Autocar vs RallyTimer Marshal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autocar
Access the world's leading car magazine for industry news, expert reviews, and in-depth comparisons. Enjoy a specially designed mobile edition for easy reading on your devices. Purchase individual issues or subscribe for continuous access.
- Industry-leading car news
- Expert opinion and analysis
- In-depth car reviews
- Definitive comparison tests
- High-quality photography
- Mobile-optimized reading experience
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Autocar is the world's best car weekly, giving enthusiasts and car buyers industry-leading news and features, expert opinion, in-depth car reviews and definitive comparison tests – along with the best photography in the business. Enjoy reading issues on your mobile and tablet, with a specially designed mobile edition making reading on mobile devices even easier! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest issue. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx
RallyTimer Marshal
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The RallyTimer Marshall app is for use by organisers and marshals of classic car rally events which involve any form of timed activity. When used with a setup file from the RallyTimer Results App, all the details for the rally and assigned timing controls for the Rally Marshall are automatically populated. You can use the standard iPhone time, or adjust it for Rally Time. Record the arrival time of individual cars using either the Car button or the Stopwatch button, which can then be assigned to a specific car. The 12 most recent times are retained for subsequent assignment to individual cars (useful when several cars arrive very close together). Times can be updated, reset or reassigned in the event of errors. Penalties or other reports can be captured for individual cars. Export a report that can be sent by email or other messaging service to the overall event coordinator, allowing faster results without the risk of mistakes from handwritten timing reports. The free version of the App will work with an unlimited number of rallies, timing controls and cars using RallyTimer Results set-up files. The App can also work in stand alone mode, allowing the user to set up their own rallies and controls. Rally and Timing Control details are all adjustable. The free version allows the user to set up two rallies, with two controls each, for a maximum of 3 cars. Upgrades are available to increase the number of cars, which also allow unlimited rallies and timing controls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Autocar at #130 against RallyTimer Marshal's unranked. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Autocar sells 32 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per 3 months and RallyTimer Marshal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Autocar ships an update every 5 months, RallyTimer Marshal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autocar | RallyTimer Marshal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #130 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haymarket | Peter Lawrence |
Bugs and requests
Autocar
Reported bugs
86 issues- News feed not working for days
- Fight to get app to open new magazine to download
- Intrusive ads make app unusable
- Purchase copy and nothing, returns to purchase option
- Tap cover image, nothing
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- Look in library, nothing
- Try to purchase again, tells you already own it but doesn't give it
- Complain through app messaging, nothing
- Wait until app decides to let you in
- Problems downloading individual issue purchases
- Payment taken, magazine does not download
- App deletes library
- Content refuses to appear
- App rarely if ever updated
- App will not recognize Apple IDs
- Attempt to download new content via Apple ID route fails
- App glitchy and now simply fails to load new content
- App support is completely unresponsive
- Cannot get old copies
- Tried logging off and on but now can’t get into account
- Tried to contact support but they don’t get back
- Cannot access account as rest password link times out
- New issues of the magazine weren’t coming through
- App doesn’t download
- Customer support don’t want to know
- Rarely manage to download an edition without numerous failed attempts
- Can’t see latest magazines despite yearly subscription
- Struggled with this app for about 6 months
- Latest magazine editions have not been available for multiple weeks
- Login server failing, so can’t get any of the issues from subscription
- No response from support
- Digital version often days late
- No response from providers
- Often can’t log in
- Latest copy hasn’t downloaded
- Error when trying to log in
- Unable to download weekly Autocar
- App is frozen
- Frequently, new editions of the magazine take days to appear
- Continually having to refresh subscription
- Reloading the app asks for subscription email address
- App crashes whenever opened after update
- Download fine, displays great but eats up battery
- Generates a high amount of heat on the back of the iPad
- Whenever download a copy, it deletes itself when app is closed
- Logged out of account on all devices with error message about too many devices registered
- Support is useless
- Haven’t been able to access issues for over a year
- No response to emails and no one to help
- Impossible to download with any consistency
- Latest editions do not show for download
- Tried rebooting iPad, reinstalling app, to no avail
- No response from support
- No new magazines and no content
- Error or no internet (checked and internet is working fine)
- Update for a new edition is unreliable
- Stalls after a month or so
- No point in having a magazine days after it hits the streets
- New issue available 3 or 4 days after newsagent
- App is buggy and seldom updated
- Years since able to see and download a new issue after notification
- Tedious workaround of deleting app, re-downloading and restoring subscription
- Says 'there's been a problem loading your content'
- Wednesday morning battles to download new issue
- App is nothing more than a glorified pdf
- Endless and tedious process of zooming in and out
- Preview images in App Store are of Classic & Sports Car mag, not Autocar
- Purchase attempts fail multiple times
- Purchase tells you it’s successful but still won’t download
- iPad restart helps sometimes, sometimes not
- Worst website of a magazine
- Past 5 attempts to purchase have failed first time
- When try to purchase a second time, told already purchased
- Can’t see other pages, only covers
- App stinks
- App is not really an 'app' but PDFs of printed pages
- No interactivity or video
- Have to zoom in to read text
- New magazines not available via the APP
- Happens at least once a quarter
- Support is very poor
- Can’t get the latest version of the magazine
- Resetting the iPad now means there’s no content at all
- App is still unreliable-useless
- App is unfit for purpose
- App is a disaster
Requested features
9 requests- Make app more stable
- Improve app functionality beyond PDF viewer
- Remove ads or make them optional
- Add interactivity and video
- Improve download process for new issues
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- Fix battery consumption issues
- Ensure app works offline
- Allow unregistering devices
- Improve app support responsiveness
RallyTimer Marshal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Autocar
- Autocar: Auto Renewing Subscription1 Month trial$34.993 Months
- Autocar: Auto Renewing Subscription1 Month trial$69.996 Months
- Autocar: Auto Renewing Subscription1 Month trial$129.991 Year
- 26th April 2017 (id:827619)$3.99
- 13th July 2016 (id:827539)$3.99
- 25th May 2016 (id:827525)$3.99
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- 27th April 2016 (id:827517)$3.99
- 9th March 2016 (id:827503)$3.99
- 2nd March 2016 (id:827501)$3.99
- 4th January 2017 (id:827587)$3.99
- 6-Dec-2023 (id:828285)$3.99
- 24-Apr-2024 (pp:1017990)$3.99
- 07-Jan-26 (pp:1136077)$3.99
- 08-Jul-26 (pp:1136025)$3.99
- 17-Jun-26 (pp:1136085)$3.99
- 24-Sep-2025 (pp:1113525)$3.99
- 29-Apr-26 (pp:1136099)$3.99
- 06-May-26 (pp:1136097)$3.99
- 8-Jan-2025 (pp:1113545)$3.99
- 5-Feb-2025 (pp:1113483)$3.99
- 15-Jan-2025 (pp:1113489)$3.99
- 22-Jan-2025 (pp:1113487)$3.99
- 18-Dec-2024 (pp:1017820)$3.99
- 30-Oct-2024 (pp:1017855)$3.99
- 11-Sep-2024 (pp:1017890)$3.99
- 13th March 2019 (id:827811)$3.99
- 14-Aug-2024 (pp:1017910)$3.99
- 7-Aug-2024 (pp:1017915)$3.99
- 31-Jul-2024 (pp:1017920)$3.99
- 10-Jul-2024 (pp:1017935)$3.99
- 12-Jun-2024 (pp:1017955)$3.99
- 22-May-2024 (pp:1017970)$3.99
RallyTimer Marshal
- 12 Car Upgrade$1.99
- 12-24 Car Upgrade$1.99
- 24 Car Upgrade$2.99
Questions
Is Autocar free?
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