QuickSpeed vs Vanhawks Bike Light Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickSpeed
This free iPhone app functions as a simple speedometer and odometer for bicycling. It offers route saving and loading with GPX support, displays elevation data, and includes a retro analog display mode. Continued GPS use may impact battery life.
- Speedometer and odometer
- Route saving and loading
- .gpx exporter/importer
- True elevation changes
- Elevation profile via USGS
- Retro analog mode
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QuickSpeed is a barebones, simple to use speedometer/odometer (iPhone only), for bicycling. It is completely free, with no in-app purchases required for full funtionality. Save or load your favorite routes with .gpx exporter/importer feature. Get true elevation changes and elevation profile via USGS. Retro mode with analog speedometer and odometer. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Vanhawks Bike Light Controller
Control the front and rear lights of your compatible Vanhawks Valour smart bicycle. Monitor approximate battery levels. This open-source alternative replaces the no-longer-updated official application.
- Control front and rear lights
- Monitor approximate battery level
- Open-source replacement app
- Compatible with Vanhawks Valour
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This app will control the lights on your compatible Vanhawks Valour smart bicycle. You can set the front and rear lights and get approximate battery level. This is an 3rd party and open-source replacement for the official app which is no longer updated.
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Verdict
QuickSpeed and Vanhawks Bike Light Controller both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of QuickSpeed's written reviews are positive against 67% of Vanhawks Bike Light Controller's. QuickSpeed also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Vanhawks Bike Light Controller's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for QuickSpeed against 5.0 for Vanhawks Bike Light Controller. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of QuickSpeed's written reviews are positive against 67% of Vanhawks Bike Light Controller's.
QuickSpeed ships an update every 2 months, Vanhawks Bike Light Controller every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickSpeed | Vanhawks Bike Light Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tremont Air, LLC | Callum Moffat |
Customer experience
QuickSpeed
Vanhawks Bike Light Controller
In-app purchases
QuickSpeed
No in-app purchases
Vanhawks Bike Light Controller
No in-app purchases
Questions
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