Big Half vs Event Support Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time participant tracking
- Event results
- Course maps
- Latest news and updates
- Completion certificates
- Selfie frames
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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!
Event Support Tracker
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Big Half | Event Support Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | London Marathon Events Limited | Ben Dobson |
In-app purchases
Big Half
No in-app purchases
Event Support Tracker
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$5.991 Year
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