Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead Downloads & RevenueHarry's LapTimer Petrolhead · App Store
Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead is #10 in Sports Paid in South Korea and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead update history & changes
Last change · 19 events since 24 Nov 2009Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 19 events
- ✏️Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead: needs a newer iOSiOS 12.0 → iOS 15.0
- 📦Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead updated to version 26.0.0User Interface
- Added full support for the new iPhone Duo—both the outer screen and the huge inner screen
- Modernized the front end to match the iOS 26/27 style
- Reworked tile configuration and display options for various screen sizes
- Improved dozens of icons, spacing, colors, and layouts
- Reworked the Speed and Classic timer views (digital speed and time displays)
Media
- Fixed an issue that caused media library access to freeze after applying video overlays
- Eliminated flickering in long lists of video thumbnails
Sensors
- Made all pro sensor support previously restricted to the GrandPrix edition available in all editions
- Improved OBD result parsing
Data
- Modernized and expanded VBO imports for better compatibility with third-party apps
- Added automatic date recognition for VBO and NMEA imports
Plus hundreds of smaller improvements and fixes… more - 📦Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead: first update in 124 days
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead entered the top 10Top Paid · Sports · FR
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead entered the top 10Top Paid · Sports · JP
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead entered the top 10Top Paid · Sports · IT
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead new best rank in the overall chart: #117Top Paid · All Apps · TR
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead charting in a new countryTurkey
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead new best rank in the overall chart: #132Top Paid · All Apps · TW
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead entered the top 10Top Paid · Sports · KR
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead entered the top 10Top Paid · Sports · RU
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead entered the top 100Top Paid · Sports · US
- 📈Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead charting in a new countryUnited States
- 🆕Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead first spotted by AppInsider#4 in Top Paid · Sports · United Kingdom
- 📦Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead version 25.1.0No release notes
- 🆕Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Sports PaidHarry's LapTimer Petrolhead at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-28. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead is a premium GPS and sensor-based lap timing application for car enthusiasts, offering track analysis, video recording, and real-time online racing features. The app maintains strong paid sports rankings in Germany (#5) and South Korea (#8), with moderate presence in the US (#30) and UK (#12), indicating a niche but loyal user base in key automotive markets.
Similar apps: RaceChrono, DriftBox, Garmin VIRB
Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 4 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
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Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | SportsPaid | #10 |
 United States | SportsPaid | #41 |
 Russia | SportsPaid | #10 |
 China | SportsPaid | #61 |
 Brazil | SportsPaid | #19 |
 India | SportsPaid | #19 |
 Germany | SportsPaid | #38 |
 Japan | SportsPaid | #80 |
 France | SportsPaid | #38 |
 United Arab Emirates | SportsPaid | #12 |
| United Kingdom | SportsPaid | #76 |
 Indonesia | SportsPaid | #27 |
 Italy | SportsPaid | #41 |
 Australia | SportsPaid | #58 |
 Canada | SportsPaid | #74 |
 Saudi Arabia | SportsPaid | #95 |
Apps near Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead on the chart
Sports Paid, around #10.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report frequent crashes, data loss, and unreliable GPS tracking during track sessions, leading to significant frustration and refund requests. While some long-time users praise the depth of features and developer support, recent reviews highlight severe instability and poor user interface design.
Mixed but leaning positive (56% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “Must Have Track Day Companion”
- Price & subscription: “Great App, Every version worth the money”
- Features & content: “Lots of features and ability”
- Ease of use: “Works flawlessly and easy to use”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “How do I get my money back”
- Crashes & bugs: “Conditionally not working”
- Design: “Worst UI of Track Timers Available”
- Features & content: “Cool features but poor performance”
About Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead
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.
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What Harry's LapTimer Petrolhead changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
