Comparison

Laird Iridium Sensor Tool vs Launchly

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

Head to head
About

Laird Iridium Sensor Tool

Features
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The App can be used to provision Laird Connectivity BT520, BT610 and BT620 devices with the Iridium Edge Solar Gateway.

About

Launchly

Features
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Find out what your car really does. Launchly is a GPS acceleration timer for your car: a 0-60 timer, a 0-100 timer and a quarter mile drag timer in one app. It measures every run from a standing start to within about a tenth of a second. Pick a target, floor it, and the time is on screen before you have come to a stop. MEASURE A SPEED OR A DISTANCE Run to a speed: 0-50, 0-100, 0-150 and 0-200 km/h, or 0-30, 0-60, 0-90 and 0-120 mph if your phone is set to imperial. 0-60 mph is a finish line of its own rather than a converted 0-100, so your acceleration time is comparable with what the motoring press publishes. Or run a distance: 100, 200 and 400 m, or the 1/8 and the 1/4 mile. Every distance run reports the elapsed time and the trap speed over the line, the two numbers a drag strip time slip gives you. Whichever you pick, the run records its splits at every line it crossed on the way, in both unit systems. Switch between km/h and mph and your history and your records come with you. ACCURATE ON AN ORDINARY PHONE Most phones deliver GPS just once per second. Across a four second launch that is five data points, nowhere near enough on its own. Launchly reads the accelerometer at 100 times a second and fuses both signals live, then refits the whole curve against every GPS reading once the run is over. No external performance meter or drag box to buy or charge. The launch is detected by the accelerometer, so your timing does not have to be perfect, and the start and finish moments are interpolated between samples rather than rounded to the nearest reading. SEE WHAT THE CAR DID Every acceleration test is kept with its full speed curve, its G-force trace and peak G, its split times and the conditions you set it in. Not just the number it ended on. There is a live speedometer while you drive and a gauge you can switch to a face you like. Export the raw GPS log and the fused speed curve as JSON if you want to dig further, or share a rendered card of your run. YOUR GARAGE Add every car, bike or van you drive, each with a photo and a licence plate. A Dutch plate pulls make, model, year, engine and colour from the open RDW registry automatically. Every run is filed against the vehicle that set it, and a personal best is kept per car per target. FRIENDS, COUNTRY AND WORLD Add friends by invite code and every run you choose to share lands on one leaderboard, ranked per person and per car, with the top three on a podium. Metric and imperial runs sit on the same board and are compared on the same finish line, so a friend in Rotterdam and a friend in Austin are actually racing each other. Then see where you stand in your country and in the world. A run you share can go on the public country and world leaderboards too, under your username only, and only when you switch it on. ON YOUR PHONE, IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Dutch, German and Portuguese, following your phone by default. Units follow your device region. Dark and light theme. A chime and a buzz the moment a run finishes, both switchable. Your runs, cars and charts stay on your device. An account is only needed for the leaderboards. FREE AND PRO Free, forever, with no account: the 0-100 km/h timer, or the 0-60 mph timer on an imperial phone, one car in your garage, your full history, the speed chart, sharing and every leaderboard. Launchly PRO unlocks every other speed target, all distance runs up to the quarter mile, unlimited cars, every gauge face and the G-force chart. Monthly or yearly. MEASURE RESPONSIBLY Launchly is a measuring instrument, a stopwatch for your car, not an invitation. Only measure on a closed course or a track, never on public roads. Mount your phone securely and keep your eyes where they belong. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://launchlygo.app/privacy-en

Screenshots

Laird Iridium Sensor Tool2 screens
Launchly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Laird Iridium Sensor Tool at none against Launchly's 3. Laird Iridium Sensor Tool also leads on iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Launchly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Laird Iridium Sensor Tool asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Laird Iridium Sensor Tool ships an update every 2 months, Launchly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Laird Iridium Sensor Tool versus Launchly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLaird Iridium Sensor ToolLaunchly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.6 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB82 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperEzurio LLCRoel Geelen

In-app purchases

None

Laird Iridium Sensor Tool

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Launchly

Subscriptions2
  • Launchly Pro – Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Launchly Pro – Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Launchly Pro — Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Laird Iridium Sensor Tool free?
Laird Iridium Sensor Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Launchly free?
Launchly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Laird Iridium Sensor Tool or Launchly have ads?
Neither Laird Iridium Sensor Tool nor Launchly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Laird Iridium Sensor Tool or Launchly?
Laird Iridium Sensor Tool ships an update every 2 months, and Launchly every 6 weeks. Most recently, Laird Iridium Sensor Tool was updated on October 30, 2026 and Launchly on November 1, 2026.

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