Sim Racing Dashboards You Can Customize or Build Yourself
By the PickMerit teamUpdated 2026-07-245 tools comparedHuman-verified
A ready-made dashboard shows what its designer thought mattered; the filter here is the tools that let you decide. Every tool below describes customization on its own site — a studio for building your own dashboards, a built-in dashboard editor, a custom dashboard designer, 200+ customizable widgets, or a dashboard it calls customizable outright — so apps that only offer fixed, game-styled or pre-designed dashboard variants are left out however good they look, and the second-screen guide covers those. Read each card for what the building actually costs, because the editor is rarely the free part: one free version caps you at 3 widgets per page until a one-time Pro purchase, one sells its dashboard designer as an in-app subscription, one free demo shows only RPM, speed and gear until you buy a game's full data, one is subscription-only with a demo rather than a free tier, and one is a free download whose full features sit behind a choose-your-own-price perpetual licence. Three of them also point to a community library or design sharing on their own sites, which is the shortcut if you would rather adapt a layout than start from a blank page.
Not a coach — dashboards/hardware only; full features and motion control gated behind separate paid licenses whose prices are not shown on the homepage
Advanced Analysis requires a full-HD-or-better tablet/desktop screen and is not available for Forza Horizon/FM7/Gran Turismo due to limited telemetry, and AC/ACC/Automobilista 2/iRacing need the Windows PC version installed on the game PC
Free demo shows only RPM/speed/gear, full data must be purchased per game, and available channels depend entirely on what each game's developer exposes
Free version is capped at 3 widgets per page, Windows games require a companion PC server app, and many games expose only partial telemetry so some widgets don't work per title
SimHubFree + paid licenseFree tier
Best for: dashboards, hardware & tactile rigs
Weakness: Not a coach — dashboards/hardware only; full features and motion control gated behind separate paid licenses whose prices are not shown on the homepage
Weakness: Advanced Analysis requires a full-HD-or-better tablet/desktop screen and is not available for Forza Horizon/FM7/Gran Turismo due to limited telemetry, and AC/ACC/Automobilista 2/iRacing need the Windows PC version installed on the game PC
Weakness: Free demo shows only RPM/speed/gear, full data must be purchased per game, and available channels depend entirely on what each game's developer exposes
Weakness: Free version is capped at 3 widgets per page, Windows games require a companion PC server app, and many games expose only partial telemetry so some widgets don't work per title
Dash Studio — build your own dashboards/overlays with a large community library, plus no-code Arduino hardware support
Weakness
Not a coach — dashboards/hardware only; full features and motion control gated behind separate paid licenses whose prices are not shown on the homepage
Pricing detail (3 tiers)
Free download (base)
Perpetual license for full features — choose your own price (suggested €8–€30)
Second-screen telemetry dashboard app (Pocket Playground) with cloud session history and a lap-comparison Advanced Analysis tool.
Free + in-app subs Free tieriOSAndroidWindowsgames: AC, ACC, Automobilista 2, F1 2020-25, Forza, Gran Turismo, iRacing, Le Mans Ultimate, Project CARS 2, RaceRoom, rFactor 2
Standout
Advanced Analysis mode comparing throttle/brake, steering, gear, RPM, speed and g-forces across laps on a tablet with track-map overlay
Weakness
Advanced Analysis requires a full-HD-or-better tablet/desktop screen and is not available for Forza Horizon/FM7/Gran Turismo due to limited telemetry, and AC/ACC/Automobilista 2/iRacing need the Windows PC version installed on the game PC
Pricing detail
Free base app
In-app subscriptions for Advanced Analysis and custom dashboard designer
Single-client customizable dashboard and virtual button-box software covering 40+ racing titles, with a built-in editor and mod.io dashboard sharing.
Free demo + per-game IAP Free tierWindows (Steam)iOSAndroid40+ games incl. iRacing, Assetto Corsa, F1 2012-2025, Forza, Project CARS, ETS2
Standout
Powerful dashboard editor with community sharing via mod.io plus a virtual button box usable in any PC application
Weakness
Free demo shows only RPM/speed/gear, full data must be purchased per game, and available channels depend entirely on what each game's developer exposes
Android/iOS second-screen app with 200+ customizable widgets (gauges, tire temps, track map, g-force) and a virtual button box for 100+ PC and console racing games.
Free + one-time Pro Free tierAndroidiOSgames on Windows PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series
Standout
Button Box feature that sends virtual keyboard inputs to any PC application, plus community design sharing across 200+ widgets
Weakness
Free version is capped at 3 widgets per page, Windows games require a companion PC server app, and many games expose only partial telemetry so some widgets don't work per title
Pricing detail
Free (max 3 widgets per page)
Pro one-time in-app purchase (unlimited widgets, extra pages, wheel-button page switching)