Comparison

Preview Control vs Bimmer Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Preview Control

Features
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Control your L&S lighting solutions with the L&S Remote app. This simple and intuitive app connects to the L&S WiFi Gateway and allows you to remotely control up to 4 L&S LightEmotion channels. You can give each channel a unique name and disable the ones you don't need. This app requires a L&S WiFi Gateway.

About

Bimmer Tracker

Track your BMW's production journey from factory to dealer with real-time updates and detailed vehicle configuration. Explore fleet statistics and a sample car tour for free.

Highlights
  • Real-time production stage tracking
  • Configured BMW Digital Brochure images
  • Detailed build specifications
  • Dated timeline of production stages
  • Plain English status notifications
  • Free fleet statistics
  • No account required
Features
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Waiting on a BMW is mostly silence. Bimmer Tracker fills it in. Give it the 7-digit production number from your order sheet — or your VIN, once you have one — and it follows your car from the factory line to your dealer, telling you the moment anything changes. WHAT YOU SEE • Where your car actually is. Production, paint, assembly, quality check, awaiting carrier, dispatched, at the port, in transit, at the dealer. The real stages BMW publishes, not a progress bar someone invented. • Your car, rendered. The configured BMW Digital Brochure images for your exact VIN — your paint, your wheels, your trim — in the same showroom BMW photographs them in. • How it was built. Exterior and interior colours with real swatches, wheels, packages, and individual options, exactly as BMW has them on file. • The story so far. A dated timeline of every stage your car has passed through, so you can see how long each one took. NOTIFICATIONS IN PLAIN ENGLISH "Your iX3 has left the factory. It's on its way to the coast." Not a status code. We keep checking your car even when the app is closed, and tell you when the answer changes. THE FLEET, FOR FREE Every US car we've found and decoded, model by model — median sticker, the most common paint, M Sport take rate, panoramic roof rate, and a production-pace chart showing how fast the line is actually running. Twenty-three model families and growing. No purchase required for any of it. NO ACCOUNT, EVER No sign-up, no password, no email address. Just the number on your order. We don't know your name and never ask for it. WHAT IT COSTS Tracking a car is a one-time $4.99 unlock. Not a subscription — buy it once, keep it, and it follows your Apple Account to any device you own. The fleet statistics and the sample-car tour are free and always will be. NO NUMBER YET? Take the tour. It walks through a real car's build with everything working, so you can see exactly what you'd be getting before you pay for anything. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM BMW's own public order-tracking service — the same one your production number works on. We relay what it says and never guess. When BMW publishes no date for a stage, we show no date. Bimmer Tracker is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by BMW AG or BMW of North America, LLC. BMW and all model designations are trademarks of their respective owners. US vehicles only.

Screenshots

Preview Control2 screens
Bimmer Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Preview Control at none against Bimmer Tracker's 1. Preview Control also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bimmer Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Preview Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Preview Control versus Bimmer Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreview ControlBimmer Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperL&S DeutschlandDCFC Tracker LLC

In-app purchases

None

Preview Control

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bimmer Tracker

One-time1
  • Tracking Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Preview Control free?
Preview Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bimmer Tracker free?
Bimmer Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Preview Control or Bimmer Tracker have ads?
Neither Preview Control nor Bimmer Tracker shows ads.

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