Head vs DashCam HUD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Head
Project your iPhone's speedometer onto your car's windshield for a heads-up display. Choose from nine designs and customize speed units. The app automatically adjusts brightness and disables screen lock while in use.
- Windshield projection
- Nine design options
- Adjustable speed units (MPH/KPH)
- Automatic screen brightness
- Screen lock disable
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Head-Up Display turns your iPhone into a bright, glanceable speedometer for your car — with a real windshield HUD mode, a built-in navigator, and trip tracking. No ads. No accounts. Nothing tracked. GPS SPEEDOMETER • Large, high-contrast digital speed you can read in a split second • Switch instantly between km/h and mph • Accurate GPS speed — works anywhere, no car connection needed • Choose from multiple display styles and colors to match your dashboard TRUE HUD (WINDSHIELD) MODE • Mirror the display so it reflects the right way up on your windshield • Screen jumps to full brightness for a crisp daytime projection • Drive heads-up, eyes on the road NAVIGATOR • Search any destination and get a route with live ETA and distance • Clean, muted map that follows you heading-up as you drive • Light or dark map theme, pick your route color TRIP COMPUTER • Live trip distance, top speed and average speed • Reset anytime with a tap SPEED ALERT • Set your own limit — the speed turns red and your phone vibrates when you go over • Optional alert sound
DashCam HUD
This app combines a drive recorder, speed meter, navigation, browser, and music player for a comprehensive in-car experience. Control displays with external switches and utilize head-up display functionality for enhanced travel comfort on various vehicles.
- Automatic drive recording with shock detection
- Speedometer with customizable scales and traction circle
- Voice-guided navigation with route guidance options
- Integrated browser and memo pad
- Speed-interlocking music player volume
- Head-up display compatibility
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Drive recorder, speed meter, navigation, browser, music player all wanted while driving. You can switch these displays with the steering switch or the earphone switch. Also, corresponds Head up display. Comforts traveling by car, bike, road bike. · Recording function Drive record mode for automatically saving recorded data from 15 to 45 seconds before shock detection, and meter recording mode for recording meters and routes overlapping with images. · Meter support km/h and mile/h. The indication of speed meter can be selected from 80, 180, 320 km/h scale. Traction circle display by accelerometer. Display angle of car body (pitch, bank angle, direction). In addition to the current height, the altimeter also displays the amount of change from the reference. During route guidance, instructions of the whole route and navigation are also displayed. ·navigation Route guide by voice guidance. You can register your favorite locations. During the route guidance, the scale is automatically adjusted so that the turning point is easy to understand. With the following option function depending on setting item > Speed-linked zoom that the scale automatically changes in conjunction with the speed. > Switch to map display automatically when approaching the turning point. > An offset that shifts the center and displays the traveling direction large. · Browser With standard browser and memo pad. Can be able to leave notes when searching little things. · Music player With speed interlocking volume function to adjust the volume in conjunction with the speed. The shuffle function is easy to know the next song.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DashCam HUD at 65% against Head's 20%. DashCam HUD also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 127 months). Head's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. DashCam HUD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Head asks for nothing beyond the download.
Head ships an update every 127 months, DashCam HUD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Head | DashCam HUD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 64.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 127 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bahtiyar Polat | Ayumu Kinoshita |
Customer experience
Head
DashCam HUD
In-app purchases
Head
No in-app purchases
DashCam HUD
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