Comparison

Driver Nation vs Apex Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Driver Nation

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Driver Nation is a community app built for track day and motorsport enthusiasts. It features a precise lap timer with automatic lap detection, sector timing, benchmarks against other drivers, and in-depth stint analytics including acceleration, g-forces, top speed, potential sector gains, and GPS-based lap tracking. Data logging works fully offline and supports tracks like car and bike circuits, motocross, karting, and hill climb events. You can even add your events and tracks. Driver Nation also offers community channels to chat and connect with other drivers to discuss upcoming events, driving setups, tracks, and more. Create your garage, manage your vehicle profiles, and see how your stints stack up against other drivers.

About

Apex Wizard

Features
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Apex Wizard — your personal suspension engineer. Stop guessing at clickers and scribbling settings in your phone notes. Apex Wizard turns suspension tuning, track day logging and bike maintenance into one clean workflow — so you spend less time fiddling and more time riding. YOUR GARAGE • Add every bike you own with its real adjustment ranges — compression, rebound, preload, geometry and electronics • Start from a built-in database of bikes or define your own capabilities, down to clicks vs. turns SETUPS THAT TRAVEL WITH YOU • Save unlimited setups per bike: clicks, sag, fork height, shock length, spring rates, tire pressures and full geometry • Organize street vs. track, mark favorites, and switch your active setup in seconds • Share setups as a file or text and import your friends TRACK DAYS • Log events and every session: lap counts, best laps, hot & cold tire pressures, conditions • Link the exact setup you ran to each session, so you always know what worked • Tire management tracks mileage and sessions per set • Fuel Manager calculates the minimum fuel you need for a session — less weight, better handling • A packing list so nothing gets left in the garage TROUBLESHOOTER • Bike feels harsh, vague or unstable? Pick the symptom and get concrete suspension changes to try — and keep a log of what you tried and what fixed it SERVICE HUB • Maintenance intervals by time, distance or track days — oil, brake fluid, chain, suspension service and more • Reminders before things are due, plus a full service history with costs STATS • Lap-time trends, best laps and totals across your bikes and seasons NEVER LOSE YOUR DATA • Sign in with Apple and everything backs up to your private iCloud automatically — reinstall or switch phones and it all comes back YOUR UNITS, YOUR RULES • PSI or Bar, miles or kilometers, liters or gallons, your currency Whether it's your first track day or you're chasing tenths, Apex Wizard keeps every click, lap and wrench session in one place. Download it, add your bike, and dial it in.

Screenshots

Driver Nation4 screens
Apex Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Apex Wizard at every 9 days against Driver Nation's monthly. Driver Nation's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Driver Nation ships an update monthly, Apex Wizard every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Driver Nation versus Apex Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriver NationApex Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas OlipAdrian Dokoza

In-app purchases

None

Driver Nation

No in-app purchases

None

Apex Wizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Driver Nation free?
Driver Nation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apex Wizard free?
Apex Wizard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Driver Nation or Apex Wizard have ads?
Neither Driver Nation nor Apex Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Driver Nation or Apex Wizard?
Driver Nation ships an update monthly, and Apex Wizard every 9 days. Most recently, Driver Nation was updated on October 30, 2026 and Apex Wizard on October 25, 2026.

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