RunRaceTrace vs Playside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RunRaceTrace
This app helps coaches and parents track split times for track and cross-country runners. It eliminates manual stopwatch frustration by allowing precise recording, performance comparison across laps, and career-long athlete data tracking. Data can be exported for analysis and insights.
- Record precise split times
- Compare performance across laps
- Track athlete roster career data
- Manual roster entry or CSV upload
- Support for common distances and splits
- Share splits for cross-country events
- Performance analytics and results editing
- Data export for analysis
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FREE app with a voluntary $5.99 USD annual paid subscription to support future development. Perfect for the sidelines of any track event, RunRaceTrace eliminates the frustration of manual stopwatch timing and paper tracking. Record precise split times, compare performance across laps, and track your entire distance running roster over their entire career. Key features: - Free app with voluntary subscription to support continued development - Athlete training logs - coach can log workouts or athlete can be invited to log their own training via app or website - Easy setup adding your roster manually or upload a csv file - Integrates with RunRaceTrace.com website with Google and Apple login supported - Settings allow for all common distances and splits of 200m (indoor), 400m (outdoor), and mile (XC) - Share splits feature for 5K XC where multiple coaches can time at different mile markers then share - Performance analytics showing each athletes' top splits and race times - Edit results to add missed times or adjust post-race - Simple intuitive interface - Data export for post-race analysis and training insights - Export roster for MileSplit or TFRSS race entries Designed for use by coaches and parents to help athletes understand their split times to improve pacing and performance. Terms of Use: This app uses standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Playside
This app provides football teams with a centralized platform to watch practice and game film. It offers fast, fullscreen playback optimized for studying plays and assignments, eliminating the need to search through multiple links or messages. The platform ensures the entire roster stays informed and prepared.
- Team practice and game film access
- Fast, fullscreen playback
- Clean and simple interface
- One-time emailed code sign-in
- Study assignments and reps
- Keeps roster on the same page
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Playside is how your football team watches its film. Open the app and your team's latest practice and game video is right there. Tap in and watch in clean, fullscreen landscape built for game film. No digging through group texts and cloud links to find the clip you need. What you get: • Your team's practice and game film, all in one place • Fast, fullscreen playback made for studying football • A clean, simple app that gets you watching in seconds • Sign in with a one-time emailed code (no password to remember), or use Apple, Google, or a password Learn your assignments, review the install, and see your reps between practices, on the bus, or the night before a game. Playside keeps the whole roster on the same page, from the film room to the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Playside at 5.0 against RunRaceTrace's 4.3. Playside also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). RunRaceTrace's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price 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. RunRaceTrace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Playside asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playside holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RunRaceTrace has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RunRaceTrace ships an update every 10 days, Playside monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RunRaceTrace | Playside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Cote | Playside LLC |
Customer experience
RunRaceTrace
Playside
In-app purchases
RunRaceTrace
- Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
- Annual subscription$5.991 Year
Playside
No in-app purchases









