Comparison

Kinetic Visual Acuity vs QUAD

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

Head to head
About

Kinetic Visual Acuity

Enhance your kinetic visual acuity by reading numbers on a rotating hex-head pillar. The app offers adjustable difficulty levels and two training modes to improve depth perception and directional tracking, beneficial for athletes.

Highlights
  • Rotating hex-head pillar exercises
  • Adjustable passing and rotational speeds
  • Dynamic orbit changes
  • Test Mode with fixed levels
  • Train Mode with selectable difficulty
  • Improves KVA and DVA
Features
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'Kinetic Visual Acuity' improve your kinetic visual acuity. A rotating hex-head pillar will dash out of a screen interior. Reading numbers on the rotating hex-head pillar will improve kinetic visual acuity. The passing speed and the rotational speed of a hex-head pillar will change depending on the difficulty level. Orbit of a hex-head pillar will change every time. Test Mode : 5 times for all difficulty levels. Train Mode : select any difficulty level. Visual Acuity is classified as KVA,DVA and SVA. KVA: direction of depth DVA: left-right,up-down SVA: static 'Kinetic Visual Acuity' is useful for training of both KVA and DVA. Great athletes exhibit good kinetic visual acuity. Kinetic Visual Acuity is said to influence the batting performance of baseball players.

About

QUAD

This app uses your phone's sensors and GPS to provide real-time lap timing, sector splits, and vehicle dynamics data like G-forces and four-wheel weight transfer. It also includes a data logger for post-drive analysis and alerts for understeer and oversteer.

Highlights
  • GPS lap and sector timing
  • Four-wheel load monitoring
  • Real-time G-G diagram
  • Understeer/oversteer alerts
  • Data logging and playback
  • Customizable UI themes and units
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A GPS lap timer that works anywhere on Earth, and an integrated vehicle-dynamics G-force meter. Using nothing but your phone's sensors and GPS, it times laps and sectors while showing four-wheel weight transfer, G-forces and chassis attitude in real time. No extra sensors. ■ GPS lap timer Circuits, of course — but you can set a course anywhere in the world. Long-press the map to place start, finish and sector lines, and every crossing splits a lap and a sector automatically. Best lap, last lap and every sector time stay on the main screen, so you can see where you are finding time while you drive. Closed circuits and open point-to-point courses are both supported, so rally and hill-climb stages work too. Save as many courses as you like, set which direction counts as a crossing, and add as many sectors as you need. With no course set, the LAP button still times from where you stand. ■ One integrated meter Four-wheel load, the G-G diagram, yaw rate and roll/pitch on a single screen, right alongside the lap display. Everything you need while driving, in one place. ■ Four-wheel load monitoring Weight transfer is computed from G-forces and your vehicle specs, then shown at each corner as colour and numbers, so you can see whether you are using all of the tyre. Load falling shifts blue, load building shifts red. Delta/absolute and %/kgf are both switchable. ■ G-G diagram Lateral against longitudinal G, with the trail you actually drove and the envelope of the limit you reached. The envelope is where your car's grip runs out, drawn for you. ■ Understeer and oversteer alerts Measured yaw rate is compared against the theoretical neutral-steer reference to catch sharp yaw-rate changes in the transient, and the app calls them out by voice and colour. The axle that is losing cornering force is boxed, so you can tell instantly which end is going. Tune it with a scene (circuit / winding road) × sensitivity profile. ■ Data logger and viewer Record a session and review times, racing line and vehicle data afterwards. A track map coloured by speed, time-series charts of G, yaw rate and attitude, and the G-G diagram all follow one playhead. Understeer and oversteer segments are marked on the charts. Export to CSV to analyse the data in external tools. ■ Customisation Theme (dark / light) and accent colour, which channels appear in the readout column, the range of each meter, load display units, render rate and more. ■ Three steps to start 1. Enter your vehicle info (weight, CG height, wheelbase, track, weight distribution). It works on the defaults, but the more accurate you are, the closer the load readout gets to your real car. 2. Mount the phone rigidly, screen upright. 3. Run calibration once before you drive. No sensors handy? Settings has a "Play demo" mode that replays real recorded track data through every feature. ■ About the in-app purchase Lap timing, the data logger and viewer, understeer/oversteer alerts and UI customisation are Premium features, unlocked with a single payment. There is no subscription and nothing auto-renews. ■ Please read This app is a simulated monitor that estimates and displays vehicle attitude, load, G-forces and understeer/oversteer tendency from phone sensors and GPS. It is not a certified measuring instrument or a safety device. All values shown are approximate and are not guaranteed to be accurate real-world measurements. Load is not a load-cell reading; it is a computed estimate. Timing accuracy depends on your device's. This app is intended for competition use in closed environments such as race circuits. Watching the screen while driving is distracted driving and is illegal and punishable under applicable traffic laws. Never watch the screen while driving on public roads. If you use it on public roads you must comply with all applicable laws and do so entirely at your own risk.

Screenshots

Kinetic Visual Acuity3 screens
QUAD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QUAD at Free against Kinetic Visual Acuity's $2.99. QUAD also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). 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

QUAD is free to download; Kinetic Visual Acuity costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kinetic Visual Acuity ships an update every 10 months, QUAD every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kinetic Visual Acuity versus QUAD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinetic Visual AcuityQUAD
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasuyoshi OtaSYNSETECH LTD

Customer experience

Kinetic Visual Acuity

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%

QUAD

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kinetic Visual Acuity

No in-app purchases

None

QUAD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kinetic Visual Acuity free?
Kinetic Visual Acuity costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QUAD free?
QUAD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kinetic Visual Acuity or QUAD have ads?
Neither Kinetic Visual Acuity nor QUAD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kinetic Visual Acuity or QUAD?
Kinetic Visual Acuity ships an update every 10 months, and QUAD every 2 weeks. Most recently, Kinetic Visual Acuity was updated on October 3, 2026 and QUAD on October 11, 2026.

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