The Open vs Progeny Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Open
Experience live coverage of golf's original Championship, including feature groups, range sessions, and unique par-3 channel footage. Stay updated with real-time scores, tee times, news, and highlights. Access year-round content like films, documentaries, coaching videos, and podcasts.
- Live championship coverage
- Feature group coverage
- Live at the Range
- Up-to-date scoring and tee times
- Live blog
- News, video highlights, and features
- Films, documentaries, and podcasts
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Download the enhanced Open App to enjoy unrivalled coverage from Royal Birkdale. Whether you’ll be part of the captivated crowd or watching every shot from afar, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the features that are just a tap away: • Free live streams, including Featured Groups • A new interactive Open fantasy game • Our most in-depth course guide to date • A leaderboard that you can add to your lock screen • See live ball positions and routes to the hole for every player • Daily weather updates • Stats Centre
Progeny Tracker
This app tracks horses by their sire and dam, notifying users of runners and providing detailed profiles. It also offers sales information for progeny and is ideal for monitoring young horses and first-season sires.
- Track horses by sire and dam
- Notifications for runners
- Full racecards
- In-depth horse profiles
- Sales information for progeny
- Monitor young horses and first-season sires
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Progeny Tracker is the first horse tracker of its kind and brings a unique new product to the bloodstock industry. The Progeny Tracker allows you to track unnamed horses by tracking any sire and dam in the world. The app notifies you of any runners by your tracked sires/dams and full racecards are visible within the app, along with in-depth horse profiles detailing race record and pedigree. The app also brings you sales information for all progeny of your tracked sires/dams. The app is perfect for tracking young horses sold at the sales (by tracking the dams) and for keeping up-to-date with the progress of first season sires, and much more. The Progeny Tracker app is brought to you by Racing Post Bloodstock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Open at every 4 days against Progeny Tracker's every 2 months. The Open also leads on ratings volume (4.9K vs 21). Progeny Tracker's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Progeny Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Open has 4.9K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of The Open's written reviews are positive against 38% of Progeny Tracker's.
The Open ships an update every 4 days, Progeny Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Open | Progeny Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.9K ratings) | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The R&A | SPOTLIGHT SPORTS GROUP LIMITED |
Customer experience
The Open
Progeny Tracker
Bugs and requests
The Open
Reported bugs
4 issues- Leaderboard scores not updating properly
- Favorites list keeps getting reset
- Login/sign-up process not working
- App crashing on launch or during use
Requested features
5 requests- Player bios and stats
- Ability to sort leaderboard
- Live shot tracking
- Improved video streaming quality
- Easier navigation and UI
Progeny Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Open
No in-app purchases
Progeny Tracker
No in-app purchases
