Comparison

Abu Dhabi GP vs PodiumOS

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

Head to head
About

Abu Dhabi GP

This official app provides essential information for the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Plan your race weekend with ticket access, event browsing, and notifications for on-track and off-track activities, including concerts.

Highlights
  • Digital ticket access for entry
  • Share tickets with friends and family
  • Browse entertainment areas
  • Add events to favorites
  • Notifications for on-track and off-track events
  • Explore ticket-included attractions
Features
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YOUR #AbuDhabiGP ESSENTIALS - ALL IN ONE APP! The #AbuDhabiGP App is a one-stop-shop guide designed to gear you up for the highly-anticipated Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025. The app will provide you with all you need to plan your race weekend with confidence both on and off the track. Get ready to get Race-Ready! Key functionality includes: • Access your ticket on the app ready to scan on entry to the circuit • Share tickets with friends and family with ease! • Browse and explore all the Entertainment areas and add events to favourites • Receive notifications about on-track & off-track events, including the After-Race concerts • Check out what other attractions and experiences are included with your ticket • The #AbuDhabiGP is available in both English and Arabic You know what to do next–Ready. Set. Download.

About

PodiumOS

Features
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The connected ecosystem for sim racing. Sim racing is more than what happens on track. Behind every driver is an entire ecosystem of hardware, setups, coaches, creators, venues, communities, manufacturers, events and opportunities. PodiumOS brings that ecosystem together. Whether you're a driver building your reputation, a creator growing an audience, a coach offering your expertise, a venue attracting racers, or a business serving the sim racing community, PodiumOS gives you one place to connect, discover and participate. BUILD YOUR RACING IDENTITY Create your PodiumOS ID — a portable sim racing identity designed to grow with your journey. Bring together your racing activity, experience, rigs, hardware, achievements and reputation into a profile that represents who you are across the ecosystem. DISCOVER THE SIM RACING WORLD Find drivers, creators, coaches, venues, communities, events, manufacturers and businesses from across sim racing. PodiumOS is designed to make the people, places, services and opportunities within the industry easier to discover. TURN SKILLS INTO OPPORTUNITY Sim racing is full of talent. Drivers coach. Engineers build setups. Creators build audiences. Venues provide experiences. Communities organise competitions. Businesses create incredible hardware and services. PodiumOS connects these participants so that skills, knowledge, audiences and services can become opportunities. CONNECT YOUR RACING LIFE Your racing identity shouldn't disappear every time you leave a simulator or platform. PodiumOS is building an independent layer across the sim racing ecosystem — connecting your identity, racing activity, equipment, relationships and reputation. Our wider PodiumOS ecosystem includes our mobile applications, Windows Agent, SimHub integration and web platform. BUILT FOR THE SIM RACING ECONOMY We're building toward something bigger than a social network or racing profile. PodiumOS is designed to become an economic layer for sim racing — a place where drivers, creators, coaches, venues, communities and businesses can discover one another, collaborate, offer services and create opportunities. From finding a coach to discovering a venue, showcasing your rig, building your reputation or connecting with businesses across the industry, PodiumOS is creating infrastructure for an increasingly connected sim racing economy. One identity. One ecosystem. Race. Build. Connect. Transact.

Screenshots

Abu Dhabi GP4 screens
PodiumOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

Abu Dhabi GP and PodiumOS 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Abu Dhabi GP versus PodiumOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbu Dhabi GPPodiumOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperEtharaSearise Developments Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Abu Dhabi GP

No in-app purchases

None

PodiumOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abu Dhabi GP free?
Abu Dhabi GP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PodiumOS free?
PodiumOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Abu Dhabi GP or PodiumOS have ads?
Neither Abu Dhabi GP nor PodiumOS shows ads.

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