Comparison

RevApp vs RevLab

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

Head to head
About

RevApp

Experience the thrill of driving various car engines with realistic sound simulation. Accelerate, shift gears, and enjoy different soundscapes, all from your iPhone. It offers a garage of diverse engines and multiple driving modes.

Highlights
  • Realistic engine sound simulation
  • Multiple engine types (V12, V8, V6, etc.)
  • Paddle-shift gear changes
  • Rev limiter and exhaust crackles
  • Haptic feedback on shifts
  • Offline play
  • Multiple sound environments
Features
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Feel the engine, not just hear it. RevApp: Engine Lab turns your iPhone into an engine you can drive. Hold the throttle and the revs climb, shift up and the sound drops into the next gear, lift off and the exhaust crackles on the overrun. Every engine has its own physics, gearing, limiter and instrument cluster. A GARAGE FULL OF ENGINES Naturally aspirated V12s and V10s, a flat-six, twin-turbo V8 and V6, turbocharged inline-six and inline-four and a turbocharged 16-cylinder – each with its own character. A visualized sound-game where you can drive every car in 5 different maps. DRIVE IT • Hold to accelerate, paddle-shift up and down • Rev limiter, blips on downshifts, pops and crackles • Pedal Mode with a real 0–100 % throttle, Flow Mode for one finger • Outside, cockpit, dyno and tunnel sound • Haptic feedback on every shift • Drive-away and fly-by scene with distance, Doppler effect and surroundings RETRO CRUISE A pixel driving game right above the pedals: cruise through 4 cities with traffic lights, tunnels, roundabouts and rain – your engine sound follows every move. MADE FOR SOUND • Plays alongside your music • Works completely offline • No ads, no account, no tracking FREE TO TRY Three engines are free forever. Add single engines, get the Supercar Garage with hand-picked supercars, every drive mode, every sound version and the drive-away and fly-by scene, or the Car Collection with every engine, including the hypercars and track cars. One-time purchases, no subscription. RevApp is an independent app and is not affiliated with any vehicle manufacturer. Sound credits are listed inside the app.

About

RevLab

Experience realistic engine simulations with physics-driven sound, haptics, and interactive gauges. Drive a variety of engines, from V8s to electric cars, and test their performance on a drag strip. Features detailed engine components and real-time feedback.

Highlights
  • Real-time physics-driven engine simulation
  • Computed engine sounds based on components
  • Interactive 3D engine models
  • Drag strip performance testing
  • Multiple engine types and configurations
  • Manual and automatic transmission simulation
  • Haptic feedback for engine and gear engagement
Features
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RevLab runs the engine for real. It computes the crank, pistons, valves, combustion and exhaust gas flow in real time, and that one simulation drives the sound, the haptics, the gauges and the 3D engine. Nothing is animated just for the screen. ■ NEW: ROTARY, W16, RACE AND ELECTRIC Two- and four-rotor rotaries: no valves, the ports open as the apex seals pass. A quad-turbo W16 whose turbos take turns, with turbo whistle, blow-off and a boost gauge. Three race power units: a 3.0 V10 that revs to 19,000 rpm, a 1.6 V6 turbo hybrid and a 5.5 crossplane V8 hybrid, with an open-wheel body, an endurance prototype chassis and a race wheel display. And a four-motor electric research car: READY start, regen paddles, its own digital cluster, and motor whine that is computed, not recorded. ■ DRAG STRIP Quarter mile and 0–100 km/h on a timing strip over the engine stage: no road, no car. Stage on the Christmas tree, hold the revs with launch control, shift on the shift lights. Shift grades are only labels: the time comes from the physics alone. Race your personal-best ghost or the factory driver, study the time slip and post to Game Center leaderboards. Everything but the leaderboards works without Game Center. ■ SOUND THAT IS COMPUTED Cylinder count, firing order, crank geometry and exhaust manifold shape the sound: the uneven burble of a crossplane V8, the scream of a flatplane V8, the rumble of a flat-four on unequal-length headers. Cranking, idle, the limiter, lift-off pops and stalls all come out of the simulation. Listen from five positions, from the driver's seat to a measurement mic. ■ 21 ENGINES, 2 CYLINDERS TO JET AND ELECTRIC 45° V-twin; inline three, four, five and six; flat-four; crossplane and flatplane V8; V10; V12; V16; W16; two rotaries; three race power units; the electric research car; an airliner turbofan, an afterburning fighter turbofan and a nine-cylinder radial. Every spec in the Garage is computed from the engine data the simulator runs, and each car engine arrives in a car and gearbox that suit it. ■ DRIVE IT YOURSELF A 3D gated shifter and three pedals. Dump the clutch and the engine stalls; shift without it and the gears grind. One tap on START starts the engine, another switches it off. • 6- and 5-speed manual, 7-speed DCT with 3D paddles, 8-speed automatic, 6- to 8-speed sequentials • Auto clutch: OFF, LAUNCH, SHIFT or GUARD • COMFORT, ECO and SPORT drive modes on a 3D dash button ■ GAUGES AND FOCUS VIEWS Car clusters from stepper-motor analog to 12.3-inch TFT, a race wheel display and an electric cluster, with boost and exhaust-temperature gauges where the engine has them. The combustion view shows the cylinder cutaway and the pressure–crank-angle trace, the exhaust view the pressure waves in the header, and STROBE freezes the cycle like a timing light. ■ FEEL IT (iPhone) Core Haptics delivers engine vibration, clutch bite, gear engagement and grinds, the limiter and the electric car's contactor, the moment you hear them. ■ EASY ON THE BATTERY RevLab draws only what changes, lowers the refresh rate when you let go and caps it at 60 Hz in Low Power Mode; battery saver graphics keep the sound the same. ■ FREE AND REVLAB PRO Free: five engines (inline four, inline six, crossplane V8, airliner turbofan, radial), every gearbox, clutch mode and cluster, the drag strip, focus views, STROBE and haptics. Sound quality and controls are never locked. RevLab Pro (one-time purchase, not a subscription, Family Sharing) unlocks 16 more engines (V-twin, inline three and five, flat-four, flatplane V8, V10, V12, V16, W16, two rotaries, three race power units, the electric research car, fighter turbofan) and the front listening position. ■ ALSO English and Korean · iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape · left- or right-hand drive · metric or imperial · Driver, Engineer and Lab display levels · no account, works offline (leaderboards need a connection). Made for people who love engines. Turn the key.

Screenshots

RevApp4 screens
RevLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RevLab at 60% against RevApp's 0%. RevLab also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). RevApp's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. RevApp sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and RevLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RevLab holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RevLab has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RevApp's written reviews are positive against 60% of RevLab's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RevApp ships an update every 2 weeks, RevLab weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RevApp versus RevLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRevAppRevLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)3.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaximilian SeilerJehyung Lee

Customer experience

RevApp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

RevLab

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RevApp

One-time2
  • Supercar Garage$3.99
  • Car Collection$6.99
1 purchases

RevLab

One-time1
  • RevLab Pro$4.99

Questions

Is RevApp free?
RevApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RevLab free?
RevLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RevApp or RevLab?
RevLab is rated higher. RevApp averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while RevLab averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do RevApp or RevLab have ads?
RevLab shows ads; RevApp does not.
Which is updated more often, RevApp or RevLab?
RevApp ships an update every 2 weeks, and RevLab weekly. Most recently, RevApp was updated on November 6, 2026 and RevLab on October 31, 2026.

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