Comparison

FIA SDC vs DOWNLINK

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

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About

FIA SDC

Features
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Are you the smartest driver in the world? The official app FIA Smart Driving Challenge is the world’s first challenge in smart driving. Drive with people from all over the world in a global challenge where smartness beats speed. Connect to your car and use the app during your everyday driving with the chance to become the world’s smartest driver. Join this historical road safety initiative and drive safer, cleaner and cheaper with guidance from motorsport experts. - A global challenge: drive with motorists from all over the world! - Track and improve your driving score in the app - Join teams led by top racing stars and let them coach you towards victory - The winner becomes a recognized FIA Smart Driving Challenge Winner Download FIA SDC to sign up for exclusive news and early-bird access to sign up. Are you up for the challenge? Note: Not all brands and models are compatible with the concept. FIA SDC is compatible with vehicles produced in 1996 or later (US) and 2001 or later (EU), including electric cars. Continuous use of GPS in the background can increase battery consumption. Note 2: Location services are used for maps and for an even more fair analysis of your drive etc.

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DOWNLINK

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DOWNLINK is a sports telemetry camera. It records your ride and draws your speed, lean angle, G-force, altitude and route onto the video — saved into the file. INSTRUMENTS FOR EVERY ACTIVITY • Motorcycle: lean angle arc, deepest lean each side, G-force • Car / Track: route panel, cornering G, 0–100 and 0–60 timer • Bicycle: grade, elevation strip, climb and descent • Ski / Snowboard: slope, vertical drop, run count LIVE MAP The minimap turns with your heading, zooms out as you speed up and draws the road you have ridden over Apple Maps. Switch it off in Settings when a start or finish should stay private. ONE-TAP REEL When you stop, DOWNLINK finds the best moments in the telemetry — top speed, deepest lean, tightest hairpin — and cuts a 15-second vertical video: the route draws itself on the map, then each moment slows into its peak. Ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. RIDE SUMMARY AND SHARE IMAGE Top and average speed, distance, climb, route and place name on one page. Make an image of the ride with the route on the map, with the start and finish hidden if you like. HONEST NUMBERS Every value comes from this phone's own GPS, barometer and motion sensors. When a sensor has no reading, the display says SIM instead of guessing. Lean and G assume the phone is mounted upright; phone GPS updates about once a second — a good record of the ride, not timing equipment. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your videos and rides stay on your phone. Free: record with one activity and the Drive instruments. DOWNLINK PRO unlocks every activity, the ride summary, the share image and reels without the watermark with a single purchase. Screenshot and preview footage: A. Thiessen, roadstertouren, J. Holleboom, Viennaaa — CC BY 3.0.

Screenshots

FIA SDC4 screens
DOWNLINK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FIA SDC at none against DOWNLINK's 1. FIA SDC also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price and ads 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. DOWNLINK sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FIA SDC asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
FIA SDC versus DOWNLINK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFIA SDCDOWNLINK
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreater ThanEmre ALICI

In-app purchases

None

FIA SDC

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DOWNLINK

One-time1
  • DOWNLINK PRO$1.99

Questions

Is FIA SDC free?
FIA SDC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DOWNLINK free?
DOWNLINK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FIA SDC or DOWNLINK have ads?
Neither FIA SDC nor DOWNLINK shows ads.

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