RaceChrono Pro vs QRacing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RaceChrono Pro
This app serves as a comprehensive lap timer and data logger for motorsports, enabling users to record and analyze performance. It offers video recording with data overlays and supports a wide range of external GPS and OBD-II devices for enhanced accuracy.
- Lap timing with sectors and optimal lap
- Track library with over 2600 pre-made tracks
- Data analysis with synchronized graphs and maps
- Predictive lap timing
- Video recording with data overlay
- Support for external GPS and OBD-II devices
- Unlimited session length
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RaceChrono Pro is a versatile lap timer, data logging and data analysis app designed especially for use in motorsports, replacing your traditional lap timers and data loggers. The RaceChrono Pro app also enables you to record videos and overlay them with the logged data. RaceChrono apps have a strong following, currently over 100000 active users. If you look around at pits during your race or track day, chances are that you’ll see someone using RaceChrono. Even many professionals, such as factory test drivers and race driving instructors, are known to use this app! No matter whether you ride motorbikes, drive go-karts or cars, on closed circuit or special stage tracks – this is the motorsports app for you. RaceChrono Pro has following major features: • Lap timing with sectors and optimal lap • Track library of over 2600 pre-made race tracks • Custom user defined circuit and point-to-point tracks • Smoothly scrolling data analysis with synchronised graph, X/Y graph, map, video and comparison video • Predictive lap timing and time delta graph • Hardware accelerated video export with configurable data overlay • Multiple camera recording and picture-in-picture video export • Video recording using internal camera • Linking and synchronising video files from almost all action cameras • Support for external GPS receivers; Dragy Pro/DRG70/DRG70-C/Lite, RaceBox Mini/Mini S/Micro, Qstarz BL-818GT/BL-1000GT/LT-8000GT, Columbus P-9 Race, Dual XGPS 150/160, VBOX Sport, Garmin GLO • Support for OBD-II readers; OBDLink MX+ Bluetooth, OBDLink CX Bluetooth, Dragy OBD, Vgate vLinker FS, Vgate vLinker/iCar BLE, PLX Kiwi 3/4, Carista OBD2 Bluetooth, Tonwon BLE 1/2/Pro, Veepeak OBDCheck BLE, UniCarScan UCSI-2000, OBDLink MX Wi-Fi, generic Wi-Fi OBD-II • Support for Bluetooth LE heart rate monitors • Unlimited session length, good for 24 hour races • Session data export in .ODS (session summary for Excel), .NMEA, .VBO and .CSV formats
QRacing
Analyze motorsports race data with lap timing, video recording, and data overlay. Compatible only with Qstarz GT BLE GPS devices, it offers detailed analytics for drag and circuit racing.
- Lap timing and plot chart analysis
- Video recording with data overlay
- Lap, Sector, and Split time delta comparison
- Auto detect global circuit tracks
- Drag modes by Speed, Distance, 1/4 mile
- Session data export to CSV
- Racer and Garage management
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QRacing is a Lap timing analytics application for motorsports in use with Qstarz GT devices. It provides diversified features to analyze race data, as well as record video on your phone and overlaying with logged data. Please note: Only Qstarz GT BLE GPS device owners will be able to use this app. The main features are as below: 1. Apply to Drag Race and Circuit Race 2. Lap timing and plot chart analysis 3. Video recording on your phone and sharing with data overlay 4. Lap, Sector, and Split time delta comparison 5. Auto detect global circuit tracks 6. Drag modes by Speed, Distance, 1/4 mile, or 0-Speed-0 7. Historical session in list and playback 8. Track Ranking 9. Session data export to CSV format 10. Racer and Garage management 11. Session backup and restore (Note: Backup doesn't contain videos) Languages: English, Japanese, German, and Traditional Chinese. Requirements: - Require iOS 12.0 or later - Suggest iPhone 8 or newer models - For use with Qstarz LT-8000GT / BL-1000GT / BL-818GT products
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: QRacing at Free against RaceChrono Pro's $19.99. QRacing also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). RaceChrono Pro's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (58% vs 17%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
QRacing is free to download; RaceChrono Pro costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RaceChrono Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RaceChrono Pro has 184 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of RaceChrono Pro's written reviews are positive against 17% of QRacing's.
RaceChrono Pro ships an update monthly, QRacing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RaceChrono Pro | QRacing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (184 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RaceChrono Oy | Qstarz International Co., Ltd. |
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RaceChrono Pro
No in-app purchases
QRacing
No in-app purchases









