Comparison

Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition vs SmartRace GO Plus

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

Head to head
About

Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition

Design and plan your slot car tracks with ease on your iPad. This app offers intuitive track construction, precise calculations for space and length, and supports a wide range of Carrera Digital 1:24 scale track elements.

Highlights
  • Intuitive track construction with snap-in assist
  • Precise calculation of space and track length
  • Automatic track borders
  • Element grouping
  • Supports Carrera Digital 1:24 scale tracks
  • Open published track plans from website
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Plan your slot car track directly on your iPad — with real track piece libraries, automatic connection detection, and 3D/AR previews. Softy Track Planner brings the proven web-based track planner to iPadOS as a native app. Place track pieces using drag and drop, let the app automatically complete matching connections, plan your available layout space, and preview your track in AR Quick Look before unpacking a single piece of track. Features: - Library of official and custom track systems - Automatic connection and disconnection of track pieces, with insert and replace modes - Plan and draw your available layout space - Screenshot and 3D/USDZ export with AR Quick Look - Save, load, and manage track layouts locally - Share your track layouts with others or discover track ideas from the community

About

SmartRace GO Plus

Enhance your Carrera Go!!! Plus slot car racing experience with this app. Connect via Bluetooth to manage cars, drivers, and tracks, set personal and track records, and enjoy personalized commentary and sound effects for immersive racing.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth track connection
  • Car, driver, and track management
  • Personal and track record keeping
  • Voice-over commentary
  • Ambient sound effects
  • In-app premium subscription
Features
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With SmartRace GO Plus, you bring the racing action for Carrera Go!!! Plus directly to your tablet or mobile phone. Just connect to your track through bluetooth and start racing! - Easily connect through bluetooth - Manage cars, drivers and tracks - Personal records for drivers and cars aswell as overall track records - Personalized voice over commentary - Cool ambient sound effects for more realistic racing Learn more about SmartRace GO Plus at https://www.smartrace-goplus.de/en File issues or suggest features at https://support.smartrace.de Read the online manual at https://www.smartrace-goplus.de/en/smartrace-go-plus-user-manual/ ——— In-App Subscriptions ——— You may want to subscribe to Premium to unlock all features, available as a subscription from within the app. - 1 month costs €1.99 - 1 year costs €19.99 Should you choose to subscribe, the purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. The subscription will be auto-renewed 24 hours prior to it running out and you can manage it from User Settings in iTunes after purchasing it, and you'll also be able to cancel the auto-renewing subscription from there. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.smartrace.de/tos —————————————————— Carrera® and Carrera Go!!!® are registered trademarks of Stadlbauer Marketing + Vertrieb GmbH. SmartRace GO Plus is no official Carrera product and in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Stadlbauer Marketing + Vertrieb GmbH.

Screenshots

SmartRace GO Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SmartRace GO Plus at Free against Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition's $8.99. SmartRace GO Plus also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (69% vs 48%). Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On update cadence and ads 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

SmartRace GO Plus is free to download; Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition costs $8.99 up front. SmartRace GO Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartRace GO Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition's written reviews are positive against 69% of SmartRace GO Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition ships an update every 5 months, SmartRace GO Plus every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition versus SmartRace GO Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSofty Bahnplaner Couch EditionSmartRace GO Plus
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating2.6 (7 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp AnnéMarc Bonsels

Customer experience

Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral28.6%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative40.9%

SmartRace GO Plus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%

In-app purchases

None

Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SmartRace GO Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition free?
Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartRace GO Plus free?
SmartRace GO Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition or SmartRace GO Plus?
SmartRace GO Plus is rated higher. Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition averages 2.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while SmartRace GO Plus averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition or SmartRace GO Plus have ads?
Neither Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition nor SmartRace GO Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition or SmartRace GO Plus?
Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition ships an update every 5 months, and SmartRace GO Plus every 4 months. Most recently, Softy Bahnplaner Couch Edition was updated on November 1, 2026 and SmartRace GO Plus on November 6, 2026.

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