SmartRace GO Plus vs LccTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartRace GO Plus
Enhance your Carrera Go!!! Plus slot car racing experience with this app. Connect via Bluetooth to manage cars, drivers, and tracks, set personal and track records, and enjoy personalized commentary and sound effects for immersive racing.
- Bluetooth track connection
- Car, driver, and track management
- Personal and track record keeping
- Voice-over commentary
- Ambient sound effects
- In-app premium subscription
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With SmartRace GO Plus, you bring the racing action for Carrera Go!!! Plus directly to your tablet or mobile phone. Just connect to your track through bluetooth and start racing! - Easily connect through bluetooth - Manage cars, drivers and tracks - Personal records for drivers and cars aswell as overall track records - Personalized voice over commentary - Cool ambient sound effects for more realistic racing Learn more about SmartRace GO Plus at https://www.smartrace-goplus.de/en File issues or suggest features at https://support.smartrace.de Read the online manual at https://www.smartrace-goplus.de/en/smartrace-go-plus-user-manual/ ——— In-App Subscriptions ——— You may want to subscribe to Premium to unlock all features, available as a subscription from within the app. - 1 month costs €1.99 - 1 year costs €19.99 Should you choose to subscribe, the purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. The subscription will be auto-renewed 24 hours prior to it running out and you can manage it from User Settings in iTunes after purchasing it, and you'll also be able to cancel the auto-renewing subscription from there. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.smartrace.de/tos —————————————————— Carrera® and Carrera Go!!!® are registered trademarks of Stadlbauer Marketing + Vertrieb GmbH. SmartRace GO Plus is no official Carrera product and in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Stadlbauer Marketing + Vertrieb GmbH.
LccTools
Control and configure your LCC/OpenLCB model railroad directly from your mobile device. Manage locomotives, turnouts, and events, and even update node firmware. Includes a companion Apple Watch app for convenient fast clock display.
- Locomotive control
- Consist management
- Fast clock display
- Turnout operation
- Event activation
- Node configuration
- Firmware updates
- Bus traffic monitoring
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LccTools provides the tools you need to operate and configure your LCC/OpenLCB model railroad in the palm of your hand! - Throttle - Works with the TCS CS-105 to control your locomotives - Consisting - Make, modify and break up locomotive consists - Fast Clock - Display the fast clock time - Turnouts - Operate your DCC turnouts - Events - Send defined events to activate your railroad's controls - Configuration - Provides configuration menus for all your LCC nodes - Firmware Update - Download new, updated firmware into your nodes - Monitor - See the traffic on your LCC bus If you have an Apple Watch, LccTools includes a companion watch app that will let you put the railroad's fast time on your wrist for easy reference. Requires a WiFi LCC network hub. Works with hubs provided by the TCS CS-105, JMRI and others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LccTools at 4.8 against SmartRace GO Plus's 4.0. LccTools also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). SmartRace GO Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. SmartRace GO Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LccTools asks for nothing beyond the download.
LccTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LccTools has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of SmartRace GO Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of LccTools's.
SmartRace GO Plus ships an update every 4 months, LccTools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartRace GO Plus | LccTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Bonsels | Bob Jacobsen |
Customer experience
SmartRace GO Plus
LccTools
In-app purchases
SmartRace GO Plus
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$17.991 Year
LccTools
No in-app purchases
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