Real rally pace notes · iOS & Android
Apex Notes is built on the pace-note system rally co-drivers use on special stages. Import a route and it reads the bends to you the way a co-driver would: “left three, plus right four, one-fifty.” Timed to your speed, warned before the dangerous ones. It works next to the tripmaster you already run, or on its own as a safety guide on a motorbike or an unfamiliar road.
Free to try with every feature on one stage of up to 3 km · Event Pass €7.99 for 7 days · Annual €90
Spoken in English · Español · Català · Français · Deutsch · Italiano
A 1.3 km mountain stage, 9 bends. Pick a pace, press play, and watch Apex Notes call the road — turn voice on to hear it. Timing, grouping and danger repeats work exactly like in the app.
This demo uses the default settings. In the app, everything you see here is yours to tune: how many seconds ahead a bend is called, how close two bends must be to become one note, which severity counts as dangerous and how early it is repeated, the severity scale and its direction, the voice, its language and speed, and even what counts as a bend at all.
In rallying, the co-driver reads pace notes: a compact code that tells the driver every bend before it appears, how tight it is, and what follows. Apex Notes generates real pace notes from any route and reads them the way a co-driver would.
Every bend is a direction and a number. Flat, gentle, medium, sharp, tight, hairpin — a 6-level scale by default, or the 9 and 12-level scales some teams prefer, straight or inverted.
Bends that arrive together are linked with “plus”, so the driver hears one flowing instruction. Distances to the next bend are called in metres, like on a stage.
Dangerous bends carry a caution and are repeated as you get closer. Long, sweeping curves are called as such, not as a string of small bends.
A good co-driver reads ahead of the car, not on top of it. Apex Notes times each call in seconds from your speed, so it lands where a co-driver would say it.
Some crews say “left 1” for a kink and “left 6” for a hairpin. Others do exactly the reverse. Some want nine steps instead of six. Pick the convention you already think in and every note is generated and spoken that way.
1 is the slightest bend, 6 the tightest. Simple to learn and the Apex Notes default.
Classic British / McRae style: 6 is almost flat, 1 is square, and hairpins are named as such. Same road, numbers reversed.
For crews who want finer steps between “medium” and “tight”. Also available as 1–12, straight or inverted.
Also configurable: direction style (“left / right” or “L / R”), how far ahead notes are read, when a bend counts as dangerous, and the minimum angle that counts as a bend at all.
On everyday roads Apex Notes is a safety guide, not a racing tool. It tells you what is coming so you can anticipate: brake before the bend, not in it, and keep your eyes on the road.
Hairpins and dangerous bends are called early and repeated closer, so you reach them at the right speed instead of discovering them at the apex.
Everything is spoken. Nothing to read while you drive or ride; the voice goes to your helmet intercom, earbuds or the car speakers.
A mountain pass, a holiday route, a hire car on an island. Hear the bend hidden behind the crest before you get there.
When visibility drops, the road ahead is still described to you, bend by bend, with time to adapt your speed.
Apex Notes is a driving aid for anticipation. It does not tell you how fast to go and never replaces your attention, road signs, traffic rules or speed limits. Notes are generated from map data, and real roads change — roadworks, gravel, closures, traffic. Competition use belongs to organised events on closed or regulated routes; on open roads, the road and the law always come first.
Paste a Google Maps link or open a GPX or KML file. Short links work too.
Apex Notes finds every bend, grades it from flat to hairpin and previews the route on a map.
Mount the phone, press start. The bends are called out in your language, with the right lead time for your speed.
No regularity computer on the market calls the bends. Apex Notes adds that layer without touching your setup: it runs on a phone, needs no wheel sensor, no wiring and no connection to your system. Distance and averages stay on the device you trust; the road ahead comes through the speaker.
Rallymeter Ultra is made by the same team and ships with Apex Notes built in — pace notes, roadbook and regularity in one app, no second phone needed.
Crisartech, Blunik and Rabbit Rally are trademarks of their respective owners. Apex Notes is an independent product and is not affiliated with them.
Notes you can trust with your eyes on the road.
Close bends are grouped into one call — “left 3 plus right 4” — with the distance to the next. Adjustable 6, 9 or 12-level severity scale.
Lead time is calculated in seconds from how fast you are actually going, not a fixed distance. Slow or quick, the note lands when it should.
Sharp bends are repeated closer, at a higher pitch, with a haptic pulse. You set the threshold.
Tulip-style bend icon oriented to your direction of travel, colour-coded by severity, plus the list of what is coming.
Add a note to any bend or to the whole stage — “gravel on exit”, “blind crest” — and hear it at the right moment.
Simulation mode drives the route at Tourist, Spirited or Rally pace and reads the notes, so you know the road before you get there.
The route preview shows each detected bend with its severity and direction. Filter by severity, check the spacing, export the list to a spreadsheet or push it to Google My Maps as a layer.
Start with every feature for free. When the rally comes, take a 7-day Event Pass. Out every weekend? Go Annual.
Every feature unlocked on one stage of up to 3 km. Try it on your own road before you pay anything.
Made for a rally week. The 7 days start the first time you use it, not when you buy it.
For crews and riders who are out most weekends. Less than €0.25 a day.
No monthly plan. Pricing details and FAQ.
Keep your tripmaster. Add pace notes on a second screen, with the organiser’s route imported in a minute.
A mountain pass you have never ridden, called out bend by bend so you can set up early and ride it safely. Works with any Bluetooth headset.
Holiday routes, mountain roads, a hire car on an island. Know what is behind the crest and slow down in time.
The same pace-note engine lives inside Rallymeter Ultra, together with averages, references and everything a regularity co-driver needs. Apex Notes is included in Rallymeter Ultra; this standalone version is sold separately.
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