Hotlap vs LapSnap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hotlap
This app offers GPS lap timing and data logging for track day enthusiasts. Compare your performance with others in a community setting to improve your personal bests.
- GPS lap timing
- Data logging
- Performance comparison
- Community features
- Personal best tracking
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Experience the competitive spirit and camaraderie of track days from anywhere. Hotlap is an exciting new community for track day enthusiasts. With intuitive GPS lap timing and data logging you can ealiy compare your performance with fellow drivers to achieve your next personal best.
LapSnap
Analyze your race track performance with detailed telemetry data. Visualize your lines, compare laps, and optimize your vehicle setup. Supports external devices or your phone's GPS for lap recording.
- Visualize lap lines and analyze speed/acceleration
- Compare laps with best, optimal, or other racers
- Record laps using phone GPS
- Leaderboards per track
- Save vehicle setup configurations
- Calculate optimal lap from best sectors
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Get the most out of your AiM Solo 2, MyChron, GPS enabled GoPro or RaceBox Mini S at a race track by connecting it to your phone and downloading sessions. LapSnap is the first mobile app to connect your AiM device directly to your phone, without extra equipment. Just connect, download and analyze. No lap timer? No problem! LapSnap now supports recording your laps using just your phone. - Visualize the lines and analyze each lap to see why you’ve been fast or slow in a particular part of the track. You can analyze speed, acceleration or deceleration, gas and brakes application, RPMs, gear change, lean angel for motorcycles, temperatures for Go-Karts, as well as your line on the map. - Compare your laps with your best lap, optimal lap or with someone else’s lap to see what you can do to become faster. - Easy access to each session and each lap. This way you can always refer back to a particular lap. - Leaderboard. See how you stack up against others racers. Each track has a leaderboard. - Save your setup. Every session can contain your vehicle settings like suspension setup, gear ratio, tires you use etc. This way when you're coming back to a track, you can refer to the settings you've used the last time and you're not wasting valuable track time finding a setting that works. - Optimal Lap. Your laps are divided into sectors. By taking best sectors of different laps we can put together an Optimal lap. This way you can see what you are capable of if you get every part of you lap just right. Terms of use: https://lapsnap.app/terms.html This service is not affiliated with, endorsed by or in any way associated with AiM Tech Srl or GoPro Inc. or their products and services. GoPro, HERO, and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of GoPro, Inc. AiM and its logo is a trademark or registered trademark of AiM Tech Srl. RaceBox and its logo is a trademark or registered trademark of RaceBox Motorsport LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hotlap at 69% against LapSnap's 30%. Hotlap also leads on ads (none vs shown). LapSnap's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (245 vs 79). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Hotlap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LapSnap sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LapSnap holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 245 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Hotlap's written reviews are positive against 30% of LapSnap's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hotlap ships an update every 4 weeks, LapSnap every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hotlap | LapSnap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (79 ratings) | 4.8 (245 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 | 245 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | +4 |
| Developer | Extravehicular Activity, Inc. | LapSnap Inc |
Customer experience
Hotlap
LapSnap
Bugs and requests
Hotlap
Reported bugs
10 issues- Data lost after phone transfer
- App not working/updating
- Photo upload stops at 90%
- App is very buggy and slow
- OBD2 recording feature broken
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- Live delta time feature broken
- Cannot select custom car
- Sessions not being recorded
- OBD2 adapters not recognized
- App not functioning as expected
Requested features
7 requests- Record times while screen is off
- CarPlay support
- Update profile picture setting
- Make app work in background
- More accurate track layouts
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- Support for 'other' car type
- Improve telemetry graph readability
LapSnap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hotlap
- Hotlap Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- Hotlap Plus Annual$23.991 Year
LapSnap
- Monthly All Access14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Promo Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Annual Black Friday deal$49.991 Year
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- Annual All Access14 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Annual All Access$99.991 Year
- Promo Annual1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- 1 Day Pass$4.99









