Performance Racing Network vs Horizon Alert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Performance Racing Network
This app provides live and on-demand motorsports radio programming, including NASCAR races and original shows. It offers year-round coverage of various racing series and behind-the-scenes content. Stay connected to the world of racing with this dedicated audio platform.
- Live motorsports radio broadcasts
- On-demand programming
- NASCAR licensed content
- Original shows like "Fast Talk"
- Year-round racing coverage
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The Performance Racing Network (PRN) is one of two NASCAR licensed multi-broadcast radio networks which markets, produces and distributes motorsports programming 365 days a year. PRN broadcasts 13 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, twelve NASCAR Nationwide Series events and produces "Fast Talk", "The Pit Reporters", "Garage Pass" and "zMAX Racing Country."
Horizon Alert
Get real-time alerts for celestial events visible from your location, including rocket launches, ISS passes, and meteor showers. The app provides precise timing, direction, and visibility intelligence, such as cloud cover, to ensure you don't miss any opportunities to look up.
- Up Next feed of visible celestial events
- Nearby map with launch pad locations
- Real-time visibility intelligence (cloud cover, sun elevation)
- Customizable alert timings
- Smart notifications that auto-cancel
- ISS pass predictions with compass and brightness
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Horizon Alert tells you exactly when, where, and how to look up — and only when you can actually see something. A "Up Next" feed gathers every event visible from your location into one chronological list: rocket launches, ISS passes, meteor showers, eclipses, spacewalks, and more. Each one shows a live countdown and which direction to face. A "Nearby" map view centers on you with launch pads pinned on real satellite imagery and a visibility ring drawn at true geographic scale. Real visibility intelligence: • Cloud cover at launch time, fetched per location • Sun elevation, so daylight launches aren't dressed up as visible • Distance from the pad, calculated as a great-circle bearing Smart alerts you'll actually trust: • Choose your timings — 1 day, 12 hours, 2 hours, 30 minutes, 10 minutes, or T-zero • Notifications auto-cancel if conditions degrade • If the sky unexpectedly clears, you'll get a "conditions just cleared" alert ISS overhead passes: • Rise compass, peak altitude, set compass, brightness • All predicted from your location, with countdowns Built privacy-first: • No accounts, no analytics, no third-party tracking • Your location stays on your device • The only thing sent off your phone is a rounded latitude and longitude to fetch a cloud forecast for your general area A clean, dark-mode-native experience for anyone who wants to look up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Horizon Alert at 5.0 against Performance Racing Network's 4.0. Horizon Alert also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Performance Racing Network's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Horizon Alert holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Performance Racing Network has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Performance Racing Network ships an update every 4 months, Horizon Alert every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Performance Racing Network | Horizon Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Speedway Motorsports, Inc | Matt Strelecki |
Customer experience
Performance Racing Network
Horizon Alert
In-app purchases
Performance Racing Network
No in-app purchases
Horizon Alert
No in-app purchases
Questions
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