Is OAT really free?
Yes. Free covers importing and analysing sessions, comparing laps (3 comparisons a month), downloading from your dash by hand, and 3 Direct coach analyses a month. Pro adds automatic downloads, weekend reports, unlimited comparisons and 50 analyses a month. Prefer to pay as you go? Credit packs cover extra analyses and never expire.
What is the difference between downloading and automatic downloading?
On Free you pair a dash, see its sessions and pull the ones you want. On Pro, OAT watches for new sessions and pulls them by itself between runs — you never touch the laptop. Same connection, but one of them saves you the walk back to the awning.
What data does it read?
Files from Mychron, Unipro, Starlane and Alfano dashes: AiM .xrk, Unipro .uni and .ocd, Starlane and Alfano exports (folders or .zip), and AiM CSV exports. Sessions from different dashes open side by side, so you can compare a Mychron lap with an Alfano one.
What counts as one analysis?
One run of the AI Coach on a session or a comparison. Quick and standard analyses cost one credit; a deep walkthrough costs three, because it uses a substantially larger model. Re-opening an analysis you have already run is free — it is cached, and you are never charged twice for the same result.
What happens when I run out?
Nothing breaks. You keep importing and analysing sessions and the built-in coaching analysis, which is not a teaser — it is what most people use day to day. Only the AI write-up pauses. Pro's 50 analyses a month reset every month, and so do Free's 3 Direct analyses. Credit packs, which never expire, are how to get more.
Do I need an account?
Yes — a free Overcut Academy account, created from inside OAT the first time you open it. No card needed for Free. Already have a Vault login? It works in OAT too.
How is this different from DAD?
DAD is the trackside downloader — it pulls sessions off every dash automatically. OAT is the analysis app you open afterwards. They work well together, and they're sold separately.
Does my data leave my computer?
Only if you ask it to. Sessions are read and analysed locally. Reports are shared only when you publish them, and the AI Coach sends a compact numeric summary of the session — never your raw files. Every exception is listed in our Privacy Policy.