Comparison

Hotlap vs Laps

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

Laps

This app logs your track day sessions, providing detailed telemetry and session summaries. It helps drivers analyze their performance by tracking lap times, speed, and vehicle setups. Upgrade to Pro for advanced analysis and unlimited vehicle logging.

Highlights
  • Live HUD with rolling lap times and G-meter
  • GPS-based lap detection
  • Session summaries with best lap and top speed
  • Personal best lap comparisons
  • Vehicle setup logging
  • Full lap analysis with telemetry (Pro)
Features
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Laps is a track-day logbook for drivers who want to learn from every session — not just glance at a lap time and forget it. Record each session on a closed course with a clean, glanceable live HUD: rolling lap times, a live G-meter, and speed, all built to stay readable at pace. Laps detects your laps from GPS as you drive, so you can focus on the drive and dig into the details afterward. AFTER THE SESSION • Session summary — best lap, lap count, top speed, conditions, and your line on the map • Lap-by-lap times at a glance • Personal-best focused — compare your laps to your own best, not a stranger's YOUR GARAGE • Keep the car, setup, and conditions behind every result • Log what changed between sessions, so a faster lap actually means something LAPS PRO Go deeper when you're ready: • Full lap analysis — sectors, scrubbable telemetry, and vitals • Vehicle revision history — log and compare every setup change • Unlimited garage (free keeps one vehicle) • Driver comparison — see how you stack up against who you drove with • Lifetime stats — your whole season in one place Try Laps Pro free for 7 days on the yearly plan. BUILT FOR THE TRACK Laps is for closed-course track days, HPDE, and driver education. It is not for street use or public-road speed. —— Laps Pro is an auto-renewing subscription available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://laps-web.fly.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://laps-web.fly.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Hotlap4 screens
Laps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Laps at 5.0 against Hotlap's 4.3. Laps also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks). Hotlap's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hotlap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Laps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Laps 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hotlap ships an update every 4 weeks, Laps every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hotlap versus Laps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotlapLaps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (79 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings79 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB94 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperExtravehicular Activity, Inc.Linden 786

Customer experience

Hotlap

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

Laps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Laps

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

Laps

Subscriptions2
  • Laps Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Laps Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Hotlap free?
Hotlap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Laps free?
Laps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hotlap or Laps?
Laps is rated higher. Hotlap averages 4.3 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Laps averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hotlap or Laps have ads?
Neither Hotlap nor Laps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hotlap or Laps?
Hotlap ships an update every 4 weeks, and Laps every 8 days. Most recently, Hotlap was updated on October 29, 2026 and Laps on October 1, 2026.

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