Our team has made a comparison of most popular ski tracking apps to see what is most wanted by users, which features are common within such apps, what are pros and cons of every reviewed application.
Ski Tracks (Android/iOS)
Maybe one of the best Ski Tracker on the market. App is well designed with detailed live statistics on the dashboard.
Strengths
- Map view: Distance Markers/Photo with coordinates/Few map views/Few Markers view
- Ability to save and share tracks in different formats
- Very Detailed Statistics with graphs
- Battery Friendly
- Support of Smart watches Android Wear and Pebble
Weaknesses
- No free version
iSki Tracker (Android/iOS)
It's new iSki Tracker app for trendy skiers and boarders. The app records your days skiing in detail via your smart phone and analyze them afterwards. It stores slope kilometers, altitude and speed data as well as the detailed altitude profiles and total duration of days skiing etc.
Strengths
- Small size
- Has live statistics: Cur+Max+Avg Speed/Dist/
- Measurement ski tracks distance, divided into downhill skiing and Lift kilometers ( number of lifts)
- Skiing area
- Slope kilometers
- Meters in altitude (down)
Weaknesses
- Poor UI
- Unstable
- No saving tracks in different format
- No sharing
- No quantity of rans statistics
Ski Pursuit (Android/iOS)
The Ski Pursuit app is a good tool for all skiers and snowboarders looking for fun and challenges. Thanks to this app, user ia able to track and record all runs during the season, and share the stats with friends on Facebook and Twitter.
Strengths
- Nice UI
- Stable
- Autostop: the tracker stops recording when your speed is lower than 1 km/h
- Maximum and average speed, duration, distance, ascent, descent
- Map view: view of your run on a real map
- Settings: Imperial/Metric units, countdown set up, autostop set up
Weaknesses
- Poor live statistics (Speed/Time)
- No saving tracks in different format
- No sharing
- No quantity of runs statistics
- No statistics by runs
My Tracks (Android)
My Tracks is a small and powerful application to keep track of your route while you travel around. The quite complex functionality hides behind a very clear user interface which is easy to understand.
Strengths
- Has live statistics: Cur+Max+Avg Speed/Dist/Vert/Grade/Calories
- Detailed Statistics with graphs
- Ability to save and share tracks in different formats
- Battery Friendly
- Nice UI
Weaknesses
- Universal tracker (No runs statistic)
- No iOS version
Trace Snow Ski Snowboard Track (Android/iOS)
Trace Snow (formerly AlpineReplay) allows you to track your day on the mountain by measuring speed, airtime, distance, vertical, Calories, and more. It separates your runs, tell you which chair lifts you've taken, clock your time on the chairlift and much more. You can log in on AlpineReplay.com to see your progress over the season, compare with friends, push your stats to Facebook, and Replay your runs in 3D.
Strengths
- Very detailed statistics of runs: Speed, Vertical, Distance, Calories, Time (but it downloads from WEB and use an additional Trace device)
- Air, Rest, Lift time, Jump Height and Distance statistics ( use an additional device )
Weaknesses
- Does not work without internet connection
- No live statistics
- No saving tracks in different format
- UI is very lagging (all works very slowly because all data downloads from WEB)
SNOCRU Ski Tracking App (Android/iOS)
Users can access SNOCRU's tracking technology with or without an internet connection, allowing for a day of skiing or snowboarding tracking without interruption. Skiers and snowboarders can connect with each other in real time through the Near Me functionality, as well as Challenge fellow CRU members to compete on the slopes by setting up a DAYCRU.
Strengths
- Speed, density mapping
- Access to society
- Diskont to kingfisher heliskiing
- Check resort snow conditions at your home mountain, resorts near you and see weather reports
- Preferential customer service
- Few map views
- Ability to save and share tracks
- Good UI
- Quantity of rans statistics
Weaknesses
- Need more options for free version
- One Metric System
Ski Tracker & Ski Tracks (Android/iOS)
Ski Tracker is an application for all who love snow and winter sports. Useful for skiers and snowboarders. Measure the maximum skiing speed, tracks, distance, mark the slopes on the map and provide full statistics of your winter sports activity. Inside the app you can activate 30 days free, premium app version, which is extended on many additional and useful functions.
Strengths
- Has live statistics: Cur+Max+Avg Speed/Dist/
- Measurement ski tracks distance, divided into downhill skiing and lifts
- Time measure, skiing, lifts and rest
- Monitoring the height above sea level, with recording min. and max. values
- Special feature "Fast Ride" to make a separate measurement of maximum speed, time and distance to any section and time
- Ski statistics, maps, graph
- Work without internet connection
Weaknesses
- No optimized for smartwatch
SkiLynx (Android/iOS)
Using this app users can easily keep in contact with a group on the mountain, see exactly what run or lift each person in your group is riding, in real-time, including the run difficulty rating and their percentage down the trail, as well as their current location on the resort map.
Strengths
- Has live statistics: Cur+Max+Avg Speed/Dist
- Has ability to save and share tracks
- Quantity of rans statistics
- See exactly what run or lift each person in your group is riding, in real-time.
- See their run difficulty rating and percentage down the trail, as well as their current location on the resort map
- Chat with your group with just a tap, using customizable quick messages (Chat with your group with just a tap, using customizable quick messages)
- Optimized for Apple Watch, allowing smartwatch
Weaknesses
- No saving tracks in different format
- No free version
Summary
There are many ski track applications on the market today. It allows users to choose the right app that provides the most valuable information for themselves.
One of the most important features for such applications is the ability to work in the offline mode, since not always there is a high quality mobile Internet connection in mountains. Also ski track apps actively use GPS, discharging a battery of a mobile device very fast, so it’s recommended to consider battery consumption.
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