LITPro - GPS Lap Timer

Review by eFreeware

If you ride motocross, supercross, downhill mountain bike or an electric bike like a Surron, and you already wonder where a lap got away from you, LITPro is built with you in mind. It is a GPS lap timer that doubles as a personal riding coach, taking the data from a session and turning it into lap times, segment splits and feedback you can read afterward. The pitch is not just faster laps but understanding them.

What draws me to it is the range of questions it tries to answer. A stopwatch tells you that you were slower; LITPro aims to tell you where, whether that is a specific corner, a jump, or the run-up to the gate. For riders who train seriously, or even those who just want bragging rights over friends, that gap between a number and an explanation is the whole point.

It is a free download with in-app purchases and no ads, which is a combination I tend to view favorably for a sports tool. The app has a 4.5 average from 157 ratings and more than 10,000 installs, and it has been updated recently with fixes for the Global Challenge.

Reading a session, corner by corner

The core loop is straightforward in concept: log a session, then study it. LITPro tracks lap times, segment times, personal records and a consistency score over time, so you can see whether your pace is steady or whether one quick lap is carrying a set of sloppy ones. Consistency is often the difference between a fast rider and a fast racer, and having it as a tracked number is a genuinely useful framing.

Corner analysis is the feature I would expect riders to lean on most. The developer also includes acceleration and deceleration metrics, which together describe how you are getting into and out of turns rather than just how long each one took. Lap comparison lets you stack one lap against another, and playback of different lap route lines in real time shows how your lines differ from a faster attempt.

There is a theoretical layer on top of that. LITPro compares a Lap99 figure, described as a theoretical fastest lap, against your actual best. The idea is to show the lap you could have run if you had strung your best segments together, which is a useful target to chase rather than an abstract goal.

Jumps, starts and the physical side

Motocross and supercross riders get tools that go beyond timing. Those are the kinds of measurements that are hard to judge by feel alone, especially when adrenaline is involved.

The app also reviews trends in health metrics such as heart rate, which gives a picture of how hard a session actually was rather than how hard it felt. Track weather conditions are part of the package too, and anyone who has watched lap times shift with a change in the dirt will understand why that context matters.

A personal riding feed and rider profile round out the picture, and there is a motocross stopwatch for straightforward timing. Taken together, the feature set covers a full session: the start, the laps, the corners, the jumps and the physical cost of it all.

Riding against other people

LITPro is not a solitary tool. You can swap results with friends and compete on worldwide leaderboards, plus track-specific ones. For riders who train in groups, or who ride the same track week after week, that turns a personal practice session into something closer to a competition.

Custom track configurations can be created on outdoor courses anywhere in the world, which matters if your local track runs different layouts on different days or if you ride somewhere that is not in anyone's catalog. Being able to define the course yourself keeps the timing relevant to what you actually rode.

The recent update addressed the Global Challenge, so the competitive side of the app is clearly being tended to. I would expect the leaderboard features to appeal most to riders who already have a regular crew to compare against, rather than to someone riding alone.

What you need before your first session

LITPro works by pairing a compatible GPS device to your LITPro account, and the choice of device shapes what you get. A RaceBox Mini S logs at 25Hz, while Garmin GPS watches through Garmin Connect and Polar GPS watches through Polar Flow both run at 1Hz. Your smartphone can also serve as the receiver at 1Hz.

That difference in sampling rate is worth thinking about before you buy anything. A higher rate captures more detail per second, which is the sort of resolution that corner and jump analysis benefits from. The watch and phone options keep the barrier to entry low, since plenty of riders already own one of those devices.

One practical point: the app uses location services in the background, though only during an active logging session, and continued background GPS use can noticeably reduce battery life. Charging your phone or watch before a track day is sensible, and the app is explicit that this only applies during an active session.

The riders this suits

This is a tool for riders who treat a track day as something to learn from. If you race motocross or supercross, ride downhill mountain bike, or spend your weekends on a Surron or e-bike, the analysis on offer lines up with how those disciplines are actually ridden: short, intense efforts where corners, jumps and starts decide everything.

It also suits riders who already own a compatible watch or are willing to add a dedicated GPS unit. The smartphone option means you can start with what is in your pocket, then move up to a higher-rate receiver if the data hooks you.

Where I would be more cautious is with riders who want a simple stopwatch and nothing else. LITPro is built around reviewing sessions afterward, and the value comes from actually looking at the corner breakdowns, the Lap99 comparison and the consistency trend. If that kind of post-ride study does not appeal, the extra data will sit unused.

A lap timer that explains your lap

LITPro stands out because it does not stop at telling you how fast you went. It takes lap and segment times, corner analysis, jump and airtime data, gate drop reaction and health trends, and assembles them into something a rider can act on. The Lap99 comparison in particular gives a concrete target rather than a vague sense that there is more speed available.

The requirements are real, though. You need a compatible GPS device or your phone, you need to be riding an outdoor course you can define, and you need to accept that background location tracking during a session costs battery. The in-app purchases are part of the package as well, though the app itself is free to download and carries no ads.

For motocross, supercross, downhill MTB and e-bike riders who want to understand their laps rather than just count them, this is an easy recommendation to try. The 4.5 average from 157 ratings suggests others have found it worthwhile. Riders looking purely for a bare stopwatch will find more here than they need.

What's new in version 3.14.4

Fixes for the Global Challenge. Enjoy getting faster at the track!