Crew Chief vs SIM Dashboard
Quick summary
Verified pricing differs — Crew Chief: Free · SIM Dashboard: Free + one-time Pro.
Verdict
Which one should you pick?
Choose Crew Chief when you want a free voice spotter & engineer — it has a verified free tier.
Worth knowing: Distribution and docs live on a vBulletin forum behind Cloudflare bot protection, and the Android companion app is marked EOL on the official forum
Choose SIM Dashboard when you want phone widgets + virtual button box — it has a verified free tier.
Worth knowing: 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
No universal winner — both entries are human-verified (dates in the Verification row below); weigh the limitations against your own setup.
Field by field
The verified fields
What it is
Crew Chief
SIM Dashboard
Pricing
Crew Chief
Free
- Free download (CrewChiefV4.msi) — donations accepted via the site's donate link
SIM Dashboard
Free + one-time Pro
- Free (max 3 widgets per page)
- Pro one-time in-app purchase (unlimited widgets, extra pages, wheel-button page switching)
Free access
Crew Chief
SIM Dashboard
Platforms
Crew Chief
SIM Dashboard
Standout feature
Crew Chief
Human-like radio engineer + spotter voice calls — free, MIT-licensed open source (GitHub: mrbelowski/CrewChiefV4) with community voice packs, translations and name personalisations
SIM Dashboard
Button Box feature that sends virtual keyboard inputs to any PC application, plus community design sharing across 200+ widgets
Limitations
Crew Chief
Distribution and docs live on a vBulletin forum behind Cloudflare bot protection, and the Android companion app is marked EOL on the official forum
SIM Dashboard
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
Verification
Crew Chief
SIM Dashboard
“—” means the official site does not state it — we leave it blank instead of guessing.
Straight answers
Common questions
Do Crew Chief or SIM Dashboard have a free tier?
Crew Chief does, and SIM Dashboard does. A free tier can mean the whole product or a heavily capped version, so check the pricing detail on each card rather than the yes or no alone.
How much does Crew Chief cost?
Crew Chief has a free tier, and its paid pricing starts at Free as listed on its own pricing page. Tiers change — the card above shows every tier we verified, with the date we checked.
How much does SIM Dashboard cost?
SIM Dashboard has a free tier, and its paid pricing starts at Free + one-time Pro as listed on its own pricing page. Tiers change — the card above shows every tier we verified, with the date we checked.
What does Crew Chief support?
Crew Chief's own site lists iRacing, Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione, RaceRoom, rFactor, rFactor 2, GTR2, Automobilista, Project Cars 1 & 2, F1 2018/2019, Richard Burns Rally, Windows. We only record platforms a site names explicitly — a generic "100+ games" claim is not counted as support for any particular title.
What does SIM Dashboard support?
SIM Dashboard's own site lists Android, iOS, games on Windows PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series. We only record platforms a site names explicitly — a generic "100+ games" claim is not counted as support for any particular title.
What are the drawbacks of Crew Chief and SIM Dashboard?
Crew Chief — Distribution and docs live on a vBulletin forum behind Cloudflare bot protection, and the Android companion app is marked EOL on the official forum. SIM Dashboard — 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. These are the limitations each product's own materials made plain, not a verdict on quality.
Is Crew Chief or SIM Dashboard better?
Neither is better in the abstract, and this page does not name a winner. They differ on the verified fields above — price, free tier, platform support and stated limitations — and which of those matters is a question about your setup, not about the products.
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