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Speed Adviser User Reviews

Speed Adviser
Speed Adviser
Transport for NSW

Customer Experience

Positive experience10.0% of reviews
Neutral20.0% of reviews
Negative experience70.0% of reviews

~ Based on 20 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Speed Adviser Safe?

Speed Adviser has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Speed Adviser is 56/100.

This assessment is based on 96 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.7/5.

Is Speed Adviser Legit?

Speed Adviser appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Speed Adviser is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Not helpful

It’s a nice idea, so I downloaded the app to help not get any further accidental speeding demerits. Half the time it can’t find any data on the speed limit and interrupts my focus to announce that. I’m deleting it because it’s annoying and not helpful, so I never use it.
Bernie13638581Bernie13638581

School Zone

The app would be more useful if it had more settings, such as only notifying me when I am in a school zone during the active times.

Some signs, especially those without flashing lights, are sometimes hard to see.
Johnny Cheung AustraliaJohnny Cheung Australia

Response from developer

Hi Johnny, This is exactly what Speed Adviser does. It will notify you when you're in an active school zone (eg only during school terms / times the school zone is active). For more information about Speed Adviser, visit our website: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/topics-tips/speeding/speed-adviser .

Inaccurate

If I relied on the App to not get a speeding fine I would have received numerous penalty notices from NSW Revenue by now. The speed limits indicated on the app are wildly inaccurate. I'm not talking about new roads but roads that have been gazetted for many years. One example: the app said I was in a 100kph zone when, in fact, it was a residential area with a 60kph posted speed limit. Please do not trust this app.
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NADT7NADT7

Response from developer

We are always working to improve the accuracy of the app. Please email us at speedlinksupport@transport.nsw.gov.au with the errors you’ve encountered. Please tell us the road name, suburb and the sign posted speed zone. We will investigate the error and make updates in upcoming releases.

Would be good if not for

Only discovered this recently after noticing sneaky third party mobile speed traps on ambiguously signed sections of road (really disgusting revenue promotion strategy, NSW Police/Government).
App would be used constantly if not for the alerts volume not working: so the alerts are super loud when listening to anything else. It shocks my little daughter with “why is that man shouting at us?” I’ve tried it on two different iPhones.
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MarkoTurnerMarkoTurner

Response from developer

Please send us an email at roadsafetytechnology@transport.nsw.gov.au for further assistance with this issue

ios doesn’t run at the background anymore

It used to able to run in the background so I could run speed adviser at the background and google map to navigate. However, now it exit automatically in few minutes
corolla121corolla121

Response from developer

Please email us at roadsafetytechnology@transport.nsw.gov.au for further assistance.

Speed Adviser CR(APP)

I have downloaded this app and reinstalled it several times now and it continues to give the same message “waiting for gps signal” , I have a iPhone 13 Pro fully updated with everything switched on but this app doesn’t want to operate. It’s a complete waste of taxpayers money and I would like to know how much money was spent developing it, I would assume it should have been released on April fools day as it’s a joke. It’s like a television that can’t be tuned to receive any channels.
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Fen JossefFen Jossef

Response from developer

Please email us at roadsafetytechnology@transport.nsw.gov.au for further assistance.

Useful but inaccurate info at times

I like the large display and the idea behind the app (the speed limit changes 17 times during my relatively short drive to work). Quite baffling (and annoying), though, that an RMS-backed app gets the speed limit wrong so frequently. I hope the next version can fix these errors.
TrumpalarTrumpalar

Response from developer

We are always working to improve the accuracy of the app. Please email us at speedlinksupport@transport.nsw.gov.au with the errors you’ve encountered. Please tell us the road name, suburb and the sign posted speed zone. We will investigate the error and make updates in the next release.

Promising start

Needs a road speed display alongside the speed limit / flashing warning display - things like school zones are notoriously unreliable in ordinary gps maps so having your actual speed displayed vs what the app thinks is the limit would be good e.g. Showground Rd Castle Hill as I passed a fixed 60 sign the app announced I had just entered a 50 zone…
Camera data base needs updating as well - vintage camera on Castle Hill Rd near Coonara Ave was not mentioned …
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dan57cdan57c

Response from developer

Thank you for bringing the incorrect speed information to our attention. We are investigating this error and will make updates in the next release. Speed Adviser includes the locations in NSW where mobile speed cameras are allowed to operate. However, it does not include when these cameras are in operation. Speed Adviser does not provide alerts for other types of speed cameras, like red light cameras or fixed speed cameras.

Great in theory

The idea is great and its nice to have an app I can pop open briefly to check the speed of a road we’re on… IF it was accurate! I drove from Nowra to Canberra via Nerriga and the app constantly showed the incorrect speed limit. Once we go into Queanbeyan the app was telling me the 80kph zone of the Kings Hwy was 100kph which will catch a lot of people out.
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Peachie307Peachie307

Response from developer

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are investigating this error and will make updates in the next release.

Speed data is not current and needs more refinement.

If anyone would know the speed limits in NSW you would think it would be Transport for NSW. Alas, this is apparently not the case. No where near it even. The app gives too many wrong speed limits, like for example approaching the harbour tunnel on from the north, it incorrectly shows 60k when it is 80k. There used to be a couple of hundred meters of 60k - years ago - long gone! Same on the Cahill Express way going into the tunnel. Frankly I would not trust this app until T for NSW get the data updated. Also there are no warnings unless you are actually over the speed limit, and it can take a couple of hundred meters before a warning is given. A warning when approaching active school zones would be great, because if you miss the sign then you can be through a camera before a warning is given. All up the idea is great, but needs further development and data updated to correctly reflect speed zones.
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BoboMiloBoboMilo

Response from developer

Thank you for bringing this error to our attention. We are investigating this error and will make updates in the next release. We are always working to improve the accuracy of the app. Please email us at speedlinksupport@transport.nsw.gov.au with any other errors you’ve encountered. Please tell us the road name, suburb and the sign posted speed zone.

Western Highway failed

I recently was caught by one of sneak car cameras on the Great Western Highway NSW at Mt Victoria , so with someone with a previous clean record I started to use this app, well what a JOKE !!!! the speed limits have not be updated, was in a 70 zone and the app was screaming at me because it thought I was in a 60 zone , UPDATE NEEDED!!!!!
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Peter3991Peter3991

Response from developer

We are always working to improve the accuracy of the app. Please email us at speedlinksupport@transport.nsw.gov.au with the errors you’ve encountered. Please tell us the road name, suburb and the sign posted speed zone. We will investigate the error and make updates in the next release.

This needs to be made CarPlay compatible

This app does just one thing, reasonably well. However, given this app is supposed to facilitate safer driving, it should work in CarPlay mode to better increase its safe usage. Developer, please add this feature to unlock its full potential/safety.
luke1974luke1974

Lacks CarPlay integration

This app assumes that you have your phone in a visible cradle. If you have your phone tucked away and connected via CarPlay this app is useless.

Needs both gps calculated speed as well as the included speed limit advisory.
krytenzx4bkrytenzx4b

Great idea needs work

Solid idea but the volume setting control needs work. As soon as you use a device like CarPlay or other, you loose volume control. So you can listen to a podcast Then get yelled at when the speed limit changes, sad face. Had hope this app would help, but not yet.
GuyethGuyeth

Watch

Could you make for watch please.
Since we not allow to use mobile while driving, it’s not easy to use this app in mobile while we driving.
IndoBoy69IndoBoy69

Very basic and unreliable

Does not integrate with Apple Car Play so you need to look down to your phone to see the current speed limit. Does not detect the school zone on a 80kph main road near me. When the speed limit changes from 90 to 60, it shows 100 for a brief time before changing to the correct limit. I could go on...
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PasqualinoMPasqualinoM

Very basic app

This app could have been useful few years ago. now free google maps with speed limit, car speed, speed cameras, navigation and so much more, makes this app outdated. Used it for a while but it’s more like distraction then being useful.
nayyar_abbasnayyar_abbas

Nice little useful app

Two thing lacking
1. Make it CarPlay compatible. It is important to flash it on car screen.
2. Street speed limit Vs car speed
Gopan007Gopan007

How I use this app with navigation map app & don’t have current speed meter

It’s is Good app but it’s very difficult to use this app with google map or some other navigation app. This app gives only audio alert. One thing more can u please add vehicle current speedometer with speed limit. It gives alert when exceeding speed 10km/hr than speed limit that is not Good. Need widget for speed limit Thanks
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Guri JohalGuri Johal

Nifty idea but too big

This is a great idea and kudos to TfNSW for developing it, but at 377MB this app is just too big. Those of you lucky enough to have 64GB or 128GB phone may laugh, but I'm stuck with 16MB and simply can't afford to keep such a large app on my phone. It's 50% bigger than Microsoft Word or Excel and you can't tell me this app does more than those!
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