About Chequered
Chequered requires a subscription to use. Start with a 1-month free trial. Your subscription includes: Live race alerts, schedules, widgets, and stewards' decisions - delivered in real time. Subscription Details:...
Chequered requires a subscription to use. Start with a 1-month free trial. Your subscription includes: Live race alerts, schedules, widgets, and stewards' decisions - delivered in real time. Subscription Details: Chequered offers an auto-renewing annual subscription at $11.99/year to provide you with full access to all features. A 1-month free trial is included with your first subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings. Any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited upon purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://chequered.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://chequered.app/privacy
Version History - Driver profiles celebrate the driver's birthday with an animated frosting-coloured gradient - Race control push notifications now include the driver's three-letter abbreviation (e.g. "VER", "LEC") alongside the car number - Race Finder now show a track-outline thumbnail next to each result - LIVE badge on widgets clears in real-time when sprint and race sessions see the chequered flag 1.5.1 6d ago Race Finder - Search every F1 race since 1950 in natural language - Grounded in the full race archive — every answer is pulled straight from real race data, for results you can trust - Ask anything: "Did Schumacher ever win at Spa in the wet?", "Hamilton wet podiums", "Red flags at Spa", "Races with 3 or more safety cars", "VSCs in the 2025 season" - Find races by driver or constructor — wins, podiums, poles, fastest laps, DNFs, points finishes, P4s, wins from pole, wins from outside the top 5 - Filter by circuit, country, continent, year range, dry/wet/intermittent/mixed conditions, sprint vs main race - Weather: dry, light rain, heavy rain, intermittent rain, mixed conditions — at any circuit, any era - Flag events: red flags, safety car deployments, virtual safety cars — by count, circuit, or weather - Qualifying-round queries — knocked out in Q1, knocked out in Q2, reached Q3, missed Q3 (including drivers who made the segment but crashed before setting a time) - Combine filters freely: "Ferrari wins in the 90s in wets", "Safety cars in the wet", "Hamilton outqualifying Rosberg", "Verstappen wins from P15 and beyond" - Records: closest finishes, biggest winning margins, biggest position comebacks - Career milestones: first race, first win, first podium, first pole, last win — for any driver - Head-to-head: beat your teammate, beat a specific rival, in the race or in qualifying - Title moments: races where the Drivers', Constructors', or both championships were clinched - Rarities: Grand Slams (pole + fastest lap + win + every lap led), pole-to-DNF disasters, Driver of the Day winners, youngest/oldest to win/pole/podium - DNFs by cause — engine, gearbox, hydraulics, collision, electrical, anything in the official retirement reason - A driver's strongest circuits — top venues by wins, podiums, or races entered - Every result links to the full race detail with session-by-session results, weather and classifications Race overview - "Watch on F1TV" button opens race directly in the F1TV app - Wet conditions shown for every Grand Prix back to 1950 - Red flag, safety car and virtual safety car counts on modern races 1.5.0 May 22 Notifications - Simplified notification settings with quick presets — pick from Disabled, Minimal, Essentials, or Everything, then fine-tune from there - Race result alerts for late changes — get notified when penalties or disqualifications shift the final order, with details on the cause (e.g. "HAM: P2 → P4, 5s penalty") - Improved alerts for stewards' decisions — disqualifications, penalties, investigations, and reprimands now respect their individual settings reliably - Separate notification toggles for session start and chequered flag - Cleaner notification wording across the app - Various reliability fixes affecting how some alerts were delivered Next Session widget - Cleaner display options and a refreshed Next + Race layout - New toggles to show the weather forecast and include or hide Free Practice sessions - New "Show Country Flag" toggle (on by default) — country flag renders inline next to the track name Other changes - Brand new onboarding experience for new installs — walks you through favorites, notifications, and widget setup in a few taps - Browse the widget gallery in any theme — pick from the selector at the top to preview every widget styled the way you'd actually use it - Improved layout for users with Bold Text accessibility setting enabled Also new: Live Race Mode arrives on Mac. If you've got a Mac, the menu bar app is included with your subscription. 1.4.6 May 18 - Race/Sprint toggle now appears on the results tab, making sprint results viewable sooner - Fixed an issue where some users received duplicate "session is underway" notifications - Recalled FIA documents no longer show a download button, as the original PDF document is no longer available - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.5 May 2 - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.4 May 1 - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.3 Apr 30 - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.2 Apr 29 Console widget - A new interactive retro-console widget with tappable tabs for the next race, driver standings, and constructor standings - Available in small and medium sizes - Pick a focus driver or team to keep them in view as the season progresses Widget themes - Customize the look of your home screen widgets. The previous default is now called Minimalist, and three new themes join it - Notebook Ruled and Notebook Grid — handwritten fonts, marker-blue accents, and a glossy sticker treatment on driver photos and constructor cars, all on a lined or grid paper background - Carbon — a dark, technical aesthetic inspired by the carbon-fiber weaves of a modern F1 car - Pick a theme in Settings → Widget Theme with a side-by-side live preview, or override per individual widget from its edit screen Sprint weekends - Race countdown widgets now display sprint + race lap totals as "19 + 57 laps" so you can see what the full weekend looks like at a glance Lock screen - The circular Next Session lock screen widget now shows the Grand Prix name above the track map, switching to the session name within 48 hours of the session Other changes - Notification preferences moved to a dedicated screen - Sharper countdowns — subtler day-of-week labels, consistent fonts between countdowns and start times - Small layout tweaks across all widgets - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.1 Apr 27 macOS - Chequered now runs on your Mac as a native menu bar companion that stays out of the way and keeps Formula 1 one glance away - Countdown to the next session, right at the top of your screen - Driver and Constructor championship standings, with focus on your favorite driver or team - One subscription works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Driver & team details - Redesigned for cleaner browsing — info in compact capsules up top, stats scroll horizontally - Tap Championships on a driver to see every title year, the runner-up, and how close the fight was (e.g. 2008 — Hamilton beat Massa by 1 point) - Two new milestones: Days Since First Race and Days Since Last Race, alongside the existing Races to First Win and Races Since Podium Driver contracts - Driver pages now show contract status: "Signed through 2027+" or "Joining Mercedes 2028" when a future team move has been announced - Annual salary when publicly reported (e.g. $70M USD/year) - New 2027 Grid on the Home tab: 11 team cards showing confirmed seats, expiring contracts, and open spots Other changes - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.0 Apr 21 Stats - Rotating stats and data-driven insights on the home screen, refreshed throughout race weekends, tap to shuffle - New small and medium widget that cycles through stats throughout the day, tap left for previous or right for next - Prioritizes stats about your favorite drivers and teams when available Qualifying Cutoffs - Upcoming race qualifying tab now shows last season's Q1 and Q2 cutoff times and pole time at the same Grand Prix, a hint of what pace you'll need - After qualifying runs, a compact side-by-side comparison appears below the times, with Q1, Q2 and pole deltas vs last year Other changes - Points Finishes stat added to driver career details - Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.2 Apr 15 Lap by Lap chart enhancements - Tap to highlight a driver's race line - Pinch to zoom for better detail Recent Results - Completed races for the season are shown on the home screen - Races from the last week are hidden to keep you spoiler-free, tap to reveal Other Changes - Wins by Grid Position added to race overview and driver detail career stats - Overtake totals now use on-track overtakes only (more accurate, no longer counts position changes from pit stops) - Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.1 Apr 11 - Refreshed design language across the entire app with new backgrounds, typography, and layout - Race detail schedule redesigned as horizontal cards with weather icons and rain chance - Active Streaks on home screen: race wins, podiums, poles, fastest laps, front row, points finishes, led a lap - Season selector dropdown: browse historical seasons - Notable drivers on team details are now tappable: view any driver's full career stats - Widget backgrounds updated to a warm off-white in light mode for a softer look - Qualifying results now show visual separators between Q1, Q2, and Q3 knockout stages - Race classification shows DNF/DNS separated by a divider - Circuit direction (clockwise/anti-clockwise) and type (race/street) shown on race details - Driver age shown on detail screen: tap to reveal full date of birth, with a birthday indicator on the day - Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.0 Apr 7 - Fixed an issue where the app could show "No Connection" on first launch even with a working internet connection - Bug fixes and improvements 1.2.1 Apr 4 Push Notifications - Session Disruptions alerts: get notified for delayed starts, red flag resumptions, restart suspensions, and session cancellations - Fixed push notifications for session start/end and investigation alerts that weren't being delivered Race detail - Redesigned with tabbed pages: Overview, Practice, Qualifying, and Results - Moved FIA documents to the race detail view - Added race control messages - Added tyre compounds (C1-C5) - Practice data includes best lap, time gap to P1, top speed and number of laps run - Qualifying includes the starting grid which automatically updates based on qualification results, provisional and final classifications, and grid penalties, with qualifying times shown below for Q1/Q2/Q3 - Results automatically update from provisional to final classification, including time gap to P1, points earned, lap-by-lap positions, laps led, positions gained, improved race strategy with tyre compounds, and overtakes data - Sprint weekends include a Sprint/Race toggle on qualifying and results pages Lock Screen Widget Styles - Choose between Clear (default), Outlined, and Filled styles for all lock screen widgets - Set a default style for all widgets in app settings, or override individually per widget Constructor Widget Enhancements - Chassis name display option on constructor home screen widgets (“Show Chassis Name” widget setting) - Points gap to P1 on both small and medium constructor widgets (“Show Points Gap to P1” widget setting) Other Changes - Update notifications: A prompt appears on the home screen when a new version of Chequered is available - Smarter data refresh: updates automatically speed up during race weekends and slow down between them to save battery and data - FIA Documents now show a recalled badge when a decision has been withdrawn - Widget driver/team dropdowns sorted by previous season position for consistent ordering, with a “Championship Leader” option to always follow P1 - Driver profiles now display age and link to their Threads handles - Bug fixes and improvements 1.2.0 Apr 1 - Bug fixes and improvements to subscription handling across devices. 1.1.2 Mar 28 - New interactive weather forecast widget: tap session buttons to switch between FP, Sprint, Qualifying, and Race forecasts - New Race Countdown widget: countdown to a specific race of your choice, with session-by-session updates during the weekend and podium results after - Next Session lock screen widget: new 'No FP' display option skips practice sessions - Fixed an issue where Restore Purchases could fail on a second device - Bug fixes and improvements 1.1.1 Mar 28 - Added lock screen widgets - Bug fixes and improvements 1.1.0 Mar 24 1.0.0 Mar 23
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Chequered since it was posted on our website on 2026-04-02 23:03:12.
The latest version is 1.5.1 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 20:15:13. See below the changes in each version.
Chequered version 1.5.1
Updated At: 2026-06-02
Changes: Version History - Driver profiles celebrate the driver's birthday with an animated frosting-coloured gradient
- Race control push notifications now include the driver's three-letter abbreviation (e.g. "VER", "LEC") alongside the car number
- Race Finder now show a track-outline thumbnail next to each result
- LIVE badge on widgets clears in real-time when sprint and race sessions see the chequered flag 1.5.1 6d ago Race Finder
- Search every F1 race since 1950 in natural language
- Grounded in the full race archive — every answer is pulled straight from real race data, for results you can trust
- Ask anything: "Did Schumacher ever win at Spa in the wet?", "Hamilton wet podiums", "Red flags at Spa", "Races with 3 or more safety cars", "VSCs in the 2025 season"
- Find races by driver or constructor — wins, podiums, poles, fastest laps, DNFs, points finishes, P4s, wins from pole, wins from outside the top 5
- Filter by circuit, country, continent, year range, dry/wet/intermittent/mixed conditions, sprint vs main race
- Weather: dry, light rain, heavy rain, intermittent rain, mixed conditions — at any circuit, any era
- Flag events: red flags, safety car deployments, virtual safety cars — by count, circuit, or weather
- Qualifying-round queries — knocked out in Q1, knocked out in Q2, reached Q3, missed Q3 (including drivers who made the segment but crashed before setting a time)
- Combine filters freely: "Ferrari wins in the 90s in wets", "Safety cars in the wet", "Hamilton outqualifying Rosberg", "Verstappen wins from P15 and beyond"
- Records: closest finishes, biggest winning margins, biggest position comebacks
- Career milestones: first race, first win, first podium, first pole, last win — for any driver
- Head-to-head: beat your teammate, beat a specific rival, in the race or in qualifying
- Title moments: races where the Drivers', Constructors', or both championships were clinched
- Rarities: Grand Slams (pole + fastest lap + win + every lap led), pole-to-DNF disasters, Driver of the Day winners, youngest/oldest to win/pole/podium
- DNFs by cause — engine, gearbox, hydraulics, collision, electrical, anything in the official retirement reason
- A driver's strongest circuits — top venues by wins, podiums, or races entered
- Every result links to the full race detail with session-by-session results, weather and classifications
Race overview
- "Watch on F1TV" button opens race directly in the F1TV app
- Wet conditions shown for every Grand Prix back to 1950
- Red flag, safety car and virtual safety car counts on modern races 1.5.0 May 22 Notifications
- Simplified notification settings with quick presets — pick from Disabled, Minimal, Essentials, or Everything, then fine-tune from there
- Race result alerts for late changes — get notified when penalties or disqualifications shift the final order, with details on the cause (e.g. "HAM: P2 → P4, 5s penalty")
- Improved alerts for stewards' decisions — disqualifications, penalties, investigations, and reprimands now respect their individual settings reliably
- Separate notification toggles for session start and chequered flag
- Cleaner notification wording across the app
- Various reliability fixes affecting how some alerts were delivered
Next Session widget
- Cleaner display options and a refreshed Next + Race layout
- New toggles to show the weather forecast and include or hide Free Practice sessions
- New "Show Country Flag" toggle (on by default) — country flag renders inline next to the track name
Other changes
- Brand new onboarding experience for new installs — walks you through favorites, notifications, and widget setup in a few taps
- Browse the widget gallery in any theme — pick from the selector at the top to preview every widget styled the way you'd actually use it
- Improved layout for users with Bold Text accessibility setting enabled
Also new: Live Race Mode arrives on Mac. If you've got a Mac, the menu bar app is included with your subscription. 1.4.6 May 18 - Race/Sprint toggle now appears on the results tab, making sprint results viewable sooner
- Fixed an issue where some users received duplicate "session is underway" notifications
- Recalled FIA documents no longer show a download button, as the original PDF document is no longer available
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.5 May 2 - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.4 May 1 - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.3 Apr 30 - Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.2 Apr 29 Console widget
- A new interactive retro-console widget with tappable tabs for the next race, driver standings, and constructor standings
- Available in small and medium sizes
- Pick a focus driver or team to keep them in view as the season progresses
Widget themes
- Customize the look of your home screen widgets. The previous default is now called Minimalist, and three new themes join it
- Notebook Ruled and Notebook Grid — handwritten fonts, marker-blue accents, and a glossy sticker treatment on driver photos and constructor cars, all on a lined or grid paper background
- Carbon — a dark, technical aesthetic inspired by the carbon-fiber weaves of a modern F1 car
- Pick a theme in Settings → Widget Theme with a side-by-side live preview, or override per individual widget from its edit screen
Sprint weekends
- Race countdown widgets now display sprint + race lap totals as "19 + 57 laps" so you can see what the full weekend looks like at a glance
Lock screen
- The circular Next Session lock screen widget now shows the Grand Prix name above the track map, switching to the session name within 48 hours of the session
Other changes
- Notification preferences moved to a dedicated screen
- Sharper countdowns — subtler day-of-week labels, consistent fonts between countdowns and start times
- Small layout tweaks across all widgets
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.1 Apr 27 macOS
- Chequered now runs on your Mac as a native menu bar companion that stays out of the way and keeps Formula 1 one glance away
- Countdown to the next session, right at the top of your screen
- Driver and Constructor championship standings, with focus on your favorite driver or team
- One subscription works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Driver & team details
- Redesigned for cleaner browsing — info in compact capsules up top, stats scroll horizontally
- Tap Championships on a driver to see every title year, the runner-up, and how close the fight was (e.g. 2008 — Hamilton beat Massa by 1 point)
- Two new milestones: Days Since First Race and Days Since Last Race, alongside the existing Races to First Win and Races Since Podium
Driver contracts
- Driver pages now show contract status: "Signed through 2027+" or "Joining Mercedes 2028" when a future team move has been announced
- Annual salary when publicly reported (e.g. $70M USD/year)
- New 2027 Grid on the Home tab: 11 team cards showing confirmed seats, expiring contracts, and open spots
Other changes
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.4.0 Apr 21 Stats
- Rotating stats and data-driven insights on the home screen, refreshed throughout race weekends, tap to shuffle
- New small and medium widget that cycles through stats throughout the day, tap left for previous or right for next
- Prioritizes stats about your favorite drivers and teams when available
Qualifying Cutoffs
- Upcoming race qualifying tab now shows last season's Q1 and Q2 cutoff times and pole time at the same Grand Prix, a hint of what pace you'll need
- After qualifying runs, a compact side-by-side comparison appears below the times, with Q1, Q2 and pole deltas vs last year
Other changes
- Points Finishes stat added to driver career details
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.2 Apr 15 Lap by Lap chart enhancements
- Tap to highlight a driver's race line
- Pinch to zoom for better detail
Recent Results
- Completed races for the season are shown on the home screen
- Races from the last week are hidden to keep you spoiler-free, tap to reveal
Other Changes
- Wins by Grid Position added to race overview and driver detail career stats
- Overtake totals now use on-track overtakes only (more accurate, no longer counts position changes from pit stops)
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.1 Apr 11 - Refreshed design language across the entire app with new backgrounds, typography, and layout
- Race detail schedule redesigned as horizontal cards with weather icons and rain chance
- Active Streaks on home screen: race wins, podiums, poles, fastest laps, front row, points finishes, led a lap
- Season selector dropdown: browse historical seasons
- Notable drivers on team details are now tappable: view any driver's full career stats
- Widget backgrounds updated to a warm off-white in light mode for a softer look
- Qualifying results now show visual separators between Q1, Q2, and Q3 knockout stages
- Race classification shows DNF/DNS separated by a divider
- Circuit direction (clockwise/anti-clockwise) and type (race/street) shown on race details
- Driver age shown on detail screen: tap to reveal full date of birth, with a birthday indicator on the day
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.3.0 Apr 7 - Fixed an issue where the app could show "No Connection" on first launch even with a working internet connection
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.2.1 Apr 4 Push Notifications
- Session Disruptions alerts: get notified for delayed starts, red flag resumptions, restart suspensions, and session cancellations
- Fixed push notifications for session start/end and investigation alerts that weren't being delivered
Race detail
- Redesigned with tabbed pages: Overview, Practice, Qualifying, and Results
- Moved FIA documents to the race detail view
- Added race control messages
- Added tyre compounds (C1-C5)
- Practice data includes best lap, time gap to P1, top speed and number of laps run
- Qualifying includes the starting grid which automatically updates based on qualification results, provisional and final classifications, and grid penalties, with qualifying times shown below for Q1/Q2/Q3
- Results automatically update from provisional to final classification, including time gap to P1, points earned, lap-by-lap positions, laps led, positions gained, improved race strategy with tyre compounds, and overtakes data
- Sprint weekends include a Sprint/Race toggle on qualifying and results pages
Lock Screen Widget Styles
- Choose between Clear (default), Outlined, and Filled styles for all lock screen widgets
- Set a default style for all widgets in app settings, or override individually per widget
Constructor Widget Enhancements
- Chassis name display option on constructor home screen widgets (“Show Chassis Name” widget setting)
- Points gap to P1 on both small and medium constructor widgets (“Show Points Gap to P1” widget setting)
Other Changes
- Update notifications: A prompt appears on the home screen when a new version of Chequered is available
- Smarter data refresh: updates automatically speed up during race weekends and slow down between them to save battery and data
- FIA Documents now show a recalled badge when a decision has been withdrawn
- Widget driver/team dropdowns sorted by previous season position for consistent ordering, with a “Championship Leader” option to always follow P1
- Driver profiles now display age and link to their Threads handles
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.2.0 Apr 1 - Bug fixes and improvements to subscription handling across devices. 1.1.2 Mar 28 - New interactive weather forecast widget: tap session buttons to switch between FP, Sprint, Qualifying, and Race forecasts
- New Race Countdown widget: countdown to a specific race of your choice, with session-by-session updates during the weekend and podium
results after
- Next Session lock screen widget: new 'No FP' display option skips practice sessions
- Fixed an issue where Restore Purchases could fail on a second device
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.1.1 Mar 28 - Added lock screen widgets
- Bug fixes and improvements 1.1.0 Mar 24 1.0.0 Mar 23
Chequered version 1.1.2
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: - Bug fixes and improvements to subscription handling across devices.
