Ski Tracks App Reviews

I paid, installed and just keep getting a message to go to settings to enable. In setting it indicates us enabled and won’t allow me to access. Total waste of 99 cents, not to mention the frustration.

I’ve been using this app for about three seasons now, and it has always impressed me with its accuracy and features. Even now, in the off season, I can look back through each trip and remember all the great (or not so great) times I’ve had over the last couple of years. It struck me that it was probably time to review this app as I sat in the middle of the off season thinking about a skiing app. 11/10 would recommend.

This is such a great app. I have used it for over a year on my iPhone 6. Now with the update, I like that I can use it now off of just my Apple Watch 2 and no longer need to track using my phone, and the stats appear to be more accurate. Prior to the update, there were definitely some inconsistencies on the watch. Although minor, it would be nice if there was an option to upload a .gpx file. I have a few runs off of another app I was testing a while back. I did not end up liking the other app so it would be nice to upload my stats here instead.

Love the app. Friends and I compare stats. It would be cool if we could track our friends using the same app.

Neat idea - really like the satellite review feature. Distance, time, elevation, and even number of runs were completely off between two iPhones that were together every run and lift.

The app was difficult to install - had to go to online manual because of so many settings first of all. Today I tried to use it while at Breckinridge and it still just says “saving previous workout” which ended over an hour ago. Disappointing as I was anxious to use the watch in a new way.

I’ve been using this for 4-5 years and really like it. It is set and forget. You just turn it on, throw your phone in your pocket or backpack and off you go. Not sure how the iPhone gets such a good GOS signal when not out in the open, but it seems to work all the time. I haven’t done much with it other than check my stats at the end of the day and see what we did. It’s really cool to know how much vertical and how many miles you've traveled. There’s more to it than that; you can store photos. It seems to be pretty accurate as far as mph, distances, showing your exact route, etc. but hard to say because there’s now way for me to verify the data with another tool. Request for developer: It would be really great to have a picture page in the app that shows all of the pictures from the runs and you simply my scroll down the page through the pics and click on a pic to review that track. This way, if you remember a great feature on a mountain you can snap a pic of it in the app and easily use ski tracks later on to help find the exact run that got you there. People would love this if done with a slick interface.

It’s a great App and I love it but could be so much better without too much work. The lift could very easily say “which lift” (ie Payday Express rather than Lift 1) and the run could easily say which run which would be brilliant for looking back on a previous visit. As it is it’s very awkward to try and see where you’ve been although granted it’s possible. Even the Epic App which is rubbish tracks the lift data. So come on Ski Tracks get that little mod done to make this app great.

I've been using this all season and really enjoy it. It tracks great stats and is easy to use. The battery burn is minimal. Typically 20% over a full day for me. My only issue has been forgetting to turn it on on first run. Nice work!

This app used to be great. Every time I’ve used it in the past month, it would freeze for the top speed and distance traveled after a few runs. This requires exiting app completely and loosing all data and restarting again.

Great app But may I suggest that the trail map is overlaid my ski tracks. Add trail maps to ski tracks. My bread crumb ski tracks has no relevance if then trail map is not overlaid.

I've used this app since 2012 and it has always worked well. It's been good to see it improved along the way. Last year I was able to use it on my watch and I thought that was really awesome until today. At the end of a fantastic day of boarding it failed to transmit the data to my iPhone X. This was with the Apple Watch 2. All I have left of my data is the picture I took of the summary screen when I saw the "End" button was not responsive. I have a few more days to be on the mountain this week and I can say I won't be using the watch app any more. Funny thing, this morning we were trying to install the app on my wife's AppleWatch 3 for her to use and it was no where in the lost of apps to install on the watch even though it was installed on her phone. I should've taken that as an omen. Not a happy user of this watch app. It's gotta go from my watch and I'm going to see what my options are if any for data recovery and/or export.

Love this app, very simple interface to use and check in on your skiing/snowboarding for the day. Speeds can be a little iffy but with gps and terrain, they do a great job with what they’ve got. Only gripe is that when you forget to turn it off and drive away from the resort, there is no way to fix the mistake. I would recommend the ability to delete runs on an individual basis or a slider bar on runs to adjust the start/end times. OR figure out what Trace Snow did where it detects you are in the car and won’t record that data. Just the one thing missing to go from 4->5

The app is great. I’ve used it for many years now and since the Apple Watch app came out I loved it even more. The new updates that integrated Workouts with Skitracks completely removed the WatchOS app. I don’t have the newest WatchOS updated so there is no integration into my Workouts our natively. The WatchOS store shows Watch App but still not available.

Awesome app, battery saving tracking app while skiing is awesome.

This app was definitely the best when I first downloaded it several years ago, it still gets the job done however, I really really wish you could edit tracks in the app in the moment. I just want to be able to clip off that pesky drive home that I forgot to stop tracking before I got in the car lol

For the price of the app, this is still the best.

Used this on a recent 6-day ski trip to track our runs, speed, map - it does everything you want in ski tracking and nothing you don't. You can tell the developers really know what they are doing. The watch app is basic but useful and works well. No crashing or glitches on the phone or the watch, though it didn't work until upgrading to WatchOS 4.2. After running the GPS and tracking all day, I was surprised to see only a fraction of the battery on my iPhone 8 was used. Very impressive. Suggested improvements: - Better maps that show ski runs (uses the Apple Maps built-in, which doesn't - Google maps does) - Controls in the watch app to start/stop, etc. I don't want to drop my phone from a lift! - Enable the snow sports workout type on other  Watch models than Series 3.

I have spent a lot of time looking for good ski tracking apps. This one is by far the best is simple to use just information. I am on my fifth Season using itAnd could not be happier with it.

Used for our Italy trip the first time today. As others noted shows max speed.. tracks and more. Really glad to have this nifty app :-)

This is a follow up review. I Like the platform, it has a good look. Easy interfaces. But on any given day it misses anywhere from 20-50% of my runs. Also the speed track is complete bs. Today it said my top speed was 35 - verp. Maybe in deep trees but black groomers close to 60. Just not accurate

Just upgraded to full version after enjoying the free version. Love this app!

This was my favorite app for the last 5 years. Great features, very accurate. It just looks awful on the new iPhone X screen. Please update! The integration with Apple Health is broken as the active calories are not recorded and the total exercise time includes the time spent in chair lifts.

This is my second season using Ski Tracks and it continues to be great. Developer has continued to update, improve, and fix bugs. Works well with Apple Health integration. A little wonky on run counting. Before recent update it wouldn’t count my runs that were around 200 vertical feet... after recently update, it counter the 25ft decent from lodge to first chair as a run. Close enough. Overall, I would highly recommend. Tried out a few other trackers last season and settled on this one due to reasonable cost and functionality.

This app really works well. I recommend it to anyone who likes to keep track of their activities!

Use this app every time I ski. Very accurate compare to an older garmin edge 305. I haven’t noticed any problems with battery life. The integration with watch has improved. I just noticed you can now start and pause your day from the watch without pulling out the phone. I keep the phone in my jacket pocket. iPhone 6 works with no issues. Plan on digging out my old iPhone 5 and see if I can plant it on my son since he at time skis off with his race mates will I ski with his younger brother. I upload data to garmin connect to view on any browser.

I have used a few ski tracking Apps. ski tracks is by far the industry leader for tracking skiing. The app is reliable updates are pushed frequently and I have never had an issue in over five years. thank you very much for tracking my memories!

I’ve been using this app for a few years and I really like it. My only problem is for the music I cannot stream Spotify through the app. Only music downloaded from the App Store plays. If this was fixed it would be a 5/5

A field entry mistake when signing up cannot be updated. Simple problem kids.

Update: I’m afraid I’ve lowered my rating of this app again, this time down to 2 stars. Apparently, using the Apple Watch to control the app is buggy as hell. 14,000 vertical feet translating to 68 miles of travel and other weirdness. But the worst is their ‘Analyze’ function: 12 runs/14,000 ft changes to 1 run/28 ft — and it appears that the function actually DESTROYS THE ORIGINAL DATA. To top it off the developer’s solution thus far is “well, don’t use the watch for this”. I’m now exploring alternatives. This’ll be my third year using this app, this year adding an Apple Watch to my ecosystem. I stay with this app over the alternatives because it continues to focus on actual skiing while most of the others are turning into social apps that happen to track skiing as an afterthought. My rating would be 5 stars if the developer would add turn tracking like they suggested they would a year ago. If another developer starts providing that, it may convince me to try a new app.

This is my 4th season using Ski Tracks. Love it. This year I upgraded my Apple Watch and Ski Tracks is even better with it. Now I don’t forget to hit pause for lunch and resume afterwards. Highly recommended.

Stats are great, wish I found it sooner. It'd be super helpful if the app used location to know you're at ski resort and reminds you to press start. I always miss my first several runs. Next update?

Like your App, use it on both phone and watch. Wish you could add ski run count on the watch

I really enjoyed using the app and its simplicity but unfortunately it didn’t save my runs from last year in the cloud. I got a new phone and none of my runs from last year are available.

Would be great of there was a way to track totals for a season like vertical, runs and distance. Thanks for a great app.

App stopped recording due to low battery when there was sufficient power to finish the run. I don't want a polite program. I want to run to 0 to accomplish the only task it has. To record when told to do so. Polite software has no business being in existence.

Had this app for years and it works great. Strongly recommend it.

UI is poor, you can see it from screenshots but functionality is powerful and deliberate. App syncs with HealthKit, track your GPS, automatically detect the Resort name and calculate dates of skiing! I love it all in this app. It does not drain the battery. +++ Recommend

Nice data for an intermediate skier trying to improve. Lose a star because ski tracks recorded in the trial version of the app do not automatically import into the paid version. That’s a tech solution the app should handle itself (not require manual steps after upgrade to cloud synch, back up, etc)

This app is fine for downhill skiing. But if you plan to try to track any kind of xc or backcountry activity that involves climbing and using your Apple Watch, prepare for this app to stop recording at random intervals, and when I mean stop, not just a pause but an erase of every little step you’ve taken as if you hadn’t even left your house. It doesn’t record a thing The developers suggested fixes (as clunky and cumbersome as they are) do not work and updates to this app were NINE MONTHS ago? You’ve been warned.

Great app! Please add connection to heart rate monitor to track heart rate throughout day of skiing

Quite a lot of bugs recently, including it does not record your ski performance although it shows the timer is on.

I forgot to switch tracking off and got all my driving tracked. I wish I could edit it, and delete some data.

Low battery usage Accurate Always works Ive skied 11yrs and im using it on the mountain

You should have the ability to in stats on day you forgot to turn the app on The Apple Watch should be able to turn the app on and off.

I live this app. Does exactly what it says it does. I really want to see the tracks overlayed on a real ski map. If copyright stops you guys doing it, add a facility to import a photo as the track background (instead of satellite etc) If you allow us to scale the import then it’s a simple task to make the map line up

- Add support for iPhone X, duh - Add submission of Ski stats to Apple Health - Add Apple Watch heart rate monitoring (battery life at the wearer’s peril) - Add mountain, lift, and trail naming detection - Add family/friend locator

(Apple Watch app) I have a feeling when I check the watch to see how I’ve done during the day it pauses it but it’s completely accidental. Maybe need a prompt ‘are you sure you want to pause?’ Because I’ve had two days now where it doesn’t tally up the whole day.

The watch app timer keeps running. No way to shut it off. Also the app on my iPhone shows watch as “inactive” and I can’t find a way to activate.

I have used the app for years and it is still the best app for skiing. I am waiting for an update for iPhone X.

Sure wish the watch app correctly communicated with the app on my phone to accurately show the status. Paused tracking on my watch, then resumed it on my watch. Showed it was recording. 45 min I checked my phone because the watch vertical seemed off and noticed it never actually started recording. Watch shows the correct time elapsed... I do full stack web development and I use promises to confirm whether the action on the server was successful... if not then reflect that on the browser/client side. I don’t see how this app shouldn’t work the same way. Other than that, great app overall. Been using for 5 seasons and love the updates over that time... just wish the watch communication with phone worked better.

This’ll be my third year using this app, this year adding an Apple Watch to my ecosystem. I stay with this app over the alternatives because it continues to focus on actual skiing while most of the others are turning into social apps that happen to track skiing as an afterthought. My rating would be 5 stars if the developer would add turn tracking like they suggested they would a year ago. If another developer starts providing that, it may convince me to try a new app.

Like others have said this is a fab app but I would love to be able to edit or trim a record. I have a habit of forgetting to turn the app off after an activity. Then all my data is thrown off. 🙃

I've been a long time user and really love the stats collected by your app. Looking forward to using it with the Apple Watch. Would like to see the Run Count displayed on the Apple Watch screen. Thanks!

2 thumbs up to you my friend. It makes me feel good about skipping out of work to ski the pow pow. 🎿

It's a really great app when you first use it and are all excited about it but eventually you reach a point where every time you use it you forget to turn it off and the data becomes totally useless. This isn't even difficult to implement, just recalculate the key metrics like speed and ski distance after I set the bad runs to ski lift activity.

Nice app but needs optimization for iPhone Plus screens.

I have been using this app for many years, it is incredible. Great for planning routes and stats. Thank you!

I love the stats and graphics. If it would just count the runs on our Michigan hills it would be perfect but 290 feet is counted as 0 runs. The blue vertical trace shows all the runs but even a 13000 feet of vertical days is still counted as 0 runs. A fix was promised 2 years ago but still no update. I’ve been promised by the owner “the next release will fix run count and include a tool to fix old traces”. The last time in June 2017. Choose any other tool to track your runs. This one is broken.

First thing’s first: this app works great and by all my tests, seems to be pretty darn accurate at least for the casual snowboarder that just wants a fun way to look at their day. I really enjoy being able to quantify how hard I worked after a day of riding and this lets you break down the information quite well. Just prepare to keep your phone buried and warm to ensure your battery doesn’t die. The bad, the Apple Watch app seems to be flawed. I like it when it works, but it seems to display the wrong information almost always. For me it seems to never think I stopped snowboarding and displays ridiculous multi day duration times. Highly recommend just would like them to fix the Apple Watch integration as that was a big selling point for me.

I’ve been using this App for years now. It’s great, exactly as advertised. I agree with the reviewer who suggests editing (‘cause I also forget to turn it on and off as that person does) but what I’d mostly like is some way to watch it on a full size, HD screen.

This was my favorite app for the last 5 years. Great features, very accurate. It just looks awful on the new iPhone X screen. Please update!

This app is significantly better than other tracking apps I have used. I tracked for over 5 hours and only lost 15% of my battery. All of the statistics that this app uses are great to look at especially if you like to compare days or even seasons.

Helpful to know where you haven’t skied as well as where you tend to ski. Has definitely saved us several times in whiteout conditions. One wish is that you could add days when you don’t remember to start it or add some vertical when you start it late. Very helpful when helping someone who hasn’t been to a resort before. Has everything and more than what I would think of.

This is an awesome App so cool how you can view your day on the slopes and the stats, interesting seeing which run was your best by speed and altitude and more. I highly refer this to both skiers and snowboarders my son uses with his snowboard and as an old lady that can’t change over is still on skis!

Love the app, just need to be able to edit so that you can cut off when you forget to stop or pause the app and drive home. Every once in a while I forget to shut it off and wish I could edit it.

I think this is a great app to track my ski runs. But in terms of Health app sync.. it syncs works-outs, but it doesn’t add the calorie information. Please add the ability to write the calorie info onto the Health app, and you have a solid product. Thanks!

I have always wondered how fast I was going down the mountain. Now I know! It was also fun to “replay” my day. This app met my expectations of a GPS tracker. Thank you for not having any in app purchases like your competitors. There is absolutely no justification to do that for an app like this. If there was one thing I would like to see added, it would be the ability to edit a Track after saving it. While using it the first time, I forgot to pause the app when I got on a shuttle to go from one Ski area to another (Loveland Ski Area in Colorado has two areas that are accessible by shuttle) so the app recorded my ride in the shuttle. I could also see myself forgetting to stop recording only to remember on the drive home.

Have enjoyed this app for resort skiing but would like to use it for heli-skiing also. Could you add that calibration to the list?