YouMetry by Youlook
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Supported sources · Mobile app

The trackside desk, in your pocket.

On the phone, YouMetry does not edit video: it records what the camera cannot see. Position, speed, engine data, lap times, lean angle — in a file the desktop app opens as it is, in sync with your video.

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What it does

  • Records with the screen off, phone in your pocket or on its mount: a notification says so, with a Stop button. An interrupted session — battery, app closed — is recovered at next launch.
  • Lap timer with three big buttons — Start, Lap, Finish — written into the file.
  • OBD-II over Bluetooth: RPM, throttle, temperatures, with a BLE adapter (see the OBD-II page).
  • Sound alerts: a sound when speed, RPM or a temperature crosses your threshold — four sounds to choose from, set for the gauges on display.
  • Lean angle on a motorcycle, measured by the phone’s sensors.
  • GoPro remote: REC starts the camera along with the data.
  • YouTube live with the gauges overlaid on the picture from the phone’s camera or a USB camera.

In the car: Android Auto

  • YouMetry shows on the car’s screen: a large lap timer, two gauges, the lap number.
  • Two buttons, no more: Start and Record, then Lap and Finish once the timer is running.
  • Recording starts from the car, even with the app closed on the phone.
  • The car screen shows a status, not an animated dashboard: that is Android Auto’s rule, and also what is reasonable to look at while driving.

How to use it

  1. Install the app from Google Play or the Download page.
  2. In the paddock: pick Car or Motorcycle, tick your gauges, pair the OBD adapter and the GoPro if you have them.
  3. Tap Sync and film the screen for a second: that flash will line data and video up automatically.
  4. Drive. When you stop, share the file to your computer and open it with the video in YouMetry.

Good to know

  • Android 8 or later, on Google Play. iPhone with iOS 15 or later: YouMetry Mobile on the App Store, free (CarPlay to come).
  • A phone’s GPS gives roughly one fix per second: enough for speed and track; for hundredth-of-a-second lap times, an external receiver does better.
  • Nothing is sent anywhere: the file stays on the phone until you share it.

Questions

Is the app paid?

No, the mobile app is free. It is the desktop application that a licence unlocks, for unlimited export.

Do I have to keep the screen on during the session?

No. Recording carries on with the screen off, and a permanent notification lets you stop it.

Can I use the app without the desktop application?

Yes, as a lap timer, an OBD dashboard and for YouTube live. To put the data on a recorded video, you need the desktop application.

See also

DJI drones and camerasSRT file or embedded telemetry: speed, altitude, flight in 3D. FPV: Walksnail Avatar and blackboxThe goggles’ OSD and the Betaflight/INAV log: battery, sticks, true horizon. GoProThe GPS and sensors already inside your MP4. Insta360The remote’s GPS and the gyroscope inside the .insv file. RaceChronoLaps, sectors, G-forces and OBD from your session, on the video. Lap Legend (Dauntless)Laps, G-forces and DauntlessOBD data, on the video. Paragliding (free flight)Your vario’s IGC flight: vario, glide ratio, wing in 3D. IGC fileFree flight’s own format: two altitudes, wind, air speed. OBD-IIRPM, throttle, temperatures: the engine’s own data. Dragy, VBOX and GarminThe .vbo, CSV and FIT files of performance meters. Bike and e-bike (Bosch eBike Flow)Speed, power and cadence from the Bosch FIT; heart rate from a Garmin watch. GPX trackWatch, phone, bike computer: any GPS track. CarSpeed, G-force, OBD, lap timer and corner table. MotorcycleLean angle, cornering speed, lap timer. DroneAltitude, speed, battery and the flight replayed in 3D. Bike and e-bikePower, cadence, heart rate and ride summary. Hiking and runningHeart rate, pace, climb, figure over the 3D terrain. Ski and snowboardSpeed, gradient, detected runs, skier in 3D. SailingKnots, wind, point of sail, heeling sailboat in 3D. RaceRender alternative DashWare alternative Garmin VIRB Edit alternative

Several files can be combined in one project: position from one, engine data from another. See the comparison with other software.