Comparison

RENNSPORT vs HomeSim

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

Head to head
About

RENNSPORT

This companion app provides access to a sim racing ecosystem, offering game updates, event information, and community activities. Track your progress, view leaderboards, and link to the game for real-time advanced features.

Highlights
  • Game update notifications
  • Esports event information
  • Community activity updates
  • Progress and achievement tracking
  • Global leaderboards
  • Real-time in-game feature linking
Features
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The Rennsport Companion App is your personal access to the Rennsport sim racing ecosystem. Stay up to date about game updates, esports events and community activities. Track your progress and achievements and view global leaderboards. Link the app with your game to use advanced in-game features with the simple touch of a button in real-time. Rennsport is more than a game - download the app now and dive into the world of sim racing!

About

HomeSim

Enhance your flight simulation experience by using your mobile device as a touchscreen interface for X-Plane 12. Control essential functions like autopilot, radio management, and flight instruments, freeing up your main display and simplifying complex operations.

Highlights
  • Touchscreen control for X-Plane 12
  • RMU, AFCS, and PFD interfaces
  • Landing gear, flaps, and brake controls
  • Basic engine instrument display
  • View management for main display
  • Flight plan data entry simplification
  • Multi-device support
Features
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HomeSim is a touchscreen interface for use with X-Plane12 Flight Simulator! HomeSim provides a way of using an iPad, iPhone, or both to control most of the functions that would normally require the use of a keyboard and mouse, custom button assignments, or dedicated hardware to control. HomeSim includes: An RMU (Radio Management Unit), An AFCS (Automatic Flight Control Sysytem, or autopilot), A PFD (Primary Flight Display), Landing Gear, Flaps, and Parking Brake controls, Basic Engine Instruments, A VIEW management window for changing the main display of the X-Plane, and an interface to simplify data entry for flight plans on G1000 equipped aircraft. All of the controls use the typical gestures of a touchscreen to make changing frequencies, identifiers, autopilot modes, and navigation displays much quicker, allowing you the ability to practice procedures, like instrument approaches, while devoting little thought to how to properly set things up - the controls generally mimic the devices in real planes, while adding functionality that will increase your situational awareness. More than one iOS device can be connected to X-Plane at a time so that you can have different devices act as dedicated hardware. Free your main visual from the internal cockpit view by using your iOS device for the Flight Instruments, Navigation, and Engine Instruments. Practice using autopilot functions that you are unfamiliar with, and get aquainted with more sophisticated airplanes without having to look around the cockpit for the new controls. Using controls that will work with any aircraft (as long as the aircraft has an autopilot and radios) will free you from thinking about the differences between aircraft, and start to find more similarities - making you a better pilot. Enjoy flying X-Plane more by paying less attention to how to operate the simulation, and more attention to operating your flight! Kingswell Productions, and HomeSim are not affiliated with Laminar Research (the makers of X-Plane).

Screenshots

RENNSPORT4 screens
HomeSim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RENNSPORT at Free against HomeSim's $19.99. RENNSPORT also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). HomeSim's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (33% vs 20%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

RENNSPORT is free to download; HomeSim costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomeSim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RENNSPORT has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of RENNSPORT's written reviews are positive against 33% of HomeSim's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RENNSPORT ships an update every 3 weeks, HomeSim every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
RENNSPORT versus HomeSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRENNSPORTHomeSim
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating3.5 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCompetition Company Suisse AGKingswell Productions

Customer experience

RENNSPORT

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

HomeSim

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

RENNSPORT

No in-app purchases

None

HomeSim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RENNSPORT free?
RENNSPORT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomeSim free?
HomeSim costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RENNSPORT or HomeSim?
HomeSim is rated higher. RENNSPORT averages 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while HomeSim averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RENNSPORT or HomeSim have ads?
Neither RENNSPORT nor HomeSim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RENNSPORT or HomeSim?
RENNSPORT ships an update every 3 weeks, and HomeSim every 7 months. Most recently, RENNSPORT was updated on November 11, 2026 and HomeSim on November 4, 2026.

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