# SmoothTrack: Head Tracker — user reviews > 265 indexed App Store user reviews of SmoothTrack by John Goering, rated 4.70/5 from 249 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smoothtrack-head-tracker/id1528839485/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smoothtrack-head-tracker/id1528839485.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 223 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of SmoothTrack? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth and accurate head tracking - 👍 Affordable alternative to expensive hardware - 💡 Doesn't require any additional equipment - 🚀 Easy to set up and use - 👍 Enhances immersion in flight simulators - 👍 Works well with various games (DCS, MSFS, etc.) **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues - 🔋 Drains phone battery quickly - 🔧 Requires some technical knowledge for setup - 🔧 Calibration and sensitivity adjustments needed **Commonly reported bugs** - Tracking issues with certain phone positions - Compatibility problems with some devices/OSes **Most requested features** - Background mode support - Ability to use rear camera - Improved UI and customization options ## Newest reviews (14 of 265) ### 5/5 — Great in iRacing and MSFS *2025-09-13, version 2.0* Highly recommend this to any simulator user. 👍 Recent updates - more like an overhaul - are excellent! My iPhone is held by an arm that I bought on Amazon; the arm is not touching my sim rig at all in order to avoid interference by shaking. 🫨 This app allows me to look around any cockpit - plane or race car- just like the real thing. ### 5/5 — Incroyable *2025-09-01* Cherchant une solution immersive alternative à un TrackIr ou à la VR pour débuter sur DCS World. Incroyable, fonctionne parfaitement ment du 1er coup. Application performante et bien pensée. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-08-06* It just works ### 4/5 — Pas mal *2025-07-17* Il manque la possibilité de basculer sur la caméra arrière du téléphone. Il y a un petit manque d’informations sur certaines options. Fait ÉNORMÉMENT chauffer le téléphone. Sinon moins cher qu’un eye tobii ou un track ir et fait du 6 DOF ### 5/5 — Just buy it, it’s worth it. *2025-06-25, version 2.0* I was hesitant about buying this app, as I was sure I could find a free alternative that would work just as well. Nothing does, having tested them all and then purchased this I’m super impressed with it. The tracking is absolutely spot on in good light, for some reason I thought on iOS and using IR it would work in the dark, but it doesn’t, though I’m not sure that was ever advertised I may have made it up. Either way, it doesn’t exactly what it says on the tin, does it well, and is very intuitive to use. Loving my games with head tracking. ### 5/5 — You’ll save a lot of money *2025-06-22, version 2.0* I was thinking of getting the trackingir from Amazon but after watching a few YouTube videos i stumbled upon Smooth tracking and it works so well. I saved myself $130 dollars and it’s worth it in my honest opinion. ### 5/5 — Could not connect *2025-05-16, version 2.0* Nice app ### 5/5 — Don’t second guess this purchase! *2025-05-06, version 2.0* I was hesitant for a little while how well this would work for DCS/MSFS but after buying it I can say I’m utterly impressed. It is a professional and well crafted product and was practically effortless to setup. Only about 1-2 hours to perfect my curves without any prior experience and getting it working perfectly how I want it. Nothing more to say than if you have any interest in this just buy it! It’s nothing short of spectacular! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-04-12, version 2.0* Incredible tool. Definately a faithful substitute for TrackIr5! ### 5/5 — Facile à configurer *2025-03-22* App la plus cher mais la plus fluide, la plus complète et qui est mise à jour régulièrement. Testée en Wifi et USB, parfait. ### 5/5 — Amazing head tracker! *2025-03-22, version 2.0* I use SmoothTrack along with opentrack for head tracking in flight sims. This app works flawlessly, even in a dimly lit room and I don’t need to attach anything to my head. ### 5/5 — AMAZING!! *2025-03-14, version 2.0* This head tracker works so well I’m genuinely blown away, well worth the $20, if you’re just getting into games like dcs or that space game everyone likes I really really recommend this app ### 5/5 — Very good *2025-02-14, version 2.0* Highly recommend this app, its features are top notch i cannot game without it anymore. For the price there is no match and the setup takes less than 2 min especially if you watch a guide on youtube. I use it for American truck sim and msfs 2020 and have been recently learning in another mod/game called falcon bms and it makes using the cockpit 10x easier. For the price you literally cannot beat it. 10/10 ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-01-16, version 2.0* I was surprised how good this app works! It tracks really well. Though there is a small fraction of delay in the tracking it’s really good enough for using it and avoid buying expensive head tracking devices. One option I would like to have is to have a tracking software for PC that uses webcam or a DSLR connected to the PC instead of using the phone all the time. Would recommend this app 1000% ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Overpriced trash *2026-05-14, version 2.01* Doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Super hard to install *2025-12-25, version 2.01* Like the idea but super frustrating and confusing to install can’t get it to work waste of $15 for me! ### 1/5 — After 6 weeks of effort….. *2025-12-09, version 2.01* …..this just doesn’t work. I went to forums, YouTube and followed instructions to the letter without fail. I tried contacting support and no response. This was anything but easy to set up. In fact it’s pretty complicated and not at all intuitive or user friendly. What a waste of money. ### 1/5 — Not working on iPhone 16 pro *2025-10-10, version 2.0* Not working with Opentrack ! ### 1/5 — Didn’t work *2025-04-08, version 2.0* Very well up on all things network configuration wise and have a fair knowledge of how to get things working. Unfortunately this wasn’t one of them no matter what I tried and everything to the letter and still nothing. Game didn’t even detect it so deleted the app and gave up! ### 1/5 — Não compre se seu celular não for potente *2025-03-08* Apenas com 15 minutos de uso meu celular estava “pegando fogo”. Tentei reembolso pela Apple e me-o negaram. Dinheiro jogado fora. ### 1/5 — Ne voit pas Opentrack sur Mac m1 *2025-01-04* N’est pas détecté par Opentrack sur mon MacBook Pro M1 sous séquoia. Note: ahead tracking fonctionne très bien. Qu’est-ce que je fais de faux? ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK WITH INFINITE FLIGHT *2024-10-27, version 1.10* If you’re looking to purchase this to use with Infinite Flight, it’s no longer supported unfortunately. Wish I knew before wasting $10 ### 1/5 — Used to be great *2023-06-17, version 1.07* This app was fantastic and used to hook right up. Now I’ve done everything I can think of and this app will not connect to my PC. and there’s not help online…”No Route to Host” is this apps favorite thing to say. I’ve done everything online and nothing. Disappointing app ### 1/5 — Broken *2022-12-09, version 1.06* I love this app and use it a lot BUT the last update broke it (freezes when starting in calibrating stage). I tried to contact app dev but the link was blind. Please fix so I can change this review to 5 star. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2026-06-08, version 2.01* Very good all around, smooth as silk like TrackIR, you can even use AirPods for head tracking and there’s a dark mode so that your phone doesn’t get too hot. Literally plug and play, very easy USB setup with zero latency. 10/10. All for 15 dollars! ### 5/5 — 1:1 with vr after tweaks *2026-05-09, version 2.01* whoever made this app i finally tweaked everything and it looks like my old vr footage now. this is worth way more than 15 bucks i was skeptical at first oh my days. airpod feature is a game changer ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-04-20, version 2.01* I got my brother into dcs and I needed a second head tracking salutation - didn’t want to buy track ir again and now I don’t have to! This is amazing thanks to the developers ### 5/5 — Simply Amazing *2026-01-02, version 2.01* Such a great application, it works smoother than neural net no need to have your CPU do more processing when summing, all the processing is done on your iOS device. Such great work from the developer, and look forward to the future features. ### 5/5 — Best option for head tracking *2025-12-03, version 2.01* I previously used TrackIR, but this works better as it doesn’t require any LED lights or hat clips (which I keep loosing!). ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2025-11-07* Best low cost headtracking and the creator is very accessible ### 5/5 — Smoothtrack *2025-11-05, version 2.01* Great for flight sims, i use it in arma, dcs, and war thunder to great effect. Cheap, effective, greatly enhanced abilities ### 5/5 — Works perfect *2025-11-05, version 2.01* It took me about 2 hours to finally get it to work but only because I was partially ignore to the instructions. If you follow the instructions very carefully it works perfectly. If anyone is wondering it does work with American Truck simulator and Farming simulator automatically once tracking is setup. 10/10 ### 5/5 — This is the best head tracking available in the market. *2025-10-28, version 2.01* . ### 5/5 — This app is less than 10 MBs :) *2025-10-26, version 2.01* Thanks for keeping SmoothTrack light as a feather! --- *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 2026-09-09.*