Livelox Recorder vs LiveTrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Livelox Recorder
Record and compare your sports activities with others. Track locations in real-time or review them later online. Designed for competitive sports enthusiasts.
- Record sport activities
- Compare activities with others
- Real-time location tracking
- Post-activity location review
- Online activity viewing
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The Livelox Recorder app lets you record and compare your sport activities with friends, family and other competitors. You can either watch a user's location in real time or afterwards at https://www.livelox.com. Continued use of GPS running in the background can significantly decrease battery life.
LiveTrail
Track your favorite athletes in real-time or push your own limits with this comprehensive app. Follow live action, access race information, and share your progress with loved ones.
- Real-time athlete tracking
- Live camera feeds at checkpoints
- Race maps and schedules
- Personalized pace charts
- Live GPS position sharing
- Social media sharing of achievements
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A brand-new LiveTrail, rebuilt from the ground up. Follow your runners live, with a notification every time they cross a checkpoint. Live rankings, passage times, course map and elevation profile in 2D and 3D. Running yourself? Your bib opens a space of your own: GPS beacon, SOS alert, cut-offs, and a finisher poster to share. New: the Ghost table — your race plan, checkpoint by checkpoint. Works offline, dark mode, km or miles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Livelox Recorder at 75% against LiveTrail's 28%. Livelox Recorder also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Livelox Recorder holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Livelox Recorder's written reviews are positive against 28% of LiveTrail's.
Livelox Recorder ships an update every 6 days, LiveTrail every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Livelox Recorder | LiveTrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 28.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Livelox AS | LiveTrail SARL |
Customer experience
Livelox Recorder
LiveTrail
In-app purchases
Livelox Recorder
No in-app purchases
LiveTrail
No in-app purchases
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