Comparison

Trackside vs BoxBox

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

Head to head
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 and begin recording • See live lap timing, predicted lap times, and your real-time delta to your best lap 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 • 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, 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/

About

BoxBox

Features
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BoxBox turns your iPhone and Apple Watch into a lap timer, telemetry system and live pit wall for karting, formula and GT racing. Drop your phone in the car, strap on your watch, or pair a RaceBox over Bluetooth for 25 Hz GPS: BoxBox times every lap automatically, shows your live delta, and speaks your gaps so your eyes stay on the track. TIME: automatic lap detection on any circuit, live delta to your best, sector timing. Tracks are created on the go, no library to download. REVIEW: every session saved with full telemetry. Replay your line on the map coloured by speed, braking in red, lap against lap, and find the corners where the time is hiding. SHARE: go live so friends, coach or team can watch your session in real time, lap by lap, with your position on the track map. APPLE WATCH: start a session from your wrist, with or without the phone in the car. Last lap, best, live delta and your heart rate on the watch. One tap for a good lap, two for a slow one. Start on the phone and the watch mirrors it, or the other way round. APPLE HEALTH: turn it on and your heart rate and active energy from Apple Health are kept with every session, so you can see how hard each stint really was. BOXBOX PRO: optional monthly subscription that unlocks your complete session history and everything we ship next. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; the subscription auto-renews monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms: https://boxbox.racing/terms Privacy: https://boxbox.racing/privacy

Screenshots

Trackside4 screens
BoxBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

Trackside and BoxBox are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Trackside sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and BoxBox sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Trackside versus BoxBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracksideBoxBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel StrattonFortune App Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trackside

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

BoxBox

Subscriptions1
  • boxbox Pro$24.991 Month

Questions

Is Trackside free?
Trackside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoxBox free?
BoxBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trackside or BoxBox have ads?
Neither Trackside nor BoxBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trackside or BoxBox?
Trackside ships an update daily, and BoxBox daily. Most recently, Trackside was updated on September 19, 2026 and BoxBox on September 18, 2026.

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