LapTracker - Auto Timer App Reviews

I tried to use this to time slotcar races, but camera rearm times dont work and the sensors wont pick up movement a third of the time. Needs a little work, good potential.

... using this app to time a single lane slotcar track - works very well - very pleased - could maybe use a few sound options

I have been wondering around to find a way of tracking speeds lap times on my RC track. Hobby stores dont know about it yet. You guys have provided me with the perfect tool for this application. It works just great, and is well worth the price of the application, compared to spending over a thousand dollars in sophisticated equipment. I can do the same from my iPhone 6 now!. Great job guys. Keep up the good work.

This app works great. Very easy to set up, and has good graphics. The only app suitable for slot racing timing.

I cant even begin to describe how delighted I am with this app. I use it for timing a 1/32 slot car track. The simplicity of setting it up for four lanes was really nice. I used to have a very sophisticated optical timing system using dedicated lights and infrared sensors embedded in the track. I had to do all of the wiring and soldering to incorporate the proper resistors and diodes. Thats not to mention having to drill through the track and glue in the receptors. The end result was a finicky system that only read the car passing about 80% of the time. With this app and my iPad all I had to do was rig up a sturdy little platform for my iPad. The accuracy and consistency of reporting is astounding. Ive probably run over 500 laps over the course of a week and dont think Ive ever gotten a false signal. (Note: it doesnt work quite so well on my set up with an iPhone, but this has more to do with the limits of the screen image than it does with the app itself.). I even went so far as to buy a used iPad off of eBay simply to dedicate to my timing system. Having the voice feature allows me to concentrate on driving and just listen to the lap times a click off. I hope the developer continues to refine the app. Id pay 10x the current purchase price to have some additional features. For .99 cents this is just an incredible find.

Rarely do I write app reviews but this app is worth the time. I wanted a simple yet effective way to time mini-z and Dnano car races. For the price and concept, I didnt think it would work that well but it wasnt expensive compared to a full blown lap timer system so I took the plunge. Immediately I was impressed with the app logic and options for customization. Once again its a simple app, but if you want to time small car races, this is really effective. Setting the trigger zones is flexible, and the voice alerts are great. Really nice app and totally worth the money to have a simple lap timer in your pocket. I would give five stars if the 5 second countdown and race end was also voice announced. Hopefully in a future update. Well done!

You have to figure it out a bit at the start, but this app works great and detects the cars really easily. worth your money.

The best for a four lane track, no wiring involved just set, calibrate, and race. Hats off to the developer, simple and fun!

I purchased lap tracker to use with my HO slot cars and it works fantastic. I’ve mentioned it numerous time on slot car groups and it gets a very high rating from other users too. Thanks it’s a great app.

I use this on my four lane 1/64 scale slot car layout. I use a cable from my IPad to on old computer monitor so everyone car see the screen. It is a little finicky but better than the expensive alternatives. I wish the screen would go landscape.

I’ve been using LapTracker for a while now, once used an speedometer when my motorcycle didn’t have one, and, now using it to count and track laps on my four lane HO scale slot car track. Just want to know, has there been any updates for LapTracker? Have not heard, seen, or received any text or email messages referring to updates for LapTracker, just curious, Thanks and have a good day, DDR.

I am getting back into HO scale slot car racing after a 45year hiatus. I found some lap counter/timer systems that cost as much as $200 or more and use old technology. I’m glad I came across a YouTube video that suggested this app.

I got this app to try with a portable slot car track. I was a bit skeptical, but it actually works fantastic. My only gripe is that I wish it could display in landscape mode. Other than that I think it’s great.

Great tool for testing cars and running trials. Ran a few multi-lane events. Ghost and shadow counting occurs regularly. With and without the phone flashlight. Tried the LED light bead as well. Limited improvement. Like to be able to save and send data too. Features been inactive since I downloaded. Great app for the $$$$.

Tested with Turbo Racing, Kyosho Mini-Z, and Losi Mini B. Works great. Tons of adjustability and settings. Voice call out works very well. Takes less than a minute to get it setup and running.

The app works flawless on an HO slot car track. This app has all the needed info to set it up properly to get it to work.

I use this to tune my cars. I can determine on my home track when I’m tuned properly to be competitive at the club.

Used this today to work on improving my lap times at my local RC track. Put my phone on a little bendy tripod pointed across the start/finish line and set the zone height to cover the whole width of the lane. I wasn’t sure if the spoken lap times would work with bluetooth but was pleasantly surprized to hear the lap number and time spoken through my airpods up on the driver’s stand. Excited to try the “Stop after X Time” and “Finish Last Lap” options to simulate a 5 minute qualifier or Main next time I use this. Of course, the timing only worked accurately because I was the only one on the track - multiple cars passing through the timing zone would have completely messed up the timing. Sure you can set multiple timing zones or “lanes” but this only really works for slot-cars, hotwheels or other activities where the object being timed stays in a specific lane on every pass. RC cars and their drivers are far less predictable. Still, for the price and what i needed this for it works great!

Simple to setup and use. Would recommend

This works great for slot car lap counting. Simple to use, easy to set up on a tripod with phone. It is light sensitive so be sure your in a well lighted area and not casting light/shadows as you walk by or around the track. Set it up in an easy to reach spot. $200.00 cheaper than the in-track unit although not as in depth, not that you really need one of those at a home family track.

I’ve always done manual lap counting, pressing a button with each pass, not very accurate. Now thanks to Laptracker, and a little camera bridge, I have a decent lap counter and timer. What’s not to like about the price. There are a few glitches with the voices/ sounds, though. But the timer works every time. I look forward to any updates in the future.

Searched high and low for a lap tracker for my AFX slot car setup. Found this one and love it. Works great and very easy to use.

I use it on an old iPhone to track slot cars. The camera has to be reset every time the unit is turned on, will not hold the setting. Has a habit of randomly either timing both lanes with one car, or timing the car twice a lap, choosing it’s own start/finish line. When it works, witch is often, it’s great.

This worked fantastic for timing laps on my AFX racetrack for slot car racing. I just used an iPhone holder and point it at the track lanes. Awesome.

We tried to use this but there isn’t a sound that declares the race winner, so we don’t notice it and keep driving. Perhaps timed qualifying this app works but in actual slot ca4 racing, this app sadly comes up short :(

I’ve been using it for a while now and couldn’t be happier. It is everything I could ask for in a slot car timer. If you have slot cars, get this app.

After getting a sturdy stand, this works well. A feature I would like added is to audibly announce a winner by stating lane and time.

I use it to track my lap times and try to beat my best. You can make anywhere a racetrack with this. Works awesome!👍

Good app, easy to use and was accurate. Only complaint is that it displays times only in seconds so you have to then do some calculations to determine lap times if over 1 minute. Kind of a big oversight.

The last time I got the slot car bug, a few years ago, I looked for an app like this and was disappointed. Thank you for building such a great one!

I needed a way to time my Mobula7 quadcopter lap times around the course and this app does it! Excellent app. A++++ Thank You!!!

Works great for a cheap slot car timing system.

Works great! getting it dialed it was not long. Watch out for shadows!

Works awesome , so glad to have this app for racing and practicing with my 1/28 scale Rc cars !

I am using this app for my home use AFX four lane track set up. I simply mounted the iPhone over the track using a suction cup Bendy rod iPhone mount like you would use on a car windshield. The phone can be positioned perfectly with the bendy/rod to get perfect angle for lane identification from the app set up using the camera. Simple to use app extremely cost efficient as compared to the light optics/ laptop set up’s. 2 bucks vs 200 bucks! (Would be great a great enhancement to be able to customize the voice using the iPhone voice choices.)

Great for hot wheels drag track. Used monopod with cellphone holder. Perfect results. Compared to time and $ to use what’s on the market, this is an exceptional bargain.

Works great for my 1/32 carrera slot car track! Saved hundreds of dollars w this app. Thx!!

This app works great. Very easy to set up, and has good graphics. The only app suitable for slot racing timing.

Saved a bundle over diving headlong into an Arduino board, LCD, reed magnetic switches, tracking down someone who knows C++, and everything else it would have taken to set up a home made electronic lap timer for my slot car track. Instead, I dug some poster tack out of the junk drawer, and a juice glass out of the cabinet to hold my iPhone at the right angle, and paid $1.99 for an app. BOOM! Now I have an awesome lap timer. My brain is racing, thinking about all the things I can time, like my 5 year old running figure eights around our house chasing monsters on his Vtech watch, or how fast I run to the pantry and back when I’m making curry, because my misen place skills are crap and I never have everything I need at hand. If it moves, you can time it... this is sooooo good for my OCD, you have no idea.

All I can say is this little app saved me lots of money. Works great tracks up to 4 lanes. It's very cool.

I use this for timing my rc car laps on a track i set up in my driveway and it works great!! Only reason i didnt give 5 stars is i wish that when you email the results it would give you the average and best lap times like it does on the screen when app is open. Please update and make that happen!!

nice for a easy slot car timer!

Not what I thought and don't see how it can work.

I have been wondering around to find a way of tracking speeds lap times on my RC track. Hobby stores don't know about it yet. You guys have provided me with the perfect tool for this application. It works just great, and is well worth the price of the application, compared to spending over a thousand dollars in sophisticated equipment. I can do the same from my iPhone 6 now!. Great job guys. Keep up the good work.

Rarely do I write app reviews but this app is worth the time. I wanted a simple yet effective way to time mini-z and Dnano car races. For the price and concept, I didn't think it would work that well but it wasn't expensive compared to a full blown lap timer system so I took the plunge. Immediately I was impressed with the app logic and options for customization. Once again it's a simple app, but if you want to time small car races, this is really effective. Setting the trigger zones is flexible, and the voice alerts are great. Really nice app and totally worth the money to have a simple lap timer in your pocket. I would give five stars if the 5 second countdown and race end was also voice announced. Hopefully in a future update. Well done!

I can't even begin to describe how delighted I am with this app. I use it for timing a 1/32 slot car track. The simplicity of setting it up for four lanes was really nice. I used to have a very sophisticated optical timing system using dedicated lights and infrared sensors embedded in the track. I had to do all of the wiring and soldering to incorporate the proper resistors and diodes. That's not to mention having to drill through the track and glue in the receptors. The end result was a finicky system that only read the car passing about 80% of the time. With this app and my iPad all I had to do was rig up a sturdy little platform for my iPad. The accuracy and consistency of reporting is astounding. I've probably run over 500 laps over the course of a week and don't think I've ever gotten a false signal. (Note: it doesn't work quite so well on my set up with an iPhone, but this has more to do with the limits of the screen image than it does with the app itself.). I even went so far as to buy a used iPad off of eBay simply to dedicate to my timing system. Having the voice feature allows me to concentrate on driving and just listen to the lap times a click off. I hope the developer continues to refine the app. I'd pay 10x the current purchase price to have some additional features. For .99 cents this is just an incredible find.