SugarWOD vs Race Entry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SugarWOD
This app helps athletes track workouts, PRs, and progress while connecting with a gym community. Coaches can manage programming, monitor performance, and engage with members. It offers prep videos and a library of workouts for a comprehensive fitness experience.
- Workout tracking and PR logging
- Community leaderboards and social interaction
- Movement prep videos
- Program management for coaches
- Workout library and custom workout creation
- Performance analytics for coaches
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SugarWOD is the #1 workout app for athletes, coaches and affiliates. Over 500,000 affiliate athletes use SugarWOD to track their workouts and PRs! With commenting, photo sharing and community scoreboards, you can connect with friends and coaches, inside and outside the gym. Athletes have even given each other more than 35 million fist bumps! The app also creates a better WOD experience with performance tracking, movement prep videos, and a way for your friends to support you when you get that back squat PR. CompTrain by Ben Bergeron is exclusively available on SugarWOD. 2900+ boxes use SugarWOD to grow their community and manage their programming. For affiliate owners and coaches, SugarWOD simplifies program management, with a library of over 1000 WODs and an easy-to-use programming tool. It also provides a powerful tool that supports the community at your gym—with the ability to encourage and connect with athletes inside and outside the box and analytics to make sure coaches can monitor the performance and participation of their members. With the SugarWOD mobile app athletes can: • Receive alerts when your box’s WOD is posted • Prepare for the WOD with prep videos and your personal performance history • Record your WOD results • Track your PRs and progress • Connect with affiliate athletes all over the world • See how your friends did on your daily leaderboard • Support your friends with comments and fist bumps • Record workouts done outside the gym—choose from 1000s of built-in workouts • Create and record custom workouts With the SugarWOD mobile app coaches can: • Do everything listed above and more… • Publish to a mobile Whiteboard and connect with your athletes inside and outside the box • Monitor member’s performance and participation to improve your coaching • Connect with and encourage your athletes as they publish their workout results • Access the coach’s prep planner for a consistent WOD experience for your athletes More info can be found at www.sugarwod.com ----------------- "Great app, I love it! I'm just starting out in CrossFit and I'm not sure if I'd like it as much if I didn't have SugarWOD." ----------------- "It's so easy to use, both as a coach and a user. Awesome interface, tap friendly and very intuitive." ----------------- "SugarWOD has provided there so much more cross communication between the athletes from the different classes, it's actually amazing. Fist bumps are flying all over the place!" ----------------- "I worked in the Tech industry for 16 years before starting up the Box and I know when I come across some good tech, so well done!" ----------------- "SugarWOD has been a great success, members love it and its sparked some friendly banter and fierce competition amongst everyone." -----------------
Race Entry
Manage event participants, booth purchases, and volunteers directly from your mobile device. Scan QR codes for check-ins, assign bib numbers, and view participant details. This app provides event directors with essential tools for seamless on-site event management.
- Event participant management
- Booth purchase tracking
- Volunteer management
- QR code scanning for check-in
- Manual check-in/out
- Participant detail viewing
- Bib assignment
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The Race Entry app is designed to give mobile access to event directors with active accounts in the Race Entry online platform. Users can log into the app, see a list of all of their events, and access management features for specific events. Each event has a dashboard to view event participants, booth purchases, and volunteers. Participants, booth purchases, and volunteers can be scanned as present with a QR scanner and their confirmation QR code. They can also be manually marked as checked-in or checked-out. Participant details involving form question responses are also displayed if applicable to the event. Participants for race day will also be able to be assigned bibs through the app and any bibs assigned through the online system will be displayed on the app as well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SugarWOD at 91K against Race Entry's 1. Race Entry's advantage is iOS requirement (13.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SugarWOD against 5.0 for Race Entry. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SugarWOD has 91K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SugarWOD ships an update every 11 days, Race Entry every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SugarWOD | Race Entry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (91K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 91K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daxko LLC | Race Registration Online, LLC |
Customer experience
SugarWOD
Race Entry
Bugs and requests
SugarWOD
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log workouts
- Incorrect data syncing and display
- Unreliable notification system
- Glitches with workout history and progress tracking
Requested features
5 requests- Add custom workout options
- Improve fist bump functionality
- Integrate with fitness trackers
- Optimize for tablet devices
- Provide better data visualization and analytics
Race Entry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SugarWOD
No in-app purchases
Race Entry
No in-app purchases









