GinnyPix Racetimer vs Drive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GinnyPix Racetimer
Transform your iPhone into a precision motorsport instrument for lap timing, acceleration tests, and G-force measurement. Track your performance with detailed graphs and maps, and even race against friends. All your data is securely stored on your device.
- GPS-based automatic lap detection
- Automatic 0-100 km/h and 0-60 mph timing
- Real-time lateral and longitudinal G-force display
- Race against friends with QR code or link sharing
- Detailed session history with shareable results
- Instrument-cluster aesthetic with monospaced readouts
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RaceTimer turns your iPhone into a precision motorsport instrument. Mount it on your dash, calibrate once, and go. LAP TIMER • GPS-based automatic lap detection — set your start/finish line once • Live lap counter and current lap time during your session • Speed graph per lap — see where you gained or lost time • G-force chart across the full session • Satellite map with colour-coded GPS track path ACCELERATION TIMER • Automatic 0–100 km/h and 0–60 mph timing • GPS-based speed measurement for accurate results • Auto-starts when motion is detected, auto-stops at target speed • Large, easy-to-read display — glanceable at speed G-METER • Real-time lateral and longitudinal G-force display • Skidpad-style 2D gauge — see exactly where the forces are going • Artificial horizon page — pitch and roll at a glance • Persistent MAX G readout with manual reset • Calibrate to your mount angle with one tap RACE AGAINST FRIENDS • Compete with friends and compare lap times and performance • Just scan a QR code or share a link and you’re good to go HISTORY • Every session saved automatically • Lap sessions: review times, GPS map, speed graph, and G-force chart • Acceleration runs: review split times, brake test results, and top speed • Share results as image, CSV, or KML track file DESIGNED FOR DRIVING • Pure black instrument-cluster aesthetic • Monospaced readouts for at-a-glance visibility • Screen stays on during active sessions • Portrait mount — optimised for windshield and dash PRIVACY • All race data is stored on your device • No data is sent to external servers
Drive
This app transforms your phone into a telemetry logger, recording your car's performance metrics like G-force, speed, and acceleration. Analyze your drives, track favorite roads, and get alerts for speed cameras.
- Real-time G-force friction circle
- Customizable performance stats
- Standing-start time tracking (0-60, 1/4 mile)
- Drive history and mapping
- Speed camera alerts
- Road memory and reminders
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Drive turns the phone in your pocket into a telemetry logger for the days you actually care about driving. Mount it on the dash before you set off. Drive reads the sensors already inside your iPhone — the accelerometer, the gyroscope, the barometer and GPS — and records what the car did. Then you can export your session as a poster to share. --- THE GAUGE A live friction circle shows the forces on the car: braking up, throttle down, cornering left and right. The border is one g. A blue trail keeps the last two seconds, so a corner's shape stays visible. Peak markers hold the hardest moments of the session. Your speed, your max g-force and the outside temperature sit alongside it. --- HUD MODE On a windshield mount, tap the windshield button and the screen turns see-through: the road ahead fills the background, lined up with where you sit, your stats on top. Nothing from the camera is recorded or leaves your phone. --- PICK YOUR FOUR Tap + to choose the four stats under the gauge: • Turns and best corner speed, distance, elevation and grade, density altitude • Butt dyno — your estimated peak horsepower, from how hard the car pulls. Add your cars once and switch between them in a tap. • 0-60 mph, 0-100 mph, 1/4 mile and 1 mile — your best standing-start times. Track use only. --- RECORD THE RUN Press record and Drive keeps the whole drive: the route as a GPS trace, a pin where you cornered hardest, and the stats that go with it. Every drive lands in a history, one card per drive with its own map, and any drive can be sent as a poster. --- ROADS YOU LOVE Drive remembers the roads you record. Arrive at one again and it can offer to record; on a Friday evening it can suggest a Saturday morning run. --- PLATE READERS, ON THE MAP Automatic licence-plate readers have gone up on most main roads. Drive shows the ones the OpenStreetMap community has mapped: a marker for every camera near you, and a heads-up as you approach one, with the distance and which way the lens faces. The list is built into the app, so nothing about your drive leaves your phone to look a camera up. It is community-mapped and incomplete — no alert does not mean no camera. Drive is a privacy tool, not a law-evasion tool; you are responsible for how you use it. --- WHAT PRO ADDS The live gauge, your speed and the outside temperature are free, and stay free. Pro unlocks the stat cards, the map with its plate-reader markers and heads-up, and the drive history. Try it free for a week with no payment details, then buy it once or subscribe monthly. --- BUILT FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE PADDOCK Drive is set up before you move and read after you stop: track days, autocross, a morning on a road you love. It is not a driving aid, and nothing in it should be operated while you are driving. Drive asks you to confirm that every single time it opens. --- PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. No ads. Your drives, roads and cars stay on your phone — never uploaded. The camera, in HUD mode, is only ever shown on screen. Drive uses your location for speed, distance, the map, the plate-reader heads-up and road reminders, all worked out on the phone. It sends your coordinates to Apple Weather for the outside temperature, and a car's name to Google only when you tap Find weight. Usage analytics are anonymous and aggregate: no advertising identifier, no cross-app tracking. --- REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Drive needs location and motion access to do anything; both are requested on first open, with the reason shown in each prompt. Use a dash, vent or windshield mount. --- SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Drive Pro Monthly ($2.99 per month) renews automatically until cancelled in your App Store settings. Drive Pro Lifetime ($19.99) is a one-time purchase and does not renew. The free week needs no purchase and charges nothing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://viablelabs.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GinnyPix Racetimer at none against Drive's 2. GinnyPix Racetimer also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Drive's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, 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. Drive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. GinnyPix Racetimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GinnyPix Racetimer against 5.0 for Drive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GinnyPix Racetimer has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GinnyPix Racetimer ships an update weekly, Drive every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GinnyPix Racetimer | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GinnyPix | Viable Labs LLC |
Customer experience
GinnyPix Racetimer
Drive
In-app purchases
GinnyPix Racetimer
No in-app purchases
Drive
- Drive Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Drive Pro Lifetime$19.99









