Comparison

RaceCoach vs Trackside

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

Head to head
About

RaceCoach

Analyze your track driving footage with AI. This app automatically detects laps and sectors, highlights where you gain or lose time, and calculates your optimal lap. Unlock advanced AI coaching and session management with the Pro version.

Highlights
  • Upload onboard video or GPS data
  • Detect laps and sectors
  • Compare sector times
  • Identify time loss areas
  • Calculate optimum lap
  • View telemetry maps and lap deltas
  • AI coaching
Features
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RaceCoach turns your onboard video into lap times, sector analysis, telemetry views and AI-powered coaching. Upload your track footage. RaceCoach finds your laps, breaks them into sectors, shows where you gain or lose time, and calculates your optimum lap from your best sectors. Free lap analysis. Pro AI coaching. Built for track days, karting, testing and race footage, RaceCoach brings race-team style analysis to drivers without expensive telemetry hardware or complex software. What you can do with RaceCoach: • Upload onboard video or GPS data • Detect laps and sectors • Compare sector times across laps • Find where you are losing time • Calculate your optimum lap • View speed traces, telemetry maps and lap deltas • Compare laps with video and telemetry • Unlock AI coaching with RaceCoach Pro • Save sessions and compare progress over time with Pro RaceCoach is free to start. Core lap and sector analysis is included. RaceCoach Pro unlocks AI coaching, saved session history, multi-session management and cross-session comparison. Compatibility note: RaceCoach works with videos that include GPS telemetry, such as supported GoPro models with GPS enabled. GoPro HERO12 does not include built-in GPS telemetry. RaceCoach is designed for closed-circuit motorsport and track driving only. Analysis quality depends on the video and telemetry data available in your uploaded files. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trackside

Record and analyze track driving sessions with automatic lap timing, turn-by-turn insights, and video comparison. Connect your iPhone or compatible GPS receiver to capture telemetry data and share performance videos. Explore demo mode to test features without a vehicle.

Highlights
  • Automatic lap timing
  • Turn-by-turn telemetry analysis
  • Reference video comparison
  • Shareable telemetry videos
  • Friends and leaderboards
  • Import from VBOX, Garmin Catalyst
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Get more from every lap with free, unlimited recording and automatic lap timing, turn-by-turn analysis, reference-video comparison, and shareable telemetry videos. Record in any car using your iPhone or a supported external GPS receiver, including RaceBox Mini, Mini S, Micro, and Dragy Pro. Connect directly to a compatible Porsche for vehicle telemetry, or add supported OBD hardware for additional vehicle data. Import existing sessions from VBOX, Porsche Track Precision, Garmin Catalyst, and other supported apps. AUTOMATIC LAP TIMING • Record unlimited track sessions for free • Automatically detect supported tracks • See live lap timing, predicted lap times, and your real-time delta AUTOCROSS & CUSTOM COURSES • Create custom circuits and point-to-point courses from recorded GPS data • Set start and finish gates for autocross and other point-to-point runs • Save courses for future sessions or apply them to existing sessions ANALYSIS & AI INSIGHTS • Review lap times, sectors, inputs, and an optimal lap from your fastest segments • Compare every turn and get telemetry-backed insights on your biggest opportunities • Compare your lap against any reference video with synchronized playback and a live time delta FRIENDS & LEADERBOARDS • Add friends and compare stats from your track days • Compete on friends-only leaderboards at each track • Share full session telemetry with friends and compare laps CAMERAS & VIDEO • Record with your iPhone or supported GoPro, DJI, and Insta360 cameras • Capture front and rear iPhone cameras simultaneously • Add and sync onboard footage, then export shareable videos with telemetry overlays IMPORT, SYNC & EXPORT • Import sessions from VBOX, Porsche Track Precision, and other supported apps • Sync sessions across your devices with iCloud • Export sessions in a VBOX-compatible format for use with other analysis tools TRACKSIDE PRO Session recording is free and unlimited. Trackside Pro unlocks telemetry-backed AI insights, YouTube reference-video comparison, full lap data sharing with friends, and telemetry video export. PORSCHE DIRECT CONNECTION Trackside supports the same Porsche models as Track Precision. 911 • 991.1 GT3 and GT3 RS — model year 2015 or later • All 991.2 models — model year 2017 or later • All 992 models 718 CAYMAN & BOXSTER • 981 Cayman GT4 — model year 2015 or later • All 982 / 718 models — model year 2017 or later OTHER MODELS • Cayenne — model year 2022 or later • Panamera — model year 2022 or later • Taycan — model year 2022 or later Questions or feedback? Email trackside@californiamotorsports.co Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RaceCoach4 screens
Trackside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Trackside at daily against RaceCoach's fortnightly. Trackside also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). RaceCoach's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. RaceCoach sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Trackside sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RaceCoach against 5.0 for Trackside. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RaceCoach ships an update fortnightly, Trackside daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RaceCoach versus Trackside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaceCoachTrackside
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrew ForsterDaniel Stratton

Customer experience

RaceCoach

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trackside

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RaceCoach

Subscriptions1
  • RaceCoach Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
2 purchases

Trackside

Subscriptions2
  • Trackside Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Trackside Pro Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is RaceCoach free?
RaceCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trackside free?
Trackside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RaceCoach or Trackside?
RaceCoach and Trackside are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do RaceCoach or Trackside have ads?
Neither RaceCoach nor Trackside shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RaceCoach or Trackside?
RaceCoach ships an update fortnightly, and Trackside daily. Most recently, RaceCoach was updated on October 4, 2026 and Trackside on October 6, 2026.

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