BranchTrack

BranchTrack is an experiential learning platform for creating, delivering, and tracking digital simulations. Its browser-based visual editor lets users build branching scenarios without technical skills or prior experience. Simulations can include characters, locations, custom assets, files, images, videos, and voice overs. BranchTrack records learner actions and outcomes to inform simulation improvements and personalized feedback. Delivery options include SCORM 1.2 and 2004, xAPI, and direct links that track learner progress. Simulations can be embedded in courses made with tools including Articulate Storyline, Rise, Adobe Captivate, Lectora, Elucidat, Gomo, and Easygenerator. Live sessions with Zoom and Teams can feature real-time scoreboards and feedback. Learner experiences adapt to phones and tablets, and the platform supports mobile publishing and WCAG 2.0 accessibility. Teams can share projects, collect feedback, track changes, and invite subject matter experts to playtest. The Free plan includes one simulation; Professional is $83 a year and includes 10 simulations.

BranchTrack combines simulation authoring with learner tracking and multiple delivery options. The Free plan is limited to one simulation, while Team includes collaboration and other listed team features.

BranchTrack suits instructional designers, L&D managers, training facilitators, subject matter experts, and business unit managers who create digital simulations. Its responsive learner experience supports phone and tablet use.

Overview

BranchTrack is an experiential learning platform for building, delivering, and tracking digital simulations. It is best suited to instructional designers and training teams that want branching practice tied to learner outcomes. Its flexible delivery options are a strength; its one-simulation free tier and annual-only paid plans make it less suited to teams that need a broad catalogue without a commitment.

Key features

Scenario authoring and learner feedback

The browser-based visual editor lets authors build branching scenarios without technical skills, and every plan allows unlimited scenario depth. That removes a depth cap from complex decision paths, but not the project-count limit: Free permits one simulation, Professional ten, and Team fifty. Authors can add characters, locations, custom assets, files, images, video, and voice-over, giving scenarios room for varied presentation.

BranchTrack tracks learner actions and outcomes to help teams refine simulations and offer personalized feedback. Free has no Insights analytics, so it is a limited choice for organizations that need performance data to guide improvements.

Delivery, collaboration, and access

SCORM 1.2 and 2004, xAPI, and direct links support different delivery and progress-tracking workflows. Simulations can also be embedded in courses built with Articulate Storyline, Rise, Adobe Captivate, Lectora, Elucidat, Gomo, and Easygenerator. Live sessions with Zoom and Teams add real-time scoreboards and feedback, which suits facilitated practice.

Responsive learner experiences adapt to phones and tablets, and the platform supports mobile publishing. BranchTrack says it supports WCAG 2.0 accessibility. Authors can share projects, collect feedback, track changes, and invite subject-matter experts to playtest; those collaboration features are reserved for Team. BranchTrack says it uses HTTPS, monitors for vulnerabilities or attacks, and bases its privacy policy on EU GDPR and Latvian data protection law.

Pricing

Free costs nothing, billed Forever, and includes one simulation, unlimited scenario depth, and unlimited reviewers. It omits Insights analytics, team collaboration, license management, password policies, and an SLA. It can suit an individual trying a single project, but the missing analytics and one-project cap make it a constrained ongoing option.

Professional costs $83 a year, billed Annual only. It raises the cap to ten simulations and retains unlimited scenario depth and reviewers, but still excludes team collaboration, license management, password policies, and an SLA. This is the fit for an individual or small authoring operation that needs more projects but not shared team administration.

Team costs $299 a year, billed Annual only, and includes fifty simulations, unlimited scenario depth and reviewers, team collaboration, license management, password policies, and an SLA. It is the stronger fit for a group managing a shared simulation portfolio; the higher annual commitment buys administration and collaboration absent from Professional. Enterprise has custom pricing and is positioned for experiential learning at scale.

Platforms

BranchTrack supports Android, iOS, and web. Its responsive learner experience and mobile publishing support access on phones and tablets.

Who it's for

BranchTrack is aimed at instructional designers, L&D managers, training facilitators, subject-matter experts, and business unit managers. It is most compelling for organizations building branching practice and connecting it to learner feedback, LMS delivery, or facilitated sessions. Teams needing collaboration should budget for Team; solo authors with only one simulation and no need for analytics can start on Free.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Unlimited scenario depth on every plan supports complex branching without a depth quota.
• Pros: SCORM, xAPI, direct links, and course-tool embedding provide multiple routes to deliver simulations and track progress.
• Pros: Live Zoom and Teams sessions include real-time scoreboards and feedback for facilitated training.
• Cons: Free is capped at one simulation and excludes Insights analytics, limiting its usefulness for an expanding or data-led program.
• Cons: Collaboration and key administrative controls require Team, while paid plans are annual only.

Alternatives

For a wider range of course-authoring options, browse Course Authoring Software.

• Mindsmith is worth considering if a free plan with unlimited content and sharing, plus link, embed, and SCORM sharing, is a better fit than BranchTrack's one-simulation free tier.
• ProProfs Training Maker may suit teams seeking a free plan for up to 10 learners with all features, or a free trial.
• Adapt Learning is a free and open-source e-learning authoring tool and framework.
• Xerte is free and open-source, but requires installation on a web server; commercial hosting and support are separate.
• Pathwright is an alternative course platform with a free plan and a free trial.
• CenarioVR is a paid alternative with a free trial and a standalone app plan starting at $5,268/year.
• aNewSpring is a paid alternative with a free trial and per-learner pricing for its trainer plan.
• Evolve Authoring is a paid alternative with a free trial and an annual Personal plan.

Verdict

Choose BranchTrack if your learning team needs branching simulations, learner-outcome tracking, and multiple delivery routes in one workflow. Its unlimited scenario depth and live-session options are meaningful strengths, but the free plan's single-project cap and the annual commitment for paid tiers make it a poor match for casual multi-project use or teams that need collaboration without the Team plan.