RaceJoy (Race Joy)

RUNSIGNUP, INC.

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About this app

RaceJoy is a new way for athletes and spectators to experience race day- creating true Race Joy! No more standing around a board for results with RaceJoy's INSTANT RESULTS and progress updates. With RaceJoy's Phone Fun features, you now have access to true LIVE GPS tracking and proximity alerts! The days of your friends and family missing you as you run by are now gone! And they can Send you a Cheer while you race! Note: athletes do not need to carry their phone for results and progress updates.

RaceJoy is packed with race specific features solving on the ground race day challenges and bringing joy to the race. From course maps, schedule of events, spectator help to automatic postings to Facebook - you now have one place to experience the race with the innovation of mobile technology.

Key Features
-Instant timing system results (participant does not need to carry their phone for results)
-Progress updates as participant crosses timing system points
-Automatic progress updates to Facebook
-Interactive course maps
-Social Media integration
-Key event information
-Registration
-Schedules (race times, celebrations, speakers and more)
-Expo information
-Cheer help
-Post Race information
-Local places of interest
-Promotions, discounts and coupons from race sponsors

"Phone Fun" Upgrade Features
-Real-time live GPS tracking (versus simulator or estimator)
-Proximity alerts for when athlete is near
-Send a Cheer to participant during race
-Post race Meet Up feature
Participant must carry phone to take advantage of these features.

If you would like a race added to RaceJoy, please let the event's Race Director know. Some of the features may vary per event. If you have any suggestions, feedback or issues, please email us ([e-mail]).

The concept of RaceJoy originated from actual athlete and spectator experiences. RaceJoy is designed to help athletes and spectators come together and experience race joy!

*Live Tracking feature is ONLY activated during the hours of the Event. Use of this GPS technology running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. You may disable this under settings at anytime during the event to conserve battery life if needed.

Ratings and reviews

Great idea but horrible execution. UI is awful, and not intuitive. We did a 200 miles relay where cell phone coverage was not great is some areas and you can evev load the app. Its ok to not have the latest data but at least you should be able to see cached data. Audio uses always the phone speaker instead of an active bluetooth connection which is pointless if using a headset. If you are zooming in some area, the zoom is lost once you lock your phone

Terrible experience. Tried to use it to track a virtual race. Big green button to start is ok, but then a small ok that you have to hit while starting to run? Get it started, put my phone away so I can, well, run, and then when I finished, pull out my phone, and the app is telling me to start tracking. No clue when app decided it wasn't going to finish tracking my race. Fortunately, my race will accept my Garmin tracking. Very poor compared to other apps I've used for virtual tracking.

I enjoyed using this Race app! I had so much fun watching my daughter run in a Utah Marathon far away from another state. My favorite feature was sending uplifting cheers and songs while she ran. I loved the live stats and alerts when she passed a marker. I wish a few basic instructions had popped up ahead of time as I opened each page like saying there's a limit on the number of messages that can be sent. I want to find another app like this one that can always send encouraging messages.

What's new

This release provides for the following improvements:
- Fix for setting up for timing integration Bib Tracking only.
- Fix for back navigation from Notification Alert.
- Improved notification settings sync with server.