Comparison

Livelox Recorder vs Control Orienteering Analysis

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Record sport activities
  • Compare activities with others
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Post-activity location review
  • Online activity viewing
Features
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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.

About

Control Orienteering Analysis

This app helps orienteers track and analyze their courses. Record new tracks, import existing ones, and view them on custom maps. Analyze pace, HR, and altitude, mark notes, and compare different route choices. Share your progress with a community feature.

Highlights
  • Record and import orienteering tracks
  • View tracks on custom map images
  • Analyze pace, HR, and altitude data
  • Compare different route choices
  • Community features for sharing and interaction
  • Offline Apple Watch tracking
Features
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Control is an app for orienteers. It is the perfect app for keeping track of your orienteering courses and analyzing them. It allows you to record a track in the app or import your existing track from a gpx/fit file. You can also import a track directly from Garmin Connect, Suunto or Polar if you subscribe to Total Control. View the track on any map image you add to the app. Either import an image file from a scanner or take a picture right in the app, then calibrate and adjust the track. Browse your course point-by-point, see the pace, HR, altitude along the way. Mark notes for later use. Pace zone stats let you view the pace which you had in the different sectors of the track. You can also replay the track with the speed you want. You can export the route you took in GPX format as well as a fully-customizable image of the orienteering map and your route. Export the track to Livelox or export track and the map to Digital Orienteering Map Archive. Save a video from a specific time with configurable length & gps tail length. Compare routes lets you add another route on the same map for comparing different route choices. And with What If -functionality, you can even draw an alternate route and speculate how much better your time would've been without that one silly mistake. Follow your favourite runners with Control Club. See their posts and post your own. React and comment to their performances and also compare their tracks to your own. With Cloud Sync you are able to see your courses on all your devices. Basic app is completely free but for the more advance features you are required to get a Total Control subscription. We offer a free 2-week trial period for you to try it out, with all the features. You can cancel anytime. With Control Apple Watch app you can track a route by carrying only your watch, it tracks the route completely offline. You can mark controls as you pass them. Also by just turning the Digital Crown. Afterwards, when you get back to your iPhone, the track is automatically synced to the iPhone app and to all your devices with iCloud. Control's Privacy Policy: https://control-app.net/privacy-policy End User License Agreement: https://control-app.net/eula

Screenshots

Livelox Recorder2 screens
Control Orienteering Analysis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Livelox Recorder at none against Control Orienteering Analysis's 3. Livelox Recorder also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Control Orienteering Analysis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Livelox Recorder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Livelox Recorder holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Livelox Recorder's written reviews are positive against 60% of Control Orienteering Analysis's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Livelox Recorder ships an update every 6 days, Control Orienteering Analysis weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Livelox Recorder versus Control Orienteering Analysis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLivelox RecorderControl Orienteering Analysis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better3.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLivelox ASOrienteers Oy

Customer experience

Livelox Recorder

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Control Orienteering Analysis

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral26.7%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

Livelox Recorder

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Control Orienteering Analysis

Subscriptions3
  • Total Control Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Total Control for supporters6 Months trial$29.991 Year
  • Total Control14 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Livelox Recorder free?
Livelox Recorder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Control Orienteering Analysis free?
Control Orienteering Analysis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Livelox Recorder or Control Orienteering Analysis?
Livelox Recorder is rated higher. Livelox Recorder averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Control Orienteering Analysis averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Livelox Recorder or Control Orienteering Analysis have ads?
Neither Livelox Recorder nor Control Orienteering Analysis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Livelox Recorder or Control Orienteering Analysis?
Livelox Recorder ships an update every 6 days, and Control Orienteering Analysis weekly. Most recently, Livelox Recorder was updated on September 8, 2026 and Control Orienteering Analysis on September 10, 2026.

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