RaceCoach vs Trackside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Trackside
Record and analyze driving performance with automatic lap timing and video telemetry. Compare laps, gain AI insights, and share your sessions with friends. Supports various external GPS devices and cameras for comprehensive data capture.
- Automatic lap timing and detection
- Telemetry video recording and export
- AI-driven driving insights
- Comparison with YouTube reference videos
- Friends-only leaderboards
- Support for external GPS and cameras
- Porsche direct connection
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Get more from every lap with free, unlimited recording and automatic lap timing. Record in any car with your iPhone, analyze your driving, and create shareable telemetry videos. LAP TIMING • Automatic track detection, predicted lap times, and live delta • Create custom circuits and point-to-point courses for autocross and other runs • View live delta timing and control recording with Apple CarPlay ANALYSIS & AI • Compare laps, sectors, and corners, review inputs, and see your optimal lap • Compare reference videos from YouTube with synchronized playback and a live time delta • Get in-app AI insights or explore synced telemetry with the Trackside ChatGPT plugin FRIENDS & LEADERBOARDS • Compare stats and personal bests on friends-only leaderboards • Share full session telemetry with friends and compare laps CAMERAS & VIDEO • Record with your iPhone or control supported GoPro, DJI, and Insta360 cameras • Import footage directly from supported cameras • Sync onboard footage and export videos with telemetry overlays IMPORT, SYNC & EXPORT • Import VBOX, Porsche Track Precision, Garmin Catalyst, and other supported files • Sync sessions with iCloud and export VBOX-compatible files GPS & OBD COMPATIBILITY • RaceBox: Mini, Mini S, and Micro • Dragy: Pro, Lite, DRG70, DRG70-C, and DRG69 • OBD: OBDLink CX, Veepeak OBDCheck BLE/BLE+, Dragy OBD II, Vgate (IOS-Vlink), and OBDBLE PORSCHE DIRECT CONNECTION Trackside supports the same Porsche models as Track Precision. • 911: all 992 models; 991.2 (2017+); 991.1 GT3 / GT3 RS (2015+) • Cayman & Boxster: 982 / 718 (2017+); 981 Cayman GT4 (2015+) • Cayenne, Panamera, and Taycan: 2022+ Questions or feedback? Email trackside@californiamotorsports.co Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Trackside at daily against RaceCoach's every 2 weeks. Trackside also leads on ratings volume (4 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
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 $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
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 4 respectively.
RaceCoach ships an update every 2 weeks, Trackside daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RaceCoach | Trackside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 220 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Forster | Daniel Stratton |
Customer experience
RaceCoach
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In-app purchases
RaceCoach
- RaceCoach Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
Trackside
- Trackside Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- Trackside Pro Annual$59.991 Year
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