Garmin Drive™ vs Ansky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garmin Drive™
Enhance your Garmin navigator or dash cam experience with real-time traffic, weather, and parking information. Access camera controls, settings, and recorded footage, with the ability to sync multiple dash cams for comprehensive video coverage.
- Real-time traffic and parking data
- Advanced weather forecasts
- PhotoLive traffic camera access
- Smart notifications
- Dash cam control and footage access
- Multi-dash cam syncing
- Picture-in-picture video creation
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The Garmin Drive™ app is a simple and convenient app solution for the latest Garmin automotive navigators and dash cams. Visit garmin.com/driveapp for a list of compatible devices. For compatible navigators, the Garmin Drive app provides real-time information for traffic, parking, advanced weather, and photoLive traffic cameras, in addition to smart notifications from your Bluetooth-enabled mobile device. For compatible dash cams, the Garmin Drive app provides quick access to camera controls, settings, and recorded footage. Up to four dash cams can be wirelessly connected with the Dash Cam Auto Sync feature to provide comprehensive coverage around a vehicle, offering various viewpoints recorded by the multiple cameras. The Garmin Drive app can create a “picture-in-picture” video from any two perspectives at the same time, making it easy to review video and also share videos with friends, insurance agencies, or legal authorities. Garmin Speak™ and Garmin DriveSmart™ 65 with Amazon Alexa are two Garmin products that bring what you love about Amazon Alexa to your vehicle. Just ask Alexa to hear music, news, and more. Also, enjoy Garmin turn-by-turn navigation. Stream the audio (music and other responses) from your vehicle’s stereo when you connect Garmin Speak to your stereo using Bluetooth® or AUX. Older Bluetooth-capable Garmin navigators are compatible with the Garmin Smartphone Link app, and older Wi-Fi-enabled Garmin dash cams can access video footage through the Garmin VIRB app.
Ansky
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Ask a question out loud while you drive and hear the answer through your speakers. Access directions, music, timers, weather. No need for an account. Your history stays on your phone. Description: Ansky is a voice assistant made for the car. Mount your phone on the dash, tap the black hole, and ask your question out loud. The answer plays through your car's speakers so you can keep your eyes on the road. ASK Weather, facts, math, prices, "how far is Marfa from Austin". You get a short spoken answer, and you can ask follow-ups like a normal conversation. DRIVE Say "take me to" any place and you get turn by turn directions on a live map with traffic, laid out for a phone mounted sideways. LISTEN Ask for a song, an album, or a playlist and Apple Music plays it. Pause and skip by voice, or from the on-screen player. DO Timers, reminders, and calendar events by voice. "Remind me to charge the car when I get home" does what you'd expect. EXPLORE For when you're parked or riding along: live imagery of the sun and Earth, weather radar, and a rotating gallery of paintings from The Met and the Art Institute of Chicago. Check out games while parked. PRIVACY There is no account and no sign-in. Your question history and anything Ansky remembers stay on your phone. We don't run ads, trackers, or analytics, and voice recordings are used to answer you and then discarded. Your first 7 days are free, starting automatically when you install. After that, Ansky is $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year for 25 questions a day. Unused questions roll over, up to 100. Payment is charged to your Apple account and the subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings > Subscriptions. Terms: https://attoscale.io/ansky/terms Privacy: https://attoscale.io/ansky/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garmin Drive™ at none against Ansky's 2. Garmin Drive™ also leads on chart position (#110 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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. Ansky sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Garmin Drive™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Garmin Drive™ | Ansky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #110 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 364 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garmin | Attoscale LLC |
Bugs and requests
Garmin Drive™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Pairing issues with certain devices
- Frequent crashes
- Inconsistent performance
- Compatibility problems with newer OS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit/trim videos
- Bulk delete for saved videos
- Integration with other apps/platforms
- More customization options
- Improved video management
Ansky
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Garmin Drive™
No in-app purchases
Ansky
- Ansky Monthly$5.991 Month
- Ansky Yearly$49.991 Year






