# RaidLine, Anube Sport and ERTF: rally-raid race tracking compared

Published September 3, 2026 · Comparison · The RaidLine team

> Anube Sport, ERTF or RaidLine: FIA-listed tracking, Dakar-style navigation or a white-label platform. A verified race tracking comparison for organizers.

- Article (HTML): https://raidline.net/en/blog/anube-ertf-alternatives-race-tracking
- French version: https://raidline.net/blog/anube-ertf-alternatives-suivi-course
- Publisher: RaidLine, white-label mobile app for live GPS tracking, navigation and route management for rally raids: https://raidline.net/ (contact@raidline.net)

Owaka is not the only name an organizer runs into when shopping for a race tracking solution. Two others come up again and again: Anube Sport, the Spanish specialist in FIA-listed tracking and timing, and ERTF, the French supplier from Brittany whose navigation GPS units equipped the Dakar. After our [comparison focused on Owaka](https://raidline.net/en/blog/owaka-alternatives-rally-tracking), here is the same honest, use-case read of these two players, and of what RaidLine does differently.

## Anube Sport: FIA-listed tracking, timing included

[Anube Sport](https://anubesport.com), based in Nigrán, Galicia (Spain), has equipped sporting events for more than ten years with a system that covers both tracking and timing. That is its distinctive trait: where many solutions treat timing as a separate problem, Anube offers a full range of units, Stella for rally and raids, Spica for rally and regularity, Linea and Cronostella for chrono events, backed by automatic timing with online results, split times and an electronic time card.

The all-in-one Stella unit transmits over both Iridium and 4G, and carries overtaking detection, messaging and a digital roadbook. On the compliance side, [FIA Technical List 98](https://raidline.net/en/blog/rally-raid-tracking-regulations) (February 2025 update) lists the Stella Evo and the Spica 4 among the systems usable in events under the regional rally tracking specifications, with the Spica 3 still admitted for reconnaissance. In the field, the Stella system is the mandatory equipment of the NORRA Mexican 1000: an SOS relayed to a monitoring center that dispatches assistance when no reply comes back, an alert to vehicles approaching a stopped competitor (an audible and flashing signal that works regardless of dust or darkness), and a readout showing odometer, chronometer, danger warnings and virtual checkpoint validation.

**Choose Anube Sport if:** your event requires FIA-listed hardware or comes close to it, you want a single supplier for tracking and timing, and competitor-to-competitor alerting is part of your safety plan.

## ERTF: Dakar-style navigation, made in Brittany

[ERTF](https://www.ertf.com), based in Ploemeur near Lorient, has built embedded systems since 1991: navigation, control and timing for motorsport. Its reputation comes from the Dakar: the Unik II GPS served as the event’s navigation unit (cars, trucks, bikes and quads), with waypoint management, virtual checkpoints and the integrated Sentinel warning keys to signal an overtake. The current generation, the GPS Unik 4, comes in car/truck and bike/quad versions, and in 2026 ERTF equips international-calendar events such as the Rallye du Maroc, the Baja Morocco and the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

ERTF therefore speaks first to organizations that think in terms of regulated navigation: one locked, identical GPS for every competitor, validating waypoints and controlling speed, with tracking and safety layered on top of that base. For an event close to international rally-raid standards, that culture is precious; for an amateur raid that does not impose a navigation GPS, it is often more equipment than the need calls for.

**Choose ERTF if:** your event imposes an identical navigation GPS on every competitor, route control (waypoints, speed zones) sits at the heart of your regulations, and you want the supplier proven on the biggest events of the calendar.

## RaidLine: the white-label, hardware-independent platform

RaidLine builds neither beacons nor homologated navigation GPS units: it is a white-label software platform, and the app your crews and spectators see carries your event’s colors. It brings together [live GPS tracking](https://raidline.net/en/blog/rally-raid-live-tracking), offline navigation with pre-downloaded maps, native-notification announcements, real-time rankings and race-control tools, with our team on hand during the event.

On the hardware side, RaidLine integrates natively with Neyos beacons, is compatible with YB Tracking devices (YB3 and YB3i) transmitting over pure Iridium, and offers rental beacons, already paired with the platform, for organizations starting from scratch. Already using another provider? We build custom connectors: your positions feed the public map, the alerts and the leaderboard whatever unit is on board. The details are on our [integrations and compatible hardware](https://raidline.net/en/integrations) page. And the logic extends beyond beacons: at Blue Rally Europe 2026, the leaderboard shown in the app was wired to the Google Sheet the organization already used.

**Choose RaidLine if:** you want a single, on-brand app for navigation, announcements, tracking and race control, the freedom to choose or keep your hardware, and human support during the race.

## Three original trades, three readings of the same need

The most useful grid for telling these solutions apart is not a feature list, it is their original trade. Anube Sport comes from timing and homologated tracking: its offer shines when the regulations impose listed hardware and the clock is central. ERTF comes from regulated navigation: its natural ground is the event where an imposed GPS locks the route. RaidLine comes from software: its strength is the experience of crews, spectators and race control, served by the hardware of your choice.

These approaches do not always exclude each other. Homologated hardware and the platform that exploits the data remain [two separate decisions](https://raidline.net/en/blog/choosing-race-tracking-solution): an event can impose a unit compliant with its regulations and still entrust the public app, navigation and race control to an independent platform. Conversely, an amateur raid with no homologation constraint has no reason to pay for the complexity of a world-championship setup.

> **Compare on the facts**

> RaidLine provides the white-label live tracking app and the race-control tools, compatible with your GPS beacons: public map shared by link, offline navigation, announcements, real-time alerts and leaderboard. Demo available on request.

> [Request a demo](https://raidline.net/en/demo)

## The decision in four questions

1. **Do your regulations impose homologated hardware?** An event under FIA regulations: start from Technical List 98, where the Anube Stella Evo and Spica appear. A free event: the choice comes down to terrain, network coverage and budget.

2. **Is navigation imposed or free?** One locked, identical GPS for every competitor: that is ERTF’s trade. Navigation served by an app on the crew’s own device, with offline maps: that is RaidLine’s.

3. **Who must see the race, and under whose colors?** If the public map, the announcements and the leaderboard must carry your event’s brand, a white-label platform has the edge over a portal in the supplier’s name.

4. **What do you already own?** An existing beacon fleet argues for a hardware-independent platform; starting from scratch opens the choice between a hardware-plus-platform package and [beacon rental](https://raidline.net/en/beacon-rental) backed by the software.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Anube Sport FIA-homologated?

Yes, for regional rally tracking: the Anube Stella Evo and Spica trackers appear on FIA Technical List 98 (February 2025 update), which lists the systems compliant with the FIA regional rally tracking specifications, with the Spica 3 admitted for reconnaissance only.

### What is the difference between Anube Sport and ERTF?

Anube Sport is a Spanish tracking and timing specialist: its Stella and Spica units combine tracking, safety and timing. ERTF is a French supplier known first for navigation: its Unik GPS equipped the Dakar, with waypoint management and the Sentinel warning. The two overlap on safety but come from different core trades.

### Does RaidLine replace Anube Sport or ERTF?

Not necessarily: RaidLine is a white-label, hardware-independent software platform. It integrates natively with Neyos beacons, is compatible with YB Tracking Iridium devices, and can connect to other units through custom connectors. Homologated hardware and the app your crews see remain two separate decisions.

### Does an amateur rally need FIA-homologated hardware?

Not in the general case: Technical List 98 applies to events run under FIA regulations. A private raid or a regional event outside FIA championships is free to choose its tracking hardware based on terrain, network coverage and budget, while remaining responsible for competitor safety.

## Also worth reading

- [Owaka, RaidLine and the others: rally-raid GPS tracking compared](https://raidline.net/en/blog/owaka-alternatives-rally-tracking)

- [Race tracking solution: the complete evaluation grid](https://raidline.net/en/blog/choosing-race-tracking-solution)

- [Rally raid live tracking: give your spectators the race in real time](https://raidline.net/en/blog/rally-raid-live-tracking)