Comparison

RaceTyreControl vs PCS Instruments

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

Head to head
About

RaceTyreControl

This app streamlines tyre management for race championships, simplifying trackside checks and office procedures for organizers. Drivers can use it to manage their race tyres by logging in with credentials provided by their championship.

Highlights
  • Tyre registration for race championships
  • Simplified trackside tyre checks
  • Paperless tyre management
  • Driver race tyre logging
  • Championship management tools
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RaceTyreControl for teams & drivers: Download the app to your device, select your championship then enter your race number and password provided by your championship official. To use this app you must be competing in a championship registered with RaceTyreControl and have been issued with account logon credentials. RaceTyreControl for race championship organisers: The RaceTyreControl app helps you manage the registration and use of your drivers tyres at every stage throughout your championship. The app simplifies the process of tyre checks at trackside and the procedures carried out in the office, making a traditionally labour intensive job into a slick paperless operation. To register your championship. Get started by downloading the app and tapping the Create Championship button.

About

PCS Instruments

Calculate Hertz contact pressures and sizes for various geometries, loads, and materials. Pre-loaded with specimen data from PCS Instruments machines and common materials, with options to add custom ones.

Highlights
  • Hertz contact pressure calculations
  • Contact size calculations
  • Load and material input
  • Pre-loaded specimen data
  • Custom material support
  • Circular and line contact calculations
Features
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Designed by PCS Instruments, the PCS App allows you to easily and quickly calculate Hertz contact pressures and sizes for any valid Hertzian geometry with specified loads and materials. Specimen geometries and material properties for all our instruments are loaded on the app: simply select your specimens, input the load, and the app does the rest - giving you all the contact conditions instantly! For custom Hertz contacts, you can select from a range of standard (and custom) contact types to fit all your testing needs. For circular and line contacts you can even set just the radius of the sample and any other parameter, and the app will calculate the load required to achieve this and all the other parameters. These parameters are: - Load - Max pressure - Contact radius - Mean pressure - Contact area - Approach For users of PCS Instruments machines, the PCS App comes pre-loaded with all the contact geometry and standard specimens and materials from our instruments including the: - MTM - EHD - ETM - HFRR - MPR - ABS - ABSSL Moreover, the PCS App not only comes pre-loaded with properties for all the standard specimen materials we supply, but many more common materials, and the option for you to add and save your own custom materials.

Screenshots

RaceTyreControl4 screens
PCS Instruments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PCS Instruments at 100% against RaceTyreControl's 50%. PCS Instruments also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. RaceTyreControl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PCS Instruments asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
RaceTyreControl versus PCS Instruments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaceTyreControlPCS Instruments
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size79 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin HutchisonPCS Instruments Limited

Customer experience

RaceTyreControl

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

PCS Instruments

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RaceTyreControl

One-time1
  • Single Season$14.99
None

PCS Instruments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RaceTyreControl free?
RaceTyreControl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PCS Instruments free?
PCS Instruments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RaceTyreControl or PCS Instruments have ads?
Neither RaceTyreControl nor PCS Instruments shows ads.

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