired, discover new challenges, and explore the world of obstacle racing across Europe.
Sporlyst Tracker
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Sporlyst Tracker turns your phone into the tracking unit for your race. Scan the QR code your organizer sends you, press start, and put the phone away, your position goes to race control and onto the event's live map until you cross the line. REQUIRES A CODE FROM YOUR RACE ORGANIZER This app is not a standalone activity recorder. It only works with a tracking code issued for a specific event, delivered as a QR code or link. If your organizer does not use Sporlyst, this app will not do anything for you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan the QR code from your organizer, or import a screenshot of it from your photo library. 2. Press start at the start line. 3. Ride, run, or paddle. Stop tracking when you finish. BUILT FOR A FULL RACE DAY • Runs in the background with the screen off, phone in a pocket or frame bag, app closed. • Battery-aware. Your battery level travels with each position report, so race control can tell a fading phone from a rider in trouble. Below 20% the app tells race control why, then stops itself so your phone survives to the finish. WHAT YOU SEE WHILE RACING • Elapsed time, distance covered, and current speed. • Your next cutoff, the distance remaining to it, and whether you are ahead of it. • A projected finish time based on how you are actually moving. • Your route, detected automatically, with a manual override if officials move you. SOS One button sends an emergency alert with your exact position and bib straight to the organizer's control room. If you have no signal it queues and goes the moment you do, and it tells you when it has been delivered. You can cancel it if you pressed it by mistake. FOR SUPPORT CREWS Assist vehicles get their own mode. Sign in with your callsign, go on duty, and the control room can see where you are when they need to route you to a rider. Support vehicle positions are visible to the organizer only, never on the public map. PRIVACY • Location is collected only while a tracking session you started is running. Stop tracking or sign out and collection ends immediately. • During the event your position, name, and bib appear on the event's public live map, so spectators and family can follow the race. Your result is published afterwards. • Only real satellite fixes are ever sent. The app never estimates, smooths, or invents a position you were not at. • No advertising, no analytics SDKs, no data sold to anyone. • Importing a QR screenshot is handled entirely on your device. The app has no access to your photo library and never uploads an image. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE Live positions and control-room alerts are estimates derived from intermittent GPS reports. Positions can be minutes old. Phones lose signal and run out of battery, and mobile coverage fails in exactly the remote terrain where help is hardest to reach. An alert can fire when nothing is wrong, or fail to fire when something is. This app is an aid to race organization, not a substitute for carrying proper safety equipment, a means of calling for help, and your own judgement. Sporlyst Tracker is provided for events run on the Sporlyst race platform. Questions about your entry, your tracking code, or your results go to your race organizer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sporlyst Tracker at Free against OCR Europe's $8.99. Sporlyst Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads 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
Sporlyst Tracker is free to download; OCR Europe costs $8.99 up front. OCR Europe sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Sporlyst Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
OCR Europe ships an update every 5 weeks, Sporlyst Tracker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OCR Europe | Sporlyst Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NORMAN RATH | Sporlyst |
In-app purchases
OCR Europe
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Large Tip$8.99
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- Huge Tip$17.99
Sporlyst Tracker
No in-app purchases
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