Comparison

Big Half vs Event Support Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Big Half

Follow participants in real-time during an event. Spectators can view live tracking, results, and course maps. Access the latest news and receive completion certificates.

Highlights
  • Real-time participant tracking
  • Event results
  • Course maps
  • Latest news and updates
  • Completion certificates
  • Selfie frames
Features
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The Big Half app provides real-time participant tracking.  We bring the excitement of Event Day to spectators by delivering real-time tracking and results.  Features:  ・Live tracking of participants  ・Results  ・Course maps  ・Latest news and updates  ・Completion certificates and selfie frames!

About

Event Support Tracker

Features
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If you or your team are supporting a competitor who is undertaking or training for a distance event, such as ultra-marathons, long-distance cycling events and need to support them by being at checkpoints, preparing their nutrition, etc. Then this is the app you need to have. It works out the support team's contingency between checkpoints, and notes whether the competitor is on schedule to reach the next checkpoint and finish time and highlights any potential DNF. Features include: • Predicted fast, mid and cut/slow arrival times at checkpoints and the finish • Drive time contingency between checkpoints • Actual pace over each leg, once they arrived at a checkpoint • Aide-memoire for what the competitor is scheduled to do/have at each checkpoint • Facilities available at checkpoints, along with any Hard-cutoff • Leg override pace/speeds to allow for faster or slower sections • Elevation chart • Predicted vs actual pace or speed chart • Link through to directions to a checkpoint (uses W3W) • Metric or Imperial distance • French, German, Spanish and Italian supported The free version allows for 1 event to be created and amended. By subscribing to the app additional features unlocked include: • Import GPX file for the Event - And that then provides access to: > Select Checkpoints from the map > Automatically calculates distance and elevation between checkpoints > More accurate Predicted Arrival Time • Create and amend numerous events • Share events with other members of the support team • Send the Event Checkpoint Information to Compatible Garmin Devices Subscriptions offered are: Annually at £5.99 Monthly at £1.99 Apple's Standard End User Licence Agreement can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Big Half4 screens
Event Support Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Big Half at none against Event Support Tracker's 2. Big Half also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Event Support Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Event Support Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Big Half asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Big Half ships an update every 12 months, Event Support Tracker every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Big Half versus Event Support Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig HalfEvent Support Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB65 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLondon Marathon Events LimitedBen Dobson

In-app purchases

None

Big Half

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Event Support Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Big Half free?
Big Half is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Support Tracker free?
Event Support Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Big Half or Event Support Tracker have ads?
Neither Big Half nor Event Support Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Big Half or Event Support Tracker?
Big Half ships an update every 12 months, and Event Support Tracker every 4 weeks. Most recently, Big Half was updated on October 2, 2026 and Event Support Tracker on October 6, 2026.

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