Comparison

Garmin Catalyst™ vs Dash Timing

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Access performance data
  • View lap times
  • Session summaries
  • Customizable driver profiles
  • Track annual activity
  • Record weather conditions
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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

About

Dash Timing

Features
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DASH is a live race monitoring dashboard built for club and amateur motorsport competitors. It connects to Race Monitor and presents race data in a fast, focused interface designed for drivers, crews, and spectators. Real-time leaderboards update via a persistent connection while a session is active — no refreshing required. When the checkered flag falls, full session results are available immediately. Browse a searchable archive of past race sessions with complete competitor results. View per-track race history and location information. Claim your Race Monitor competitor names to consolidate your personal racing history across events and series. DASH is invite-only. New accounts are reviewed and approved by an administrator before access is granted. To request access, contact support@dashtiming.com. Race data sourced from Race Monitor. Track location data provided by OpenStreetMap/Nominatim.

Screenshots

Garmin Catalyst™4 screens
Dash Timing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dash Timing at every 2 weeks against Garmin Catalyst™'s monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garmin Catalyst™ ships an update monthly, Dash Timing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Garmin Catalyst™ versus Dash Timing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarmin Catalyst™Dash Timing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (120 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings120 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGarminSAM SCHECHTER

Bugs and 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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

Dash Timing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Garmin Catalyst™

No in-app purchases

None

Dash Timing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Garmin Catalyst™ free?
Garmin Catalyst™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash Timing free?
Dash Timing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Garmin Catalyst™ or Dash Timing have ads?
Neither Garmin Catalyst™ nor Dash Timing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Garmin Catalyst™ or Dash Timing?
Garmin Catalyst™ ships an update monthly, and Dash Timing every 2 weeks. Most recently, Garmin Catalyst™ was updated on October 21, 2026 and Dash Timing on October 20, 2026.

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