Comparison

Compact Octane vs Apex Lines

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

Head to head
About

Compact Octane

Stay informed about motorcycle track day events with real-time updates on sessions, announcements, and schedules. Receive instant alerts, countdowns to your next session, and access track maps and event photos.

Highlights
  • Live session timer
  • Instant push notifications
  • Full day schedule
  • Next session countdown
  • Audio announcements
  • Track maps
  • Links to lap times & photos
Features
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Compact Octane Track Days is the official app for Compact Octane motorcycle track day events. Stay connected to everything happening on and off track in real time: - Live session timer with green flag, red flag, and checkered flag status - Instant push notifications for announcements and safety alerts - Full day schedule with your group highlighted - "Your Next Session" countdown so you're never late to the grid - Audio announcements with voice readout - Sponsor showcase - Track maps for each venue - Links to lap times, event photos, and social media Designed for riders, crew, and spectators at Compact Octane events.

About

Apex Lines

Log track day details like tire pressures, gearing, and lap times against real circuit maps. Features corner notes, setup memory, and a maintenance ledger for your motorcycle. Offers data export and simulation tools.

Highlights
  • Log track day sessions, laps, and tire pressures
  • Real circuit maps with numbered corners
  • Pin notes to specific corners
  • Circuit setup memory and hot-pressure intelligence
  • Motorcycle maintenance ledger
  • Data export (CSV, JSON)
  • 3D circuit simulation
Features
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APEX LINES — THE PADDOCK NOTEBOOK THAT KNOWS THE TRACK Your track days live here: sessions, cold and hot tire pressures, gearing, weather, lap times, and prep checklists — logged against real maps of 31 circuits and 46 motorcycle layouts with every corner numbered. Riders already keep this notebook — on paper, on tape, on a laminated sheet in the pit box. Apex Lines is that notebook with the track built in. KEEP THE RECORD • Log every track day: sessions, laps, tires, gearing, setup. Weather fills itself in. • Cold and hot pressures per wheel — every number you'd otherwise scribble on tape. • Lap times with delta-to-best and personal-best flags. • Corner notes: pin a note to any corner — line, gear, reference points. Walk the track with your coach and mark what matters to you. • Circuit setup memory: "LAST TIME HERE — F 30.0 → 33.5." Your own numbers, from this track, recalled when you come back — and keyed to conditions, so you can see what you ran the last time it was this cold. • Hot-pressure intelligence: cold-to-hot deltas surfaced per wheel at 0.5-psi steps, seeded from your own history. KNOW THE TRACK • Real maps of 31 circuits and 46 motorcycle layouts — real geometry, every corner numbered, offline in your pocket at the paddock. • A computed reference line — minimum-curvature over the mapped pavement, contained on the asphalt by construction. A starting point to study, not "the" line: adapt it to conditions, traffic, and your event's rules. • Corner guides that call brake, turn-in, apex, and exit — study material, not rider coaching. • 3D circuits and a fly-the-line camera with tunable simulation: grip, braking, drive, top speed. Physics-simulation estimates, not measured data — it never claims to be your lap. RUN THE DAY • Prep checklists with per-category progress — the laminated sheet, digitized. Add your own items; they carry forward day to day. • Duplicate Last Day carries your whole setup to the next event. • RaceBox lap import with staged review — and an import preview, so you see what's in your files before you're asked to pay. • Season stats: days, laps, circuits. Real numbers — no streaks, no projections. • Your data is yours: single-day CSV and JSON export free for everyone; season-wide exports with Pro. THE GARAGE • A maintenance ledger keyed to your logged track time — log the day, and oil hours, pad life, and tire heat cycles accrue on their own. • Your bike, your intervals: nickname is the only required field, and every component is optional. Track what you care about; the rest renders nothing. • Seeded intervals cite their source — you accept or edit each number, and your figure is never overwritten. • Facts, not verdicts: the ledger shows hours against your own mark. It never nags, and nothing turns red. • Tire sets follow the tire — swap wheels and the heat cycles ride along. • Resale-ready export: the full ledger with sources, free for every bike. • One bike's complete ledger is free for good; Pro adds more bikes. NOT A LAP TIMER Apex Lines doesn't time your laps. It's the study-and-logging half of your track day — the study tool your lap timer is missing. FREE AND PRO Free keeps the full circuit library, 2D maps with the reference line, and your first track day — never deleted, never locked. Pro opens the rest of the toolbox: 3D circuits and the fly-the-line camera, corner guides, and unlimited track days. OFFLINE-FIRST, NO ACCOUNT Everything works without a signal — pit lane included. No sign-up, no tracking. One app on iPhone and Mac. Track maps are derived from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Questions or a circuit request: hey@apexlines.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://apexlines.app/privacy

Screenshots

Compact Octane4 screens
Apex Lines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Compact Octane at 100% against Apex Lines's 0%. Compact Octane also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Apex Lines's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Apex Lines sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Compact Octane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Compact Octane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Compact Octane's written reviews are positive against 0% of Apex Lines's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compact Octane ships an update monthly, Apex Lines every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Compact Octane versus Apex Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompact OctaneApex Lines
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCompact Octane LLCAnother One, LLC

Customer experience

Compact Octane

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Apex Lines

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Compact Octane

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Apex Lines

Subscriptions2
  • Apex Lines Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Apex Lines Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Compact Octane free?
Compact Octane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apex Lines free?
Apex Lines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Compact Octane or Apex Lines?
Compact Octane is rated higher. Compact Octane averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Apex Lines averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Compact Octane or Apex Lines have ads?
Neither Compact Octane nor Apex Lines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compact Octane or Apex Lines?
Compact Octane ships an update monthly, and Apex Lines every 4 days. Most recently, Compact Octane was updated on October 22, 2026 and Apex Lines on October 11, 2026.

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