# RC Timing — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of RC Timing by Oscar Martin, rated 3.40/5 from 32 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rc-timing/id1092261747/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rc-timing/id1092261747.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (11 of 38) ### 4/5 — No sound on internal speaker *2025-02-02, version 3.6* There is no sound when not connected to bluetooth speaker ### 4/5 — Backyard fun! *2022-04-08, version 3.3* Very impressed by RC Timing. I tried it out in my backyard with a course running around a set of cones and over a jump. Had my iPhone 12 Plus Max on a tripod with a battery pack (because my battery was low when I started). Even at dusk it worked well tracking my red Tamiya HotShot driving on beige grass. Didn’t even need to turn on the LED light. It occasionally missed a lap, but that was probably my camera configuration not being perfect (too big of a threshold for the target before I figured out how to adjust it). I’m just using the timer as a novelty as I’m not racing at a track, but thought it would be fun to check my times somehow. I wore my AirPods and got the times announced in my ears from across the yard! So fun to have that iconic “track voice” at home. My other buggy is a Tamiya Grasshopper which probably won’t work because it is box-art white. Will considering purchasing the upgrades but kind of wish there was an unlock-all-for-one-price option. Only real complaint is that the UI is a bit buggy and a bit unpolished. It’s functional though once you figure it out. ### 4/5 — Good but wish it had slightly more features *2021-12-19* I like the app so far; I haven’t done a thorough test and setting camera car colors seems to be a little hard to get right but I’m figuring it out. I’m a little confused on some of the setup but overall seems very efficient at doing what you need it to do. I have purchased all the in app purchases to help support this team. Some features that I would love to see - Formula 1 style Starting Light Sequence when beginning the race - It would be nice if you could have Driver profiles and could then attach different cars for each event to the driver. I have a lot of friends playing and we all take turns picking different cars. So it would be nice to see driver 1 and then could add car 1 and then the next race we could switch and say driver 1 is driving car 2.. then it could keep track of the driver history and race results. ### 4/5 — Works great *2021-05-23* Once you get the color detection dialed in it works great! It would excellent if the race data could be exported as csv or some spreadsheet format. ### 3/5 — No sound *2021-02-14* Difficult to get setup, but seems to work. Unfortunately, sound doesn’t seem to work on an iPhone 6s. ### 3/5 — Can’t drag car to active section - fixed *2021-01-08* Like other would be users, I can’t drag the car to the active section. I am wondering if you need to purchase anything for that to be enabled but it is not clear at all in the description nor in the help section. Received help from the developer on this, thanks! Still unable to track the car though, I will do more test perhaps with better lighting and a better tripod to hold the phone over the track. **Developer response:** Sorry for not being that clear! To move the car to the active section you must click in the Edit button (on the top left corner) and then drag the car by pressing the three horizontal lines that appear on the right side of the row. Drag it up to rhe acrive section and press Done when it is there. ### 4/5 — Doesn’t work on my phone 😕 *2020-09-18* Looks like an amazing app and I plan on using it for my mini z track at home to keep track of my times but unfortunately it doesn’t work on my iPhone XR with the newest update on it IOS 14. I try to add cars to a session by hitting the edit button but it doesn’t not let me move the cars it just moves the page up and down. I will keep it downloaded to wait for a future update. I can’t wait for it to come! ### 4/5 — I love the app but.... *2020-05-01* Great app! I was actually very surprised how well this app works.... but..... I can’t seem to add more than one car for a race. I can do individual lap times, but I can’t seem to add more than one car for a race. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong. Overall great app. **Developer response:** Hi, this is offered as an in-app purchase. In case you already bought it, you should be able to drag and drop cars to the ACTIVE section in the main app screen. This option is enabled when pressing the Edit button (top-left corner). ### 5/5 — Perfect for garage practice! *2020-03-04* Works amazingly well for an app based timing system! I race Mini Z and it works perfect for mostly solid colored cars. I do have one body that is hard for it to recognize, but my kiddo and I have a blast racing in the garage with this! **Developer response:** Thanks for sharing this comment! ### 3/5 — I have a problem *2020-01-13* I have a problem with this app not sensing the motion/car. The car has to be within 1 inch of the camera in order to count the lap. So as a message to the developer, Is there something I’m doing wrong? How can I make it sense further? Thank you **Developer response:** Can you please reach me by email? Thanks ### 4/5 — Nette App *2019-11-10* Erkennt zu 85% die Fahrzeuge. Es wäre schön wenn man als Icon ein Foto des Fahrzeuges angezeigt bekommt. Zudem könnte eine Verbindung über wlan oder Bluetooth zu einem externen Gerät als racemonitor eingebaut werden. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — iPhone 6 iOS 12.5.7 Crashs *2023-04-22* It is only possible to Open the App. If i want to select something, the App Crashs ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with IOS 14 *2021-07-08* Spent hours trying to set up the app. Multiple camera angles, multiple cars etc. Even tried spending the $3.99. The app would count laps by itself or just miss the cars most of the time. Don't spend hours like I did. Just look for something else. Will ask for a refund from Apple store. ### 1/5 — Can’t drag more than one car if you don’t buy it *2021-03-19, version 1.5* Why is is that I can’t drag all the 7 cars up ### 1/5 — This don’t even work at all *2021-02-02* I would like a refund please. This does not work at in no aspect at all. I would really like my money back. It can not even track one car let alone trying ten. All I have is 4 cars and it will not stop just doing own things. Total waist. **Developer response:** Sorry for reading that! I think you can ask Apple for refund. ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work!!! *2020-10-21* I tried with my iPhone 10 and previous iPhones too. You cannot move the registered cars to the active cars area as described. This is not working at all!! **Developer response:** Sorry for not being that clear! To move the car to the active section you must click in the Edit button (on the top left corner) and then drag the car by pressing the three horizontal lines that appear on the right side of the row. Drag it up to rhe acrive section and press Done when it is there. ### 1/5 — Hoax *2018-04-28, version 1.2* This doesn't work , it just puts up lap time based on your settings. ### 2/5 — Only one car? *2020-02-20* Is it possible to add more than one car to a race or practice? It only allows me to drag one car up to the top. I only want to have 2 cars counted in a race. **Developer response:** Now you can enjoy of free in-app purchases. Stay safe! ### 3/5 — Straightforward. Needs some attention. *2024-09-09* It seems like a good app but when you make the car a certain color it doesn’t store. So every time you go to race you have to set it up again. And you have to pay for most features, which is okay, I just wanna buy everything at once for like 5$ though, not all these separate purchases. Maybe a full version? Other than that it’s a great idea, just needs some modern help. ### 3/5 — Black car on slot track *2023-02-25, version 3.4* Can’t seem to get the app to detect a black car on the trace. Any advice? ### 3/5 — A lot of potential! *2021-09-11* I tried to use this outside. My car was white, and the camera was so washed out, even after adjusting settings, it couldn’t distinguish between sunlight on the dark asphalt and my white car. I tried adding a strip of red duct tape to the car, but the color was washed out the red stripe didn’t show up on the camera to select as the color of choice. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Brilliant app! *2026-02-03, version 3.6* I use this app for hosting Rally events on gta online. It’s really really good! It works by colour which is perfect for what I need it for. At first I didn’t get the set up in the race session, but it’s pretty straight forward. Before you press start, go on setup. Align your camera at the start and park whichever car you’re setting up in shot. In the colour tab, Click the part of the car with the colour you’re picking. Then in the threshold tab adjust the tolerance until you can only see the section of the car where that colour is lit up. Then adjust the threshold to where the point where the bar turns from white to green then drive out of the camera shot and back in to make sure it activates. Do the same for all the cars and voila! ### 5/5 — Garage Floor Mini Z Timing!! *2025-04-25* This is a great app for timing our Kyosho Mini Z cars in the Garage floor. So far it has been completely accurate even running off one of the colours of a multicoloured livery. Pitstops have been great fun too! ### 5/5 — Really great *2023-05-16* Good app, I use it with my turbo racing 1/76 and it’s perfect. App can recognize many different cars colors and you can realize many chronos at the same time. I use it when I race with 3 others friends, and the fun is here ✌️😊 **Developer response:** Hello, which iOS version are you running? ### 5/5 — Great alternative to expensive timing systems. *2022-08-11* Was looking to add timing for my backyard off-road track, didn’t want to spend over a grand for friends and my kids to drive so I started looking into apps. It took a bit to get this calibrated right to recognize the cars, but once I did it’s been great. ### 5/5 — Superb! *2021-04-14* Works perfectly on our Mini-Z track! Good interface, highly adjustable, with good voice prompting. ### 5/5 — Last lap *2021-02-14* Love the app. I use it to track indoor Mini-Z cars drifting around a pvc home made 66 feet circuit. Surface is light beige tile. Lighting is bright and even. Using an iPhone 8 it tracks my dark red Honda Civic Type R very well (no stickers). It occasionally misses a blue car and has a hard time with a green car. Both the blue and green have small stickers here s and there. It would be great to have a last lap announcement as an option. ### 5/5 — Awesome RC lap timer app! *2021-02-08, version 1.5* I love this app! After trying the free version that tracks one car only I was sooo impressed I paid for the upgrade to 10 cars. W my iPad basically lying on top of a box that you drive under for start finish line the timer works flawlessly. Note: I used two identical losi mini t 2.0 so I covered one body w green masking tape and the other in blue masking tape to set them as different colours and it doesn’t miss any laps in a 100 lap basement race w average 12 sec laps. AWESOME! Every rc person should have this! ### 5/5 — Utile *2021-01-23* Nécessite des améliorations sur l’UI, mais la détection fonctionne bien ! Super ### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed. *2020-05-17, version 1.5* Brilliant tool!! Thanks ### 5/5 — Timing races within minutes! *2020-03-26, version 1.3* Set up a track at home and wondered if there “was an app for that” Sure enough there was, figured it out super easily and connected up my Bose speaker Within minutes we were racing round the track and holding proper races. Only two cars but it seems to handle fast traffic quite easily, I’d like to try it with more cars at some point. Really impressive, thank you!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-19.*