Comparison

Grid Time vs FlagDrop

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

Head to head
About

Grid Time

Features
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Follow every race weekend with precision. Grid Time is the ultimate app to stay on top of the season: race calendar, session times, championship standings, and real-time widgets — all designed to be fast, clear, and easy to access. Never miss a start. With Grid Time, you can: • Instantly check upcoming Grand Prix weekends and sessions • View rider and team standings in real time • Add polished widgets: countdowns, schedules, standings, and season progress • Track your favorite riders and teams directly from your widgets • Get reminders for sprints, qualifying sessions, and races • Personalize the app with themes and alternate app icons Built for Moto fans. Keep the next session always in sight without opening the app. Whether it’s during the week or on race day, all the key info is right where you need it. Upgrade to Grid Time Pro: Unlock premium widgets, more customization, and the full experience to follow the season like a pro. Simple. Fast. Essential. Whether you follow every session or just the highlights, Grid Time keeps you connected to the season at a glance. —— *Unofficial app. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MotoGP or its partners. All trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used for editorial purposes only. —— Terms of Use: https://gridtime.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://gridtime.app/privacy

About

FlagDrop

Never miss a motorsports event again. This app consolidates schedules for F1, NASCAR, IndyCar, and more, displaying them in your local time. Get reminders, TV listings, and track maps to stay informed about every practice, qualifying, and race.

Highlights
  • Local timezone conversion
  • Customizable session reminders
  • Multi-series schedule aggregation
  • Broadcast TV channel information
  • Interactive track maps
  • Live session countdowns
  • Series filtering
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Never miss a race again. FlagDrop is the motorsports schedule app for fans who are tired of missing the green flag because the race was at 4 AM their time, the broadcast switched networks, the schedule moved at the last minute, or it's buried across five different apps. Every Formula 1, NASCAR (Cup, O'Reilly, and Craftsman), IndyCar, IMSA, and ARCA Menards race, practice, and qualifying in one app. Always in your local timezone. With reminders for exactly the sessions you care about, TV listings so you know where to watch before the lights go out, and a live countdown that follows you from the app to your Home Screen to your Lock Screen. Built by a race fan, for race fans. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Now on iPhone and iPad. WHAT YOU GET - - Race Day Live Activities. An hour before green flag, a countdown card appears right on your Lock Screen, with the app closed. It ticks down to the start, flips to LIVE the moment the race goes green, and shows the checkered flag when it ends. Dynamic Island included. Races of the series you follow, automatically. Keep Background App Refresh on and the card takes care of itself. - Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. A live countdown to the next session that ticks in real time and flips to LIVE the moment the green flag drops, with the TV channel and the rest of the weekend at a glance. New widgets default to My Series and automatically match the series you follow, or set any widget to a single series and run as many as you want. - Reminders that show up on time, every time. Toggle notifications for any session: practice, qualifying, sprint, or the race. Set your lead time to live, 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 1 day before, and stack up to two per session. Alerts are delivered from our servers, so they arrive even if you haven't opened the app in weeks. The race won't sneak up on you again. - Share any race in one tap. The share button sends the series, race name, start time in your timezone, and TV channel straight to the group chat. Never type out "it's Friday at 6:30 on FS1" again. - Your schedule, your rules. Display and notifications are separate controls: hide the sessions you don't care about from your schedule without touching your alerts, or the other way around. The eye controls what you see, the bell controls what you hear. - Your time zone, automatically. Every race converted to your local time the moment you open the app. No UTC math. No "wait, is that eastern or central?" confusion. - Every series, one app. F1, NASCAR Cup, O'Reilly, and Craftsman, IndyCar, IMSA, and ARCA Menards. Practice, qualifying, sprint, and race sessions in a single schedule. - TV listings. Every race shows the broadcaster: Prime Video, FOX, HBO Max, Apple TV, FS1, The CW, and more. Know where to tune in before you sit down. - Track maps. See the circuit layout for each event, right on the race screen. - Now on iPad. A native layout built for the bigger screen, portrait and landscape. - Feels right. Smooth transitions, swipe from the left edge to go back, and an interface that stays out of your way. COMING SOON: MotoGP and WEC on the roadmap. Updates ship throughout 2026. Free for the core experience. No accounts required. No ads, ever.

Screenshots

Grid Time4 screens
FlagDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlagDrop at none against Grid Time's 2. FlagDrop also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Grid Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. FlagDrop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grid Time ships an update monthly, FlagDrop weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grid Time versus FlagDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrid TimeFlagDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucas AdamBAIRD WILLIAM MORLEY

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grid Time

Subscriptions2
  • Grid Time Pro3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Grid Time Pro3 Days trial$17.991 Year
None

FlagDrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grid Time free?
Grid Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlagDrop free?
FlagDrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grid Time or FlagDrop have ads?
Neither Grid Time nor FlagDrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grid Time or FlagDrop?
Grid Time ships an update monthly, and FlagDrop weekly. Most recently, Grid Time was updated on October 24, 2026 and FlagDrop on October 24, 2026.

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