PB Buddy (beta)

PB Buddy

About this app

PB Buddy (beta) is a lap timer app for HPDE and time trials.

It offers an easy-to-use, minimalist interface that allows you to focus on what matters most. The user experience has been crafted to work well for drivers of all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned racers. The app has been tested at numerous Time Trials and helped set over a dozen class records across the US.

Key features:
1. Easy to set up. The app walks you through the setup and explains how to use it. You don’t need to be an IT professional just to see your lap times.
2. Easy to use. Once the initial setup is complete, simply open the app, press the button to start recording, confirm the track, and you're ready to go!
3. Quickly get feedback on your current lap. Thanks to big, bright visual elements and fun, vibrant colors, you can easily see if you’re on a good lap or lost too much time to set a new personal best (PB). Forget counting the number of tiny LEDs!
4. Fast and targeted feedback. It’s too late to review data in the paddock if you only have one session in the morning when the conditions are best! With PB Buddy, you get instant feedback for each sector of the track (or even per corner!), so you can turn even a bad lap into an opportunity to try something new in that tricky corner you’re struggling with, and find another tenth of a second for your next hot lap.
5. YOU own your data. Export data for each session in CSV format compatible with many existing third-party apps, or export every byte recorded by the app in a developer-friendly format if you enjoy tinkering with data.
6. Supports most race tracks in the US, with more tracks and configurations coming soon.
7. Supports the built-in GPS receiver, but works best with third-party Bluetooth-enabled GPS devices.

This is an early beta release; please expect some rough edges as we polish the existing features and add new features.

Ratings and reviews

PB Buddy is basic in all of the best ways! a simple app with a simple interface that removes a lot of the complexity if you just want timing. Just turn it on, select the track and go. Other phone solutions have more features, but are often harder to setup correctly when you are headed late to grid. I like to keep it simple and effective and this app helps me do just that and focus on my driving.

PB Buddy is incredibly easy to use. The UI is simple, clean, and very readable especially when glancing at live lap times while driving at speed on track. It has minimalist design in the best way possible. Nothing is distracting and it gives you exactly the information you need, exactly when you need it.

Provides a clear path to lap improvement. I have used other lap timers like Race Chrono but what I like about PB Buddy and why I use it is because it is very straight forward. I don't have to do any set up to understand what it is telling me. In the past I have used it with a separate GPS module but the last track event I used my Pixel's native gps and it worked just fine. PB Buddy is a well thought out design.

What’s new

* Minor updates to the track library