PitlaneOne vs Grid Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PitlaneOne
Stay updated with all things Formula 1™. Access news, race calendars with results and start times, live session data, and a comprehensive F1™ history. Export race times to your device's calendar for easy planning.
- F1™ news aggregation
- Race calendar with track data and start times
- Countdown to next F1™ session
- Unofficial live scoring and comments
- F1™ historical statistics
- Export race times to device calendar
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A complete Formula 1™ library in your pocket! PitlaneOne includes everything you need to stay up-to-date during the year in an easy-to-use user interface. › News Set up your favorite news sources to get all F1™-related news. Read them either in your default browser or directly in PitlaneOne. › Calendar Do not miss any race with the calendar in PitlaneOne providing all race and track data, start times, a countdown to the next session and all results. Export all start times into your device's calendar to be able to manage any weekend planing. › Live Follow sessions live on your phone if you cannot watch them with the unofficial live scoring, live comments and additional data. › History Browse through the complete Formula 1™ history starting with Giuseppe Farina's Pole Position in Silverstone 1950. Check statistics for Drivers, Teams, Circuits and more and relive "good old times". PitlaneOne is completely free and ad-free, though if you want to support me and leave a small donation I would appreciate that a lot - just look after the pizza icon in the app :) For further questions, feel free to contact me via mail or Twitter: @PitlaneOne Terms of Use: https://devattendant.de/pitlaneone/terms-of-use.html F1, FORMULA 1, FORMULA ONE and related logos are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV. All rights reserved. This application is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies.
Grid Pulse
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Grid Pulse is an independent companion for fans of racing. It pulls together everything you want during a race weekend — and everything you want to look back on between them — into a single, focused app. — RACE WEEKEND, EVERY SESSION — Open any event and pull up the full weekend at a glance • Free Practice schedules • Qualifying results • Sprint Qualifying and Sprint race results • Race classifications, including status (finished, lapped, retired, DNF) • A standings snapshot taken right after the chequered flag, so you can revisit how the championship looked at any point in the season — THE GRID PULSE FEED — The race weekend conversation, powered by Bluesky. Read what fans and the paddock are saying as it happens. Link a Bluesky account — optional, and only if you want to post, reply, like and repost without leaving the app. Sign-in happens on Bluesky's own page, so Grid Pulse never sees your password. These posts are public content from the Bluesky network, written by other people rather than by Grid Pulse. There is zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behaviour, so the feed ships with moderation built in: • Report, hide, mute or block from a menu on every post and comment • Reporting an account silences it in Grid Pulse straight away • Posts labelled adult or graphic are filtered out automatically • Blocked and muted accounts stay hidden, even offline • A moderation list in your profile shows everyone you've blocked or muted, with one tap to undo — DRIVERS & CONSTRUCTORS — Browse driver and constructor cards for the current season, with quick access to championship positions and points. — THE PASSPORT — Grid Pulse's passport is a personal scrapbook of your fan history. Stamp the Grand Prix you've watched or attended in person and they appear, organised by season, as a record of where your fandom has been. Add notes and let the in-app AI summary help recap the weekend in your own collection. — GRAND PRIX MAP — See every race weekend pinned on a world map, so you can plan a trip — or just relive the calendar. — RACE REMINDERS — Set reminders for the sessions you care about, from Free Practice 1 through the race, including Sprint Qualifying and Sprint Shootout where applicable. — YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS — Your stamped Grand Prix, pinned circuits, scrapbook photos and profile picture stay on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud. You can delete your account, and the data stored with it, from inside the app at any time. — BUILT FOR FANS, BY A FAN — Grid Pulse is independent. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any league, team, driver, or sanctioning body. Open-wheel racing data is provided via the Ergast and Jolpica community APIs; live timing is not included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grid Pulse at none against PitlaneOne's 10. PitlaneOne's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). 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. PitlaneOne sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Grid Pulse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PitlaneOne | Grid Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Goralski | Arman Husic |
In-app purchases
PitlaneOne
- Piece of pizza (yearly)$1.991 Year
- Half a pizza (monthly)$4.991 Month
- Half a pizza (yearly)$4.991 Year
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- Full pizza (monthly)$9.491 Month
- Full pizza (yearly)$9.491 Year
- Pizza + extra cheese (monthly)$14.491 Month
- Pizza + extra cheese (yearly)$14.491 Year
- Half a pizza$3.99
- Full pizza$8.99
- Pizza + extra cheese$13.99
Grid Pulse
No in-app purchases








