iOrienteering vs Buddy Partner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iOrienteering
This app turns your smartphone into an orienteering tool, allowing you to load courses, scan checkpoints with QR codes, and track your location via GPS. It supports various course types and can be used for private or public events, offering a fun way to time or score activities.
- GPS location detection
- QR barcode checkpoint scanning
- Score and linear course support
- Reusable checkpoints
- Private and public course setup
- Event timing and scoring
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iOrienteering combines the convenience of a smartphone with the challenge of orienteering. As well as using QR barcodes to load the course, start, finish and read checkpoints, you can now use your device's GPS to detect your location. iOrienteering allows both score and point to point (linear) courses. Checkpoints can now be used multiple times, so Phi or Butterfly loops can be created You can set up private or public course. Private if just for you, your friends, a school or club. Public if anyone can take part. Simple and great fun. It is free to use. Although designed for orienteering it can be used in any situation where you would like to time or score an event, or you simply what to show someone has traveled to a specific location. For a fun example, you could use it on a stag night with a barcode at each pub or on a car navigation event to show various points have been visited. If you use the app for something unusual then tell us about it as we'd love to hear about it.
Buddy Partner
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Buddy Partner is an application which assists the Sports Facilities in managing and tracking their bookings with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: iOrienteering at fortnightly against Buddy Partner's every 4 months. Buddy Partner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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.
iOrienteering ships an update fortnightly, Buddy Partner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and April 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iOrienteering | Buddy Partner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Patton | PLAYBUDDY TECHNOLOGIES |
In-app purchases
iOrienteering
No in-app purchases
Buddy Partner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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