RaceWatch v Proform: a Proform alternative

Is Proform desktop software and RaceWatch a web app?

Proform's top plan includes Windows desktop software plus the Proform website and RaceMetrics online tools. RaceWatch is an online member app, used in a browser or on a phone.

Proform describes one subscription covering desktop software and RaceMetrics online. The desktop application holds the System Builder and data export, and the website carries race guides, a finder tool and daily statistics. RaceMetrics, run by the same founder, sells lighter online plans on its own.

RaceWatch has nothing to install on a computer. The member app carries every British and Irish racecard with tabs for form, draw, trainer patterns, connections, FormLines+ and odds, plus the Angles, Tracker+ and Telegram alert channels. The choice here is mostly about how you like to work: a powerful program on one Windows machine, or a lighter app that follows you around.

How do Proform and RaceWatch compare feature by feature?

The table sets RaceWatch against Proform and its RaceMetrics plans on 13 features. Proform facts come from proformracing.com and the RaceMetrics pricing page, checked on 23 September 2026.

Proform's pricing page lists Standard at £37.50 and Premium at £97.50 a month. RaceMetrics lists four online plans: Free at £0, Basic at £10, Enterprise at £25 and RaceMetrics Pro at £75 a month, with a lower first month. Sectional analysis is a £50 a month add-on for RaceMetrics Pro and Proform Premium. RaceWatch has one plan at £24.99 a month after a 30-day free trial.

How do Proform and RaceWatch compare for building and testing systems?

Proform's System Builder goes deeper for testing systems on past races. RaceWatch has Filter+, a filter builder with saved filters and £1 SP profit and loss tracking, plus 80+ ready-made daily angles.

Proform says its System Builder researches angles from every race since 1997, with staking plans, breakdowns and daily qualifier emails, and RaceMetrics Pro adds a builder that tests systems since 2018 at real Betfair prices. For someone who enjoys designing rules and checking them against years of results, that is the core of the product.

RaceWatch approaches the same need in two ways. Filter+ builds a shortlist from 25+ race flags, saves each filter and tracks its profit and loss at a £1 stake to SP. The Angles section runs more than 80 systems each day, grouped under Market, Form, Trainer, Breeding, Going and Watch, and lists today's matching runners. The free angles tracker page shows how a set of signals has performed, with the runs behind each.

What does RaceWatch add in speed and sectional data, draw and form lines?

RaceWatch adds Speed+ speed and sectional data speed data for runs at British courses from 2025 onwards, a draw heatmap on every racecard and FormLines+ form franking, all within the standard membership.

Proform offers sectional analysis as a paid add-on for RaceMetrics Pro and Proform Premium members. RaceWatch includes Speed+ in the membership, with a Speed+ rating, consistency and efficiency grades, peak against typical speed and race shape for each horse with speed and sectional data data. FormLines+ grades races by how the placed horses have performed since, shows a pace map in the race detail and lets members track races they want to follow.

• Speed+: speed and sectional data speed profiles, British courses, 2025 on
• Draw: stall heatmap by course and distance
• FormLines+: how beaten horses ran next
• RWS: machine-learning score 0 to 100 per runner

How do daily angles and alerts work in RaceWatch?

RaceWatch lists today's qualifiers for 80+ angles in the app and sends alerts through Telegram channels. Tracker+ notifies members when a followed horse, trainer or jockey is declared.

Proform sends daily qualifier emails for saved systems. RaceWatch uses Telegram: members join C channels for form and edge, G channels for market and gamble signals, and F channels for going and conditions. Each channel page shows its strike rate, profit and loss and recent form, and the /mute and /unmute commands pause alerts. My Alerts collects everything from followed channels with results in one feed.

Which suits me, Proform or RaceWatch?

Proform suits people who want to build, test and export their own systems on a Windows computer. RaceWatch suits people who want racecard data, ready-made angles and alerts on any device.

Some system builders keep Proform for research and use a member app on race days. RaceWatch's 30-day free trial makes that easy to test, with card details taken on step two and nothing charged until day 31. RaceMetrics also has a free plan, so both can be tried for a month without paying.

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Sources checked

• Proform Racing home page (System Builder since 1997, desktop plus RaceMetrics) · checked 2026-09-23
• Proform Racing: pricing (Standard and Premium) · checked 2026-09-23
• Why Proform (Windows desktop and RaceMetrics online) · checked 2026-09-23
• RaceMetrics plans and pricing (includes Proform Premium and sectional add-on) · checked 2026-09-23
• About RaceMetrics and Proform Racing · checked 2026-09-23