Comparison

HUD Widgets vs CarOS®

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HUD Widgets

This app provides a suite of driving widgets, including speedometers, trip information, and weather, that can be used in standard or head-up display (HUD) mode. It offers features like driving score calculation, fuel consumption tracking, and a land meter for car slope angles.

Highlights
  • Speedometers (classic, digital, retro)
  • GPS trip information (driving score, fuel consumption)
  • Land meter (car slope angle)
  • Weather and clock
  • Eco-driving graphs
  • Internet Radio
Features
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HUD Widgets app is a set of handy and popular navigation widgets, like speedometers, trip info, landmeter, weather, eco-driving, etc... All widgets work in regular or head-up display (HUD) mode. Speedometers: — Classic digital speedometer — Digital, with compass, odometer, and distance traveled (Chevrolet Aveo style) — A set of retro speedometers: Cadillac style, arched, circular GPS trip information: — See how safely you drive: the app calculates your driving score based on your acceleration, braking, turns, and speeding data. — Know your fuel consumption per each trip and the expenses on it. — Information on your current, maximum and average speed, distance and time traveled — Large compass — Eco-driving. Acceleration and deceleration graphs indicate driving efficiency Other: — Internet Radio — Land meter. Indicates the angle of car slope or tilt — pitching and rolling — Weather and clock Launch the app, select the widget, and place the smartphone close to the windshield (to use it in HUD mode, with the screen image reflected onto the windshield), or fix it in the mount. Attention! 1. On a clear day, the device screen brightness is typically insufficient to give a decent reflection for HUD mode. In that situation, you can use the app in standard mode with the phone fixed with some mount, OR stay HUD using our HUDWAY Glass accessory (more at hudwayglass.com or see bellow). At night, in dusk, or in dull weather the reflection is normally well-discernible. 2. Continuous use of geolocation services (GPS and GLONASS) may drain your device battery fast. 3. When driving, make sure that your smartphone or tablet is well fixed in some mount or on some sticky pad, and doesn't prevent you from clearly seeing the road. HUDWAY Glass car accessory makes smartphone work as a head-up display in any car even in daytime. Removes doubling, offers sharp enlarged reflection image. Learn more: http://hudwayglass.com Privacy Policy http://hudwayapp.com/privacy Terms of Use http://hudwayapp.com/en/terms/

About

CarOS®

Transform your mobile device into a powerful car dashboard. This app offers a safe and intuitive way to access navigation, music, calls, and messages while driving. It includes unique features like face control and automatic driving mode adjustments.

Highlights
  • Face control for hands-free operation
  • Smart dash cam and emergency location
  • Turn-by-turn navigation with place search
  • Music playback and radio browsing
  • Voice-controlled messaging
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Automatic driving mode adjustments
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CarOS® is a brand new dashboard app entirely designed to be used on screen device as the head unit, or when you're parked to find your car easily. This new copilot application will offer you the best and useful features when you are in your car, and give you the safest way to drive with your mobile device. This new application is compatible with ALL the brands and ALL the models of cars. You just need to have a phone mount and you can drive with CarOS and all its power and safety! —————————— OUR · KEYS · IDEAS —————————— – Simple and quick-to-use user interface – Powerful features, to be the must-have in-car app – Safe when you driving (Smart dash cam / Located emergency / FaceControl) ——————————— INCLUDED · CARAPPS ——————————— • Phone: Make calls, browse and search your contacts • Music: Browse all your music with Apple Music or locally • Maps: Turn-by-turn navigation, search places (gas stations, restaurants etc.) • Messages: Compose message only by your voice • Safety: The self and smart dashcam • Radios: Browse and listen more than 10,000 worldwide radios ————————— BEST · FEATURES ————————— – Face Control For the first time in the cars, you can now control your device or the playback of your songs and radios with your face, without touching your screen. – Driving Mode : Drive Mode is a smart screen will resume you all you need to see and know on your road and incorporate the Waze® signalments. In this mode, you can control the music or podcast playback just with one touch. – Start & Stop : Just start driving with CarOS and your device will automatically change its own configuration for your, by adjusting the brightness, speaker volume, recording the road etc. And CarOS can do the same things when you stop driving. – Live Sharing : Share with your family, friends or for carpooling your position on the road in real-time. They just need to have a web browser to follow you in real-time. – Worldwide Emergency : Everywhere in the world, and just with your location, the emergency feature will offer you more than 100 countries' emergency numbers. ————————— OUR · PARTNERS ————————— • Spotify: Browse, Search, Listen to all your songs (with a premium account) • Google Maps: Find the best places and have the POI with the leader of the maps services ———————— WHY · CAROS® ———————— • Do you want to use the power of your mobile device when you are in your car? — With CarOS you can, and securely! • You want to make your car smarter, more connected or add unseen features in any other new cars at this time? — You can have all of this just with CarOS, without buying expensive head unit locked into your car. • You are tired to switch between your favorite apps on your mobile device when you are driving? — CarOS will offer you an entirely designed app to avoid this and offer you a brand new all-in-one system for your car. CarOS is compatible with all the iOS devices with a screen size of 4" and more. ———— Downloading and using CarOS is free. To unlock all the powerful features of CarOS you can subscribe to this plans: – 1 Month subscription: Give you all the features of CarOS and next updates, payment monthly. – 1 Year subscription: Give you all the features of CarOS and next updates, payment yearly, the best offer. ———— Data collection: CarOS® doesn't collect any private data (your contacts stay on you device), we doesn't share any data with any third party. More details on our general terms and privacy policy: https://carosapp.com/legal

Screenshots

HUD Widgets4 screens
CarOS®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HUD Widgets at 55% against CarOS®'s 13%. HUD Widgets also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (3.5 vs 3.0). CarOS®'s advantage is ratings volume (383 vs 110) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CarOS® sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. HUD Widgets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HUD Widgets holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 110 and 383 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of HUD Widgets's written reviews are positive against 13% of CarOS®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HUD Widgets ships an update every 2 months, CarOS® every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HUD Widgets versus CarOS®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHUD WidgetsCarOS®
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (110 ratings) — better3.0 (383 ratings)
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews — better13.3% of reviews
Number of ratings110383 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHUDWAY LLCStudio290

Customer experience

HUD Widgets

All ratings109 ratings
Positive62.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative31.2%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative36.0%

CarOS®

All ratings381 ratings
Positive47.5%
Neutral7.6%
Negative44.9%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative76.0%

User reviews

HUD Widgets

From 110 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Clean and modern UI design
  • 🎯 Highly customizable widgets and displays
  • 📊 Accurate speed and distance tracking
  • 🆓 Ad-free experience
  • 🌙 HUD mode for daytime visibility

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes on startup
  • 🔋 Excessive battery drain
  • ⚠️ Settings reset after closing app
  • 🌞 Poor visibility in bright sunlight
  • 📱 Landscape-only orientation support

CarOS®

From 383 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great concept
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 📽 Useful dashcam feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🔒 Locked behind paywall
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 💤 Unresponsive and slow

Bugs and requests

HUD Widgets

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes before starting on latest iOS versions
  • Settings reset to default when app is closed
  • GPS data inaccuracy error persists after GPS recovery
  • Crashes after 3-4 uses
  • Compass displays backwards
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  • Speed readings significantly inaccurate (10mph shows as 57mph)
  • App crashes on older iOS versions (iPhone 4S)
  • Cannot get past initial setup screens
  • App becomes unresponsive in certain orientations
  • Screen burn-in after extended use
  • Notification permission requirement blocks app launch
  • Incompatibility with certain iOS versions
  • Volume control unavailable when using CarPlay simultaneously

Requested features

12 requests
  • Apple CarPlay support
  • Portrait mode (vertical orientation)
  • 180-degree screen rotation capability
  • OBD2 adapter support for real vehicle data
  • Truck vehicle type option
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  • Widget support for home screen
  • iOS widget integration
  • Improved screen rotation for left-hand drive countries
  • More speedometer skin options
  • Navigation feature integration
  • Persistent settings after app close
  • Secondary display support for CarPlay head units

CarOS®

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Spotify integration not working
  • Google Maps not functioning properly
  • Settings menu crashes app
  • Inconsistent language translations

Requested features

4 requests
  • Native support for Waze and other navigation apps
  • Ability to customize app selection
  • Siri integration for voice commands
  • Portrait mode support

In-app purchases

None

HUD Widgets

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CarOS®

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 1 Year subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is HUD Widgets free?
HUD Widgets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CarOS® free?
CarOS® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HUD Widgets or CarOS®?
HUD Widgets is rated higher. HUD Widgets averages 3.5 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while CarOS® averages 3.0 from 383 ratings.
Do HUD Widgets or CarOS® have ads?
Neither HUD Widgets nor CarOS® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HUD Widgets or CarOS®?
HUD Widgets ships an update every 2 months, and CarOS® every 5 weeks. Most recently, HUD Widgets was updated on November 1, 2026 and CarOS® on November 2, 2026.

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