BestLap — The pit-wall stopwatch for karting coaches | Overcut Academy
BestLap app icon iOS · iPhone & iPad

Zero missed laps.

BestLap is the pit-wall stopwatch built for coach and mechanics who time more than one driver. Replace four hardware stopwatches and a clipboard with the phone already in your pocket.

Free with 1 stopwatch · BestLap Pro $9.99/year · 7-day free trial

Approach Alarm

Never miss the lap that matters.

Timing multiple drivers is normally easy to miss a lap. The Approach Alarm pulses your iPhone the moment any driver is closing to finish the lap, so your eyes are already up when they cross the line.

  • Strength tunes from Light to Strong so you feel it through racing gloves
  • 1 to 5 pulses — short tap for veterans, sustained buzz for distracted pits
  • Reference Best Lap (qualifying) or Previous Lap (race-pace tracking)
  • Threshold in milliseconds: fire half a second early, or right at the line
BestLap approach alarm firing on a driver cell
Up to 8 Stopwatches

Time your whole grid, all at once.

Coaches used to manage four hardware stopwatches with rubber bands, sticky notes, and prayer. BestLap Pro runs eight — independently controlled, millisecond-precise — on a single iPhone. The layout adapts: focus on one driver in the four-up view, or scan the whole field in the eight-up compact view.

  • TouchDown capture — the lap fires the instant your finger touches the screen, not on lift-off
  • Unlimited mid-lap splits with sector-accurate timing
  • Live deltas vs. each driver's personal best, color-coded purple (session best) and green (PB)
  • Glove-friendly hit zones, high-contrast dark mode for bright sunlight
BestLap showing 8 stopwatches running simultaneously in compact view
Session Analysis

Every lap. Every split. Every session.

The second a session ends, BestLap surfaces what coaches actually need: best lap, average, total laps, and a real consistency metric (standard deviation, σ) per driver. Every lap is tagged with its splits and color-coded against personal best and session best. Pull up any past session by championship, driver, or date.

  • Per-driver consistency in σ — the number engineers actually quote
  • PDF and CSV exports via the iOS share sheet — email, AirDrop, or cloud
  • Full archive searchable by championship, session, driver
  • 100% offline storage — sessions persist even in airplane mode
BestLap session analysis screen with consistency metric and lap breakdown
Built for the track

Engineered for race-day reality.

BestLap was built in the paddock, not the office. Every detail exists because someone needed it trackside.

Race-day reports

PDF reports your team will actually read.

Per-driver summary, full lap chart with purple-best and green-PB color coding, ready for the engineer's email or printed at the trackside cafe.

Example BestLap PDF report
Tunable haptics

Felt through gloves, not over engines.

Strength, pulse count, and alarm reference all adjustable. Test the vibration without leaving Settings — tune it to your kart's idle and your gloves' thickness.

BestLap haptic alarm settings
Live timing

Every running lap, every running delta.

Live delta vs. personal best on every cell. Last lap pinned to the right. Mini lap strip across the bottom. The session-best banner at the top. Everything you used to chase across a paper notepad — in one glance.

BestLap home screen with live timing on 4 drivers
Searchable archive

Find any lap, any session, any time.

Filter by championship, session name, or driver. Every session you've ever recorded, with full splits and consistency intact — even sessions from a track with no signal.

BestLap session review with per-driver stats

Pricing without the small print.

Free to download with one stopwatch. Pro unlocks the full grid and the approach alarm for less than the price of a set of slicks per year.

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Forever · no card required
  • 1 stopwatch — perfect for a parent timing one driver
  • Unlimited lap and split capture
  • Full PDF & CSV exports
  • Full session history & consistency analysis

BestLap Pro renews annually unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage your subscription anytime in iOS Settings → [your Apple ID] → Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID.

Bring it trackside.

Free to download. Seven days free on Pro. The next race you coach can be the first one without a clipboard.

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