PGEAR vs Garmin Catalyst™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PGEAR
This platform allows users to measure vehicle performance metrics like 0-100km/h and lap times using a connected GPS device. Compare your results with others on a global leaderboard and contribute to a community of motorsport enthusiasts.
- Social media lap timer
- Performance measurement (0-100km/h, 400m)
- Lap timing on race tracks
- Global leaderboards
- Bluetooth GPS device integration
Read full descriptionHide full description
PGEAR App is the first social media lap timer platform.It works with a device called P-GEAR that connects a high quality GPS receiver and your phone via Bluetooth. Its main features include performance measuring for 0-100km/h,100-200km/h,400m but also includes lap-timing on race tracks. Individual results can be uploaded to the leader board where you can see how you compare against local,regional,national,international results. The app is updated regularly as we always strive to match our users need,we appreciate your feedback. (Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.)
Garmin Catalyst™
Access and analyze your motorsports performance data on your smartphone. Review lap times, session summaries, and driver profiles. Track annual driving activity and session weather conditions.
- Access performance data
- View lap times
- Session summaries
- Customizable driver profiles
- Track annual activity
- Record weather conditions
Read full descriptionHide full description
For motorsports drivers of all levels, the Garmin Catalyst™ app provides a simple, intuitive way to access your Garmin Catalyst™ performance data — including lap times, session summaries and customizable driver profiles— on your compatible smartphone or tablet. The app also tracks your annual driving activity metrics and provides a record of weather conditions for each session. Garmin Catalyst™ App • Easily access your Garmin Catalyst™ performance data with use of this app on your compatible smartphone or tablet • Shows your session summaries, lap times, session weather conditions, lap-by-lap data and annual driving activity metrics • Customizable icons within the app let you tailor the look of your driver profile and vehicle icons • View vehicles and track notes from your Garmin Catalyst™ device
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garmin Catalyst™ at none against PGEAR's 4. Garmin Catalyst™ also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and ratings volume (120 vs 4). PGEAR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.5). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. PGEAR sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Garmin Catalyst™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
PGEAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garmin Catalyst™ has 120 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of PGEAR's written reviews are positive against 82% of Garmin Catalyst™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PGEAR | Garmin Catalyst™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (120 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 285 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hong Kong Pgear Interactive Technology Co., Limited | Garmin |
Customer experience
PGEAR
Garmin Catalyst™
Bugs and requests
PGEAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Garmin Catalyst™
Reported bugs
7 issues- Everytime you try logging in the app just glitches anyways can’t even get logged in.
- Comparing to others frequently fails
- Compare to friend feature way to frequently fails with the message about the tracks not matching well enough despite being the same track on the same days even.
- New version is off
- It won’t let me compare the laps with other friends on the same day. Says lap not similar. Literally same day same track same session.
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- Friend integration is currently pretty lacking. When I try to compare laps it complains that the tracks aren't similar enough.
- Worse though is that there's no apparent way of sharing your sessions with friends.
Requested features
17 requests- Option to select 1-5 laps for optimum view
- Watch reference videos side by side on the Catalyst
- Add video review on phone or iPad
- Allow moving videos to iCloud for review
- Ability to download in-car camera footage directly from device to app
Show 12 moreShow fewer
- Compare data from other sessions
- Use for Sim racing games
- More functionality to come
- Make it even more simple
- Overall leaderboard
- Leaderboards of other tracks
- Compare session data between friends
- Fix track matching issues for friend comparison
- Allow browsing friend's sessions
- Add option to compare against other sessions
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
PGEAR
- VIP Privilege 1 Month$5.99
- VIP Privilege 3 Months$14.99
- VIP Privilege 6 Months$27.99
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- VIP Privilege 1 Year$44.99
Garmin Catalyst™
No in-app purchases
