RaceOwlRacer4.1.2 - App Store

RaceOwlRacer: Live Race Tracking & Navigation
Track your race, stay connected, and navigate the course with confidence.

RaceOwlRacer delivers high-performance tracking and real-time checkpoint status directly to RaceOwl.com. Whether you are paddling, cycling, or racing ultra-endurance events off-road, the app automatically updates your position so your support crew, spectators, and race officials can follow your progress every step of the way.

KEY FEATURES
Automatic Tracking: Simply enter your racer number, select your event, and let the app handle the rest.

Smart Geofencing: Tracking activates automatically when you enter the event area and stops seamlessly when you cross the finish line.

Live Interactive Map: View your current track and monitor your position relative to other competitors.

Background Efficiency: Engineered to run efficiently with your screen turned off. Launch the app, lock your phone, stow it safely, and focus on your race.

Safety Integration: Keeps race officials and ground crews informed of your exact location for maximum safety on the course.

PREMIUM NAVIGATION MAP SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your race day experience with a professional navigation overlay built for demanding conditions:

Optimized Visuals: High-contrast daylight view and dedicated Night Mode for perfect readability at any hour.

Course Intelligence: Pre-loaded recommended paths, course boundaries, and critical hazards.

Heading Auto-Rotation: The map automatically rotates to match your direction of travel for seamless navigation.

Racer Insights: View estimated competitor positions on your screen to gauge your standing in real time.

SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
Billing Cycle: The RaceOwl Navigation Map Subscription is an auto-renewable subscription billed every 6 months at the price displayed in the app.

Payment: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.

Auto-Renewal: Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.

Management: You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase.

Terms & Privacy: By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and the standard Apple Terms of Use.

Privacy Policy: https://raceowl.com/Home/Privacy

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Version History ### Voice Feedback No Longer Lowers Your Music for the Whole Session

The audio session used for voice announcements was configured to duck (lower the volume of) other audio and was never deactivated, so once a single voice announcement had played, the racer's background music, podcast, or nav audio stayed quiet for the rest of the session. Voice feedback now mixes with other audio without holding a persistent duck, so your music returns to full volume between announcements.

### High CPU on Map Screens

The Tiled and Reduced map screens could peg the CPU during active racing. Two hotspots were fixed: per-frame waypoint lookups that scanned the entire route linearly (now use a faster search), and racer-label rendering that rebuilt formatting work every redraw. This lowers CPU load and heat, and improves battery life while a map screen is open — especially on long routes and crowded courses.

### "Show Other Racers" — ALL Option Removed

The "Show Other Racers" setting previously offered an **ALL** option, which could bury the map in markers and overwhelm the display at a large race start. ALL has been removed; the setting now caps at the nearest **34** racers. Racers who previously had ALL selected are automatically migrated to 34. 4.1.2 Jul 22 IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES
* Better Offline & Low-Signal Reliability: The app no longer crashes if you launch it with poor cell service, keeping your navigation subscription active while offline.
* Accurate Average Speeds: Resetting your speed now completely clears out older speed data so your new average speed is immediately accurate.
* Battery & Tracking Fix: Fixed an issue that sent duplicate location updates when running multiple tracking features at the same time.
* Faster Startup: The app loads much faster because it only loads the route of your active race instead of processing all stored races.
* Quick Splits Refresh: Added a button to manually refresh checkpoint and split times directly on the Splits screen.
* Clearer Dashboards: Simplified time fields on your dashboard to read clearly in hours, minutes, and seconds.
* Account Privacy: Added a "Delete My Data" option in settings to quickly clear your name, phone, and boat number from the app.

CROSS-PLATFORM ALIGNMENT
* Reliable Checkpoints: Checkpoint arrival tracking matches the exact rules set by your race director.
* No Duplicate Announcements: The app will no longer read aloud multiple checkpoint arrival voice notifications for a single stop.
* Smart Voice Speed: Spoken announcements automatically speed up or slow down to match how often your location is updated.
* Safe Setup: Prevents you from accidentally exiting the Setup screen if you missed any required details.
* Rest Limit: Clamps maximum custom off-water rest calculations to 8 hours. 4.1.0 Jul 16 Modernized Interface: Enjoy a completely refreshed, cleaner, and more intuitive user interface designed for seamless navigation on the move.

Enhanced Safety Features: Stay secure with direct administrative messaging and a built-in Self-SOS emergency trigger to alert officials and ground crews when you need assistance.

Tiled Offline Maps: Maintain critical situational awareness even outside cellular range with reliable, high-performance offline map tiling.

Hazard Overlays: Race smarter with real-time visual markers for course boundaries, obstacles, and potential hazards directly on your map. 4.0.1 Jun 23 Compatibility with updated RaceOwl.com network interfaces. 3.1.0 Mar 18 enhanced battery efficiency 3.0.6 Jan 5 - updated for 'distance from start' races (eg 24 Hours from home)
- removed 'always' prompt from startup; we only need 'while using the app' for location services 3.0.5 10/07/2025 bug fixes for
- racer position
- display of other racers when viewing team name rather than number 3.0.3 06/24/2025 minor bug fix for percent complete display 3.0.1 04/06/2025 General interface improvements such as auto-font scaling, Ability to register your satellite devices directly from the app rather than going to RaceOwl.com 3.0.0 03/06/2025 Added support for the 24 hours from home challenge. This allows for racers to see themselves and others on a non-traditional race course (ie any where in the world). 2.2.0 10/14/2024 Went to higher accuracy for GPS location while in background. This was needed to provide better estimated time of arrivals when space weather is not so good for GPS. 2.1.3 07/24/2024 Bug fix for display freeze issue 2.1.2 07/23/2024 Network monitor added to send queued data when a network becomes available rather than relying on a location update to align with network availability to trigger sends. This makes it more robust as a tracker in sparse network environments. 2.1.1 07/13/2024 Battery saving optimization. Split times and ETA added. And additional data feedback such as time and distance to selected checkpoints. 2.1.0 07/09/2024 Waypoint bug fix for REALLY short races (races with only 2 waypoints) 1.3.1 02/24/2024 Added support for 24hours from home distance race. Also added the ability to register as a team. 1.3.0 09/25/2023 Improved initial average speed and estimated time of arrival predictions at checkpoints. Expanded Race Event definitions. 1.2.6 09/22/2023 Addition of average speed for display and use in estimated arrival times 1.2.5 09/19/2023 Race selection bug fix 1.2.4 08/29/2023 - add informational features: distance and time to next access point and check point
- add distance from you to other racer status
- add 'reverse route' for safety vehicles going upstream
- add high contrast mode for sunlight screen reads 1.2.3 07/29/2023 bug fix: new installations would require a restart to fully display race maps. This version addresses that issue 1.2.2 07/21/2023 - Adds battery saving modes for tracking
- Adds a special mode for safety volunteers to bypass in-app purchases 1.2.1 07/20/2023 1.2.0: added battery status to location data packets sent to RaceOwl 1.2.0 07/02/2023 Bug fix to better handle mobile data dropouts and to recover tracking once the network is restored. 1.1.1 06/04/2023 Race routes are downloaded from RaceOwl.com rather than prepackaged with the app. This allows for access to new races and for routes to be updated with current information. 1.1 05/18/2023