Comparison

Blue Nose Marathon vs Ice Intel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blue Nose Marathon

Follow participants in real-time during the MEDAVIE Blue Nose Marathon. Access comprehensive event information, race details, and fun features for this annual community event.

Highlights
  • Real-time participant tracking
  • Event information hub
  • Race details
  • Friend and family tracking
  • Mobile information source
Features
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The official mobile app for the MEDAVIE Blue Nose Marathon! Blue Nose Marathon—'the people's marathon'—welcomes all ages and abilities every Victoria Day weekend. Use the app to track your friends and family on race weekend and as your mobile information source for all event information, race details and fun features! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ice Intel

Features
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Transform your curling game with the ultimate digital ledger. Ice Intel is the premier all-in-one tracking and analytics app built specifically for competitive and recreational curlers. Stop guessing about your stats and analytics, and build a rock book while you're doing it - start measuring your success on the ice. Whether you are a Skip calling the game, a coach monitoring performance, or a sweeper brushing a stone, Ice Intel keeps your entire game history right in your pocket. Key Features: Shot-by-Shot Tracking from behind the glass, or on the ice while you are playing: Log every delivery, hit, draw, and guard with an intuitive, ice-optimized interface. Advanced Analytics: Automatically calculate shot percentages for both teams and all players. Comprehensive Logbook: Archive your entire season and compare it to seasons past. On the ice: Use the split timer to track your teammates throw from Tee Line to Hog Line, and get an instant prediction of where the rock will end up, or what it's hog to hog hit time will be. The app adjusts its predictions for every player, and becomes more and more accurate as the game goes on. Player Analytics: Simply by selecting a turn, shot type, and score for every shot, Ice Intel builds a complete set of analytics for every player on the ice. It shows you Overall Shooting Percentage, In-Turn Shooting Percentage, Out-Turn Shooting Percentage, Percentages for Finesse shots like guards, draws, come-arounds, freezes, taps & ticks, and Power shots like hit & stick, hit & roll, double, runback, in-off & peel. See if you're getting better or worse over time, and find the areas that are your strengths, and those that need improvement. Team Analytics: Tracking games on Ice Intel will give you comprehensive analytics on your team and your opposition. The analytics include Hammer Efficiency, Steal Defence, Force Efficiency, Steal Efficiency, Hammer Factor, Without Factor, and Team Efficiency. See what areas your Team needs to work on to improve, and find weaknesses you can exploit in your opposition. Add linescores from previous games to see how your team and other teams are performing, with and without the hammer. See where you team needs to improve and situations to need to focus on and practice. Build a Rock Book. Ice Intel automatically builds a rock book for every sheet of ice you curl on, showing percentages for each stone, and giving you the chance to add notes to make sure you have the best information available before you hit the ice. Track all kinds of games. Ice Intel is set up to track traditional 4 person games, with either 4 person or 3 person teams, and is also set up to track Mixed Doubles games and Triples Games. All you have to do is add the players and the teams, and the app takes care of the rest. No computer or tablet required. Ice Intel works well on computers or tablets, but it works just as well with just your phone. No more staring into a computer while your team is on the ice - with Ice Intel, you can watch the game and score the game , or even play the game at the same time. Elevate your performance, master the pebble, and bring home more wins. Download Ice Intel today!

Screenshots

Blue Nose Marathon4 screens
Ice Intel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blue Nose Marathon at Free against Ice Intel's $19.99. Ice Intel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Blue Nose Marathon is free to download; Ice Intel costs $19.99 up front. Blue Nose Marathon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Ice Intel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Nose Marathon ships an update every 10 days, Ice Intel every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Blue Nose Marathon versus Ice Intel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Nose MarathonIce Intel
PriceFree — better$19.99
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB188 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSportUnityDALE R NEUFELD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Blue Nose Marathon

Subscriptions1
  • PLUS Unlimited$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • PLUS Single Event$3.99
None

Ice Intel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Nose Marathon free?
Blue Nose Marathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ice Intel free?
Ice Intel costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blue Nose Marathon or Ice Intel have ads?
Neither Blue Nose Marathon nor Ice Intel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Nose Marathon or Ice Intel?
Blue Nose Marathon ships an update every 10 days, and Ice Intel every 11 days. Most recently, Blue Nose Marathon was updated on October 30, 2026 and Ice Intel on October 24, 2026.

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