LARA for the AUTO Locksmith

Tony Steward

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LARA

About this app

LARA

The Locksmiths Automotive Rapid Assistant

Unleash your automotive locksmithing prowess with our app—unlock the secrets to making keys for cars, trucks, and motorcycles, including transponder programming instructions. Join a vibrant community of expert key makers and programmers.

LARA is NOT FREE it is SUBSCRIPTION ONLY

You get a 7 day trial with the 6 month subscription and 14 day trial with the 12 month subscription. Cancel before the 7 to 14 days and it will cost you nothing to trial LARA.

Now the Good Stuff!!

LARA makes Locksmiths lives a lot easier by putting Key, Transponder, Remote & Lishi tool information right at your finger tips.
As well as being able to decode the car lock and verify the bitting before you even remove your Lishi tool from the lock.

Highlights

☆ User Feedback. LARA has a huge user feedback created database meaning you not only get my knowledge and experience but that of hundreds of locksmiths world wide.
☆ KeyDIY The most comprehensive Reference library available on your phone
☆ Decode with 1/2 cuts when you'r not sure of a depth.
☆ My Tools highlighter shows instantly which tools you currently have and what tools you need.
☆ Visual MACS validation as you decode your lock LARA will highlight impossible combinations.
☆ LARA Rekey now lets you choose wafers to swap around and returns a list of valid codes
☆ LARA Codes and FILL returns the valid bittings in a Cutting Tree to minimize key blank wastage and save time.
☆ On board transponder programming procedures.
☆ Remote programming procedures.
☆ Backup and Restore to your tools. Means tools lists can be Restored to all of your devices.

LARA is firstly a notepad to record the decoded cuts of a car lock when decoded by a variety of tools. As you are decoding your lock with your Lishi 2 in 1 or Determinator tools or any other automotive reading tool, you can enter the cuts into LARA.
LARA will suggest which wafers are in the door lock for you. Once finished in many cases you can run your bitting through LARA Codes Online whilst still standing at the vehicle door.

There is quite a lot of information that LARA has to help you along your way to making keys to that vehicle, such as:

☆ Vehicle make and general model information
☆ Code series used
☆ Which wafers are likely to be in the door lock.
☆ Code rules which can help to ensure you are decoding each lock correctly.

LARA is vehicle information I have gathered from personal experience or have verified to me. I do not just look up books and add random data, so you will not find every vehicle in the world. At the moment there is information on around 1400 vehicles. Again this is information I have been able to verify.

Please note that whilst I have made every effort to ensure all data is correct there are bound to be errors and it is up to you to ensure you are using the correct equipment, keys, transponder, remotes and procedures.

Ratings and reviews

LARA - Locksmiths Automotive Rapid Assistant is a game-changer in the automotive locksmith industry. Its comprehensive database, particularly for car key cut, is incredibly helpful. The user-friendly interface allows quick access to essential information, boosting efficiency significantly. Regular updates keep the app current with industry standards. Ideal for both beginners and experienced professionals, LARA is an invaluable resource for anyone in automotive locksmithing

It works great now! Old review for reference: Oddly enough, I checked it again after checking it yesterday and this morning and now it works great!! No updates either, so it may happen to other folks, but it's good now. The View Tools page no longer populates with any data other than the drop down list of cars at the top. I suspect it has to do with my new Android 9.0 update. Everything else seems to load, but I won't be sure until I renew my subscription.

Great tool use every day it just needs more usa and Asian cars. It has become a fantastic tool compared to what else is available on the market i personally think it's the best choice . As well it is more affordable with a one time payment per year vs a monthly fee. I greatly appreciate all that has gone into making LARA I could not be as good as I am on jobs without this fantastic application.

What's new

Fixed bug in programmers grid