Comparison

RaceChrono Pro vs StartLight Racing Widget

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

StartLight Racing Widget

Features
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Startlight puts all your iRacing series on your Home Screen. Pick the series you run, and the widget shows where each one races this week, the track coming up next week, and a live countdown to the next green flag. No app to open — it moves with the schedule. Pay once. No subscription, no account, no ads. Built by a racer who got tired of loading a website to check what track was on this week. WHAT IT DOES - Follow all your series. Add every series you run and see them in one widget — no more checking the schedule series by series. - This week and next. The current track plus the one coming up next week, so you know what to practice. - Live countdown to green. A running timer to the next session, right on your Home Screen. Two widget sizes that display current and next track. - Tap to cycle. The widget runs an App Intent — tap it to flip through the series you follow without opening the app. - Apple Watch app. A native watchOS app, synced from your phone over WatchConnectivity. Check the grid from your wrist. - Track maps. A custom-drawn map for every track on the schedule. - Start-lights game. A Formula-style five-light sequence: wait for lights out, then tap. It logs your best reaction time. Startlight is named after it. HOW IT'S BUILT - SwiftUI throughout — real WidgetKit widgets and a native Watch app, not a web view in a wrapper. - No login. Nothing to sign into, no password to manage. The schedule loads on launch. - No data collected. Your series picks and settings stay on your device. - Pay once. You own it. No recurring billing. If you run a few series and want a faster answer to "what's on this week, what's next, and how long until green," that's what Startlight is. --- Startlight is an independent, fan-made app. It is not affiliated with, authorized, endorsed by, or sponsored by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC. "iRacing" is a trademark of iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC and is used here only to describe compatibility.

Screenshots

RaceChrono Pro4 screens
StartLight Racing Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StartLight Racing Widget at $9.99 against RaceChrono Pro's $19.99. StartLight Racing Widget also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). RaceChrono Pro's advantage is chart position (#13 vs #199). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

RaceChrono Pro costs $19.99 and StartLight Racing Widget $9.99 up front. RaceChrono Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. StartLight Racing Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
RaceChrono Pro versus StartLight Racing Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaceChrono ProStartLight Racing Widget
Price$19.99$9.99 — better
Rating4.7 (184 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings184 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#13 — better#199
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaceChrono OyPaul Denya

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RaceChrono Pro

One-time3
  • Reference session 3$0.99
  • Reference session 2$4.99
  • Reference session 1$8.99
None

StartLight Racing Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RaceChrono Pro free?
RaceChrono Pro costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is StartLight Racing Widget free?
StartLight Racing Widget costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RaceChrono Pro or StartLight Racing Widget have ads?
Neither RaceChrono Pro nor StartLight Racing Widget shows ads.
Which is more popular, RaceChrono Pro or StartLight Racing Widget?
RaceChrono Pro currently peaks at #13 in the App Store charts, and StartLight Racing Widget at #199. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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