Comparison

SIM vs Forza Hot Lap

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

Head to head
About

SIM

Transform your smartphone or tablet into a customizable auxiliary display for racing, truck, flight, and farming simulations. Design your own dashboard with a variety of widgets and share your creations with a community of users. Unlock full potential with in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Freely configurable auxiliary display
  • Easy dashboard editor
  • Large number of widgets
  • Community designs download/share
  • Virtual button box for PC
  • Personalized layouts
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Get the most out of your favorite racing, truck, flight and farming simulations with the SIM Dashboard Companion App. • Use your smartphone or tablet as a freely configurable auxiliary display. • Create your own dash with the easy editor • Choose from a large number of widgets like analog displays, gear indicator, fuel usage, lap times, RPM LED Bars and many more • Register for the community to download and share Designs with others • Button Box (for games running on a PC only), use virtual buttons to execute keystrokes on your PC Supported games This app supports more than 40 games on PC, PS5, PS4 and Xbox like: • American Truck Simulator - ATS • Assetto Corsa (PC/PS4/PS5) • Assetto Corsa Competizione - ACC • Automobilista • BeamNG.drive • DiRT Rally 2.0 (PC) • DiRT 4 (PC) • DiRT Rally (PC) • Euro Truck Simulator 2 - ETS2 • Farming Simulator 22 (PC) - FS22 • Forza Horizon 5 • Forza Horizon 4 • Forza Motorsport • F1 24 • F1 23 • F1 22 • F1 2021 • F1 2020 • F1 2019 • F1 2018 • F1 2017 - 16 • F1 2015 - 10 (PC) • GRID Legends (PC) • Grid Autosport • GT7 • iRacing • LFS • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - fs2020 • OMSI 2 • RaceRoom Racing Experience - R3E • rFactor • rFactor 2 • Richard Burns Rally - RBR • TrackMania 2 • The Bus • X-Plane 11 ... AND MORE! Check the app for the complete and up to date list of supported games! Most relevant features • Create your personal layouts • Move and scale your widgets • Change colors • Additional options in every widget • Use your own graphics • Select from cool templates Test the free version without a time limit and use one layout and up to three widgets per game. In order to achieve its full potential, you can remove the restrictions with in app purchases. The variety of widgets can differ per game Problems or questions? If you encounter problems or have additional questions, please dont give a negative rating. Check the help pages on www.stryder-it.de/simdashboard/help first. You can also contact me and I try to solve the problem. E-mail: info(at)stryder-it.de The Software is provided "as is," with all faults, defects, bugs, and errors. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Names are used for identification purposes only.

About

Forza Hot Lap

Features
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Forza Hot Lap is a lap-time and tuning companion built for one thing: proving your tune actually made the car faster. Design your own custom courses, circuits, and drift zones. Log every run, lap time or drift score, car, class, performance index, and tune and watch it climb (or fall) on a leaderboard built specifically for that course. Built for the tuning loop: - Create unlimited custom courses across three layout types: Circuit, Point-to-Point, and Drag - Log runs with a precise, structured lap-time entry, no guessing at formatting - Full leaderboards per course, filterable by performance class (D through X) and drivetrain (AWD / RWD / FWD) - Track which tune produced which result: Time Attack, Circuit, Drift, Touge, and more, or add your own - Save an Event Lab share code with any course, so you always have it on hand to revisit or share with friends - Comes with a real example course pre-loaded and ready to drive on day one - Edit or delete any run at any time; rankings update instantly - Full run history is kept, not just a "top 100" every attempt is preserved Built to respect your data: - 100% local. Nothing you log ever leaves your device unless you choose to export it yourself. - No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. - Full data export/import so your data is always yours to back up or move. Forza Hot Lap is free to use, with no ads and nothing required to unlock any feature. If you'd like to support ongoing development, optional tips are available from the Settings screen. Entirely optional, never required to use any part of the app. Forza Hot Lap is an independent, unofficial companion app built by a solo developer who wanted a better way to track tuning progress. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation, Turn 10 Studios, or Playground Games.

Screenshots

SIM4 screens
Forza Hot Lap4 screens

Verdict

The call

SIM and Forza Hot Lap are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. SIM sells 24 one-off in-app purchases and Forza Hot Lap sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SIM versus Forza Hot Lap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIMForza Hot Lap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (445 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings445 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB42 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChristian HausmannThomas Kuhlman

Bugs and requests

SIM

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Free version too limited (3 widgets)
  • Can't get money back for accidental purchase
  • Time slip on drag times not loading
  • ACC on PS5 not working
  • iOS app not updated for AC Evo
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  • iOS 26 permission changes broke app
  • Not working on Horizon 5 (Horizon 4 error)
  • Pro version not usable on multiple iPhones
  • Scaling options not displaying info properly on iOS
  • Crashing on iPhone SE and iPhone 15
  • Lost pro purchase after reset/update
  • App crashes after buying pro
  • App not opening after recent update
  • App no longer opens after update
  • Email invalid, can't use dashes
  • ATS on iPad not working
  • Max speed of trip/session won't convert to mph
  • Can't log in with old account on new phone
  • Stopped working after two months
  • Ready-made widgets not loading
  • Current iOS version has frustrating bugs

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add Assetto Corsa Rally support
  • Working PSI gauge for Beamng drive
  • Remote dashboard studio for iOS
  • More engine info for Beamng
  • Add Farming Simulator 25 to console
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  • Grouping of layers for scaling and moving widgets
  • Save groups as preset widgets
  • Web interface to design dashboards

Forza Hot Lap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

24 purchases

SIM

One-time24
  • TDU Solar Crown$0.99
  • F1 23 (Upgrade)$0.99
  • F1 24 (Upgrade)$0.99
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  • BeamNG.drive$1.49
  • Le Mans Ultimate (PC)$1.99
  • The Bus$2.99
  • Forza Horizon 4 & 5$2.99
  • Farming Simulator 25 (Upgrade)$2.99
  • F1 2021 (Upgrade)$2.99
  • WRC (EA SPORTS) (PC)$2.99
  • GT Sport$2.99
  • PC Button Box$3.79
  • Forza Motorsport 2023 & 7$3.99
  • GT7$3.99
  • F1 25$4.49
  • MS Flight Simul. 2024 & 2020$4.49
  • Farming Simulator 22$4.49
  • Farming Simulator 25$4.49
  • F1 23$4.49
  • F1 24$4.49
  • Assetto Corsa$4.79
  • iRacing$4.79
  • ETS2 & ATS$5.99
  • PRO$12.99
4 purchases

Forza Hot Lap

One-time4
  • Air Freshener$0.99
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Tank of Gas$4.99
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  • Car Mods$9.99

Questions

Is SIM free?
SIM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forza Hot Lap free?
Forza Hot Lap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SIM or Forza Hot Lap have ads?
Neither SIM nor Forza Hot Lap shows ads.

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