MileSplit Alternatives for Track Athletes
August 10, 2026 · 8 min read
People do not usually search for MileSplit alternatives because they dislike MileSplit. They search for it in March, after clicking on their own ranking and hitting a subscription screen.
So this is not a takedown. It is a straight answer to a narrow question: what else is there, and what does each one actually give you for free?
What MileSplit paywalls, precisely
Worth being exact, because the internet is full of guesses.
MileSplit's own subscription FAQ states that a PRO subscription unlocks state and national rankings and athlete race history and progression. Meet results themselves are broadly viewable.
MileSplit does not publish a subscription price on its public pages. I checked its subscription FAQ, its own "what you get when you subscribe" article and its plan announcement, and none of the three names a figure. Prices quoted on third-party blogs are not from MileSplit, so check the current rate at the signup screen rather than trusting a number you read somewhere.
The short version: your results are free, your ranking is the product.
What MileSplit is genuinely good at
Skip this and you will make a bad decision.
MileSplit is a media network, not just a database. It runs state sites with real coverage, photographers at meets, articles, rankings that people actually read, and video. If you are near the top of your state list, appearing there has value that no database can replicate, because people browse it recreationally rather than only looking you up.
If that describes you, the subscription is probably not your problem. Read on anyway for what to pair it with.
The alternatives, honestly
Athletic.net, for the raw data
The closest direct substitute, and in many states the one your meet director actually uploads to. Deep performance history, clean progressions, every split.
It paywalls the same thing MileSplit does. An Athletic+ membership is US$9.99 a month, or US$7.97 a month paid annually for a total of US$95.64, and what it unlocks is unlimited rankings, ad-free browsing, full AthleticTV access and athlete comparison tools.
The difference worth knowing: Athletic.net tells you the price before you commit. MileSplit does not. If you are going to pay for a ranking view, that transparency is a reasonable tiebreaker. Which of the two has your results at all is regional, and there is a two-minute test for working that out.
Your state athletic association, for official results
Free, authoritative, and consistently overlooked. State association sites and the timing companies that run your meets post official results, usually as PDFs or a results portal. They are the source both commercial sites are built on.
Not searchable, not ranked, not pretty. But if you need a citable result for a coach, this is the primary source and it costs nothing.
TFRRS, if you are looking at college marks
Free, and the standard reference for college results. Not a high school tool and not a recruiting profile, but if you are trying to work out what a programme's current roster actually runs, this is where to look rather than at a recruiting-standards blog post.
MaxPreps, if you want breadth over depth
Covers many sports. Track is not its strength, and its coverage of field events in particular is thin. Reasonable if your school already uses it for everything else, weak as a track recruiting tool.
Hudl, if you want team film
Built for team sports and priced for teams. It technically handles other sports, but it is not designed around an individual athlete's marks, and a track performance without its time, wind and timing method attached is not doing recruiting work.
TrackReels, for a free ranking with the film attached
This is our site, so weigh it accordingly. The specific gap it fills: the ranking is free and the video carries the mark.
Every reel requires its event, time or distance, date, wind reading and whether the timing was fully automatic or hand held, at upload. Wind-illegal marks in the sprints, hurdles and horizontal jumps get labelled and kept off the boards rather than quietly counted. The leaderboards are open to read and to rank on, for every event, boys and girls.
What it is not: a meet results database with twenty years of history, or a media network with photographers at your regional. Use it alongside those, not instead of them.
What to use for what
- Looking up an official result: your state association or timing company. Free.
- Performance history and progressions: Athletic.net. Free to view, paid for rankings.
- State visibility and coverage: MileSplit, if your state's site is active.
- College roster marks: TFRRS. Free.
- A profile you own, with film attached to every mark: TrackReels. Free tier.
Most athletes need two of these, not one, and almost nobody needs to pay for more than one ranking subscription.
The question underneath the question
If you are paying to see where you rank, it is usually because a coach asked where you rank, or because you are trying to work out whether your marks are good enough.
That second one is answerable without a subscription. Compare your mark against the live event boards, and read what a hand time converts to before you compare anything, because a stopwatch 11.2 and a camera-timed 11.2 are not the same performance and a coach will treat them very differently.