Garmin Catalyst™ vs Dash Timing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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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
Dash Timing
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Garmin Catalyst™ | Dash Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (120 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garmin | SAM 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
Garmin Catalyst™
No in-app purchases
Dash Timing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Garmin Catalyst™ free?
Is Dash Timing free?
Do Garmin Catalyst™ or Dash Timing have ads?
Which is updated more often, Garmin Catalyst™ or Dash Timing?
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