Comparison

Hotlap vs APEX Pro (New)

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • GPS lap timing
  • Data logging
  • Performance comparison
  • Community features
  • Personal best tracking
Features
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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.

About

APEX Pro (New)

This app provides advanced data acquisition and analysis for motorsports enthusiasts. It offers real-time feedback and detailed post-session insights to help drivers improve their performance on the track. Features include GPS lap timing, vehicle diagnostics, and performance modeling.

Highlights
  • Real-time in-car feedback
  • Extensive post-session analysis
  • GPS lap timing
  • Vehicle diagnostics (OBDII)
  • Performance modeling (APEX Score)
  • Lap replay and data overlay
Features
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APEX Pro is powerful, cost effective, data acquisition for motorsports. APEX Pro's mission is to lower the barrier to quality data acquisition by providing simple to use standalone hardware, controlled by your Apple/ iOS device, and the NEW APEX Pro Lap Timer feature that does not require hardware. The APEX Pro Hardware uses a 9 Axis IMU, a 10HZ GPS and machine learning to model the track and your vehicle's capabilities. APEX provides real-time feedback via LED's while in car and extensive information on the app post driving session. Who is APEX Pro for? APEX helps drivers learn to drive the car at the limit of the tire's grip. Whether you are a racer, track day driver, or autocrosser, that is a valuable skill to have. It is a Grip Gauge that shows you where extra grip is being left on the table. APEX Pro customers participate in all types of four wheeled motorsports: Road Racing, Autocross, Rally, Track Days/ HPDE, Time Attack. What does APEX offer with the APEX Pro Hardware? 10 x GPS accuracy and frequency of the smartphone GPS, APEX’s proprietary machine learning model (APEX Score) for real-time, in-car analysis, MPH/KPH selection, Crew View: Access Live Feed posting of User Records, Ability to post laps to “Top Ten” record board, Extensive post-session analysis, Overlay APEX Score, Speed, Lat G, Long G, OBDII channels (with OBDII hardware), Yaw Rate on GPS image, histogram plots, X,Y chart, and Scatterplot, Lap Replay, Interactive Speedometer, Light Bar replay, AirDrop Data sharing, Overlay laps from different days or sessions at the same track. Gain/ Loss Time overlay on GPS Satellite image. What does the App offer with APEX Pro OBDII? For everyday use: Gage cluster for live engine data. Check engine light (MIL) diagnostic codes. Zero-to-sixty MPH timer. For racing: High quality GPS Lap Timing with Phone GPS, Access to Crew View Live feed, GPS Satellite image overlay with heat maps showing Speed and Long. G, Speed trace and histogram plots for further analysis, OBDII data channels recorded, Lap replay function with interactive speedometer, AirDrop data sharing for data overlay with other drivers on the same track, Auto track selection at hundreds of official tracks around the world. Toggle “Enable Phone GPS Logging” to use the app with no APEX Pro Hardware. What does the App offer with 'Lap Timer Plus' subscription? After your first lap on track, the timer can be used to show your predicted lap time or the delta between your current lap and your best so far. This allows competitive drivers to quickly identify the effect of changes in the driving line or the effect of traffic. For review, the track can be split into sectors and a theoretical best lap calculated to set goals for your next session. Video can be recorded during a driving session and then rendered with data overlays after the session. Please visit www.apextrackcoach.com for detailed information, FAQ’s / documentation, videos and more. Follow @officialapexpro on Facebook and Instagram! EULA: https://apextrackcoach.com/eula/

Screenshots

Hotlap4 screens
APEX Pro (New)3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: APEX Pro (New) at every 8 days against Hotlap's monthly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hotlap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and APEX Pro (New) sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Hotlap against 4.4 for APEX Pro (New). Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 42 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Hotlap's written reviews are positive against 75% of APEX Pro (New)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hotlap ships an update monthly, APEX Pro (New) every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hotlap versus APEX Pro (New): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotlapAPEX Pro (New)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (79 ratings)4.4 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better42
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB154 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperExtravehicular Activity, Inc.Apex Pro LLC

Customer experience

Hotlap

All ratings79 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.6%

APEX Pro (New)

All ratings42 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

APEX Pro (New)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hotlap

Subscriptions2
  • Hotlap Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Hotlap Plus Annual$23.991 Year
2 purchases

APEX Pro (New)

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$98.991 Year

Questions

Is Hotlap free?
Hotlap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is APEX Pro (New) free?
APEX Pro (New) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hotlap or APEX Pro (New)?
APEX Pro (New) is rated higher. Hotlap averages 4.3 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while APEX Pro (New) averages 4.4 from 42 ratings.
Do Hotlap or APEX Pro (New) have ads?
Neither Hotlap nor APEX Pro (New) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hotlap or APEX Pro (New)?
Hotlap ships an update monthly, and APEX Pro (New) every 8 days. Most recently, Hotlap was updated on October 24, 2026 and APEX Pro (New) on October 25, 2026.

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