Comparison

Harry's LapTimer Rookie vs TrackSecure

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

Head to head
About

Harry's LapTimer Rookie

This app is an advanced tool for car enthusiasts to record and analyze sensor data, optimizing driving performance. It offers automated lap timing, track mapping, and real-time competition features. Multiple editions cater to different user needs, from entry-level to professional.

Highlights
  • Records sensor data (GPS, OBD II)
  • Automated lap timing
  • 1300+ predefined tracks
  • Driving performance analysis
  • In-car video recording with data overlay
  • Real-time online racing and competition
  • Sector time and braking/acceleration analysis
Features
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Harry's LapTimer is the advanced tool for car enthusiast. It records all types of sensor data provided by your iPhone/iPod/iPad (or external sensors), combines them, and makes them available to optimize your drive. Over time, you will get insights on your car and in your driving, not known before. LapTimer offers more than 1300 predefined tracks world wide. With its assistants, it is extremely easy to setup - just click your track and drive. It fully automates your lap timing using GPS, and presents the results to all kinds of media. You are not limited to track driving only. For example, you may define your home and working locations as a 'track', collect statistics on different ways chosen, and analyze / optimize the time used every day. Want to show your drive to your friends? LapTimer Petrolhead and above generates beautiful in car video recordings with all kinds of data overlaid, ready to be presented - e.g. on youtube. Even without video, recorded data can be analyzed using purpose designed views, making it easy to analyze and improve your driving performance. Using online racing, you can use LapTimer in competition. LapTimer offers a Hall of Fame, allows watching you and your friends on track - all in real time. Compare your sector times, braking / acceleration points, and learn from each other. You can start with your plain iPhone in the beginning and add external GPS and OBD II sensors later, step by step, and as you need it. LapTimer itself comes in three different editions: LapTimer Rookie is the entry level with all you need for lap timing; LapTimer Petrolhead is the advanced version including lots of video features, and LapTimer Grand Prix is the edition for professionals including Multi Cam recording, Health Kit integration, and advanced sensor and analytics functionality. Please note that functionality depends on your device, the LapTimer edition chosen, and sometimes even external sensors added (like OBD II). Please visit our web page to get the full story. All edition can be upgraded later, all editions come with native iPhone and iPad support. There are quite expensive stand alone solutions for track days available. Be smart and own the leading edge tool simply by using your iPhone and LapTimer. Besides the professional area, there is no known solution that offers more functionality than LapTimer does - across the market. As our ambition is to offer the best tool, LapTimer is enhanced continuously. Please visit http://www.gps-laptimer.de for detailed information on versions, FAQs / documentation, in depth technology background information, online racing, and supported device configurations. Join our user community on http://www.gps-laptimer-forum.de to be involved in future development - all with first class support.

About

TrackSecure

Enhances safety on race tracks by providing an easily transferable electronic warning signal directly to driver cockpits. Race control continuously monitors and manages these real-time transmissions using innovative technology.

Highlights
  • Electronic warning signal transmission
  • Real-time cockpit alerts
  • Race control monitoring
  • Driver safety enhancement
  • Signal management
Features
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Erhöhung der Sicherheit auf Rennstrecken - Speziell für Fahrer und Sicherheit's Marshals sowie die Race Control - Effektive und umfassende Etablierung eines leicht übertragbaren Warnsignals durch eine elektronische Übertragung der Signale in das Fahrercockpit unter ständiger Überwachung und Kontrolle durch die Race Control. Eine Technologie für Echtzeitübertragungen in das Fahrercockpit und an die Rennleitung mittels innovativer Technologien und Weiterentwicklungen.

Screenshots

Harry's LapTimer Rookie4 screens
TrackSecure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TrackSecure at Free against Harry's LapTimer Rookie's $8.99. Harry's LapTimer Rookie's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (59% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases 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

TrackSecure is free to download; Harry's LapTimer Rookie costs $8.99 up front. Harry's LapTimer Rookie sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and TrackSecure sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Harry's LapTimer Rookie ships an update every 2 months, TrackSecure every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Harry's LapTimer Rookie versus TrackSecure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarry's LapTimer RookieTrackSecure
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarald SchlangmannaXsoniX GmbH

Customer experience

Harry's LapTimer Rookie

All ratings36 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative35.0%

TrackSecure

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Harry's LapTimer Rookie

One-time2
  • Grand Prix Upgrade$9.99
  • Petrolhead Upgrade$12.99
7 purchases

TrackSecure

One-time7
  • Petrol$0.99
  • 50 Petrols$0.99
  • 50 Petrols$4.99
Show 4 more
  • 275 Petrols$24.99
  • 600 Petrols$49.99
  • 1.300 Petrols$99.99
  • 7.000 Petrols$499.99

Questions

Is Harry's LapTimer Rookie free?
Harry's LapTimer Rookie costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is TrackSecure free?
TrackSecure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Harry's LapTimer Rookie or TrackSecure have ads?
Neither Harry's LapTimer Rookie nor TrackSecure shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Harry's LapTimer Rookie or TrackSecure?
Harry's LapTimer Rookie ships an update every 2 months, and TrackSecure every 5 months. Most recently, Harry's LapTimer Rookie was updated on October 27, 2026 and TrackSecure on October 25, 2026.

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