Hotlap vs Kerbz
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.
Kerbz
Discover and book a variety of automotive experiences, from track days and rallies to car shows and meetups. Connect with fellow enthusiasts and manage your event registrations and bookings seamlessly.
- Discover motorsport events
- Book driving experiences
- Find car shows and rallies
- Connect with enthusiasts
- Manage event registrations
- Book performance cars
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Kerbz is the social platform for car enthusiasts. Whether your weekends are cars & coffee, a club meet, a show, a canyon drive or a track day, it's one place for all of it — the events, the cars, the people and the parts. YOUR GARAGE Add your cars once. Kerbz uses them everywhere: to find the events, the discussions and the parts that fit what you drive. THE PADDOCK Talk with people who own the same car. Builds and setups, where to meet, which track, what tires — organized by car and generation, so an answer comes from someone driving the same thing you are. THE MARKET Parts, wheels, tires, seats and gear, sold driver to driver. Every listing says what it fits, and every seller is a real driver you can look up — their cars, their events, their past deals. Meet at the next event to hand it over. EVENTS Discover and register for cars & coffee, car shows, club meets, track days, HPDE and autocross in a few taps. Add friends and see who's going. Group registration for your club or team. Your calendar keeps it all straight. ON TRACK Live timing during the event, lap records and personal bests afterwards, leaderboards by track and car. Share a lap and compare it against a friend's. RENTALS Book a track-ready car from a trusted host when you don't want to bring your own. COMMUNITY A feed of what your friends are doing, messaging, badges for the miles you've put in, and a profile that shows what you drive and where you've been. From someone who's never been to a track to someone who never leaves one, Kerbz is built for people who love cars and the weekends that come with them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kerbz at 5.0 against Hotlap's 4.3. Kerbz also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Hotlap's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 8). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kerbz asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kerbz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hotlap has 79 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Hotlap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kerbz's.
Hotlap ships an update monthly, Kerbz daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hotlap | Kerbz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (79 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Extravehicular Activity, Inc. | Kerbz Adventures, Inc. |
Customer experience
Hotlap
Kerbz
In-app purchases
Hotlap
- Hotlap Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- Hotlap Plus Annual$23.991 Year
Kerbz
No in-app purchases








