Comparison

Bright vs What Speed

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

Head to head
About

Bright

Track your electricity and gas usage in real-time from your smart meters. This app helps you manage energy consumption and spend more efficiently, contributing to carbon reduction goals. Requires compatible hardware for full functionality.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy consumption monitoring
  • Electricity and gas usage tracking
  • Smart meter data access via DCC or CAD
  • Clamp-on sensor support for electricity
  • Energy spend management
  • Carbon efficiency goals
Features
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Monitor your energy consumption anytime, anywhere with Bright. For real-time data you need Glowmarkt compatible hardware (https://shop.glowmarkt.com/) - which works with either smart or traditional meters. People with SMETS2 (or E&A SMETS 1) meters can access their half hourly data with Bright for free, once they go through our verification process. Bright lets you check your energy consumption, this could be electricity and gas usage from your smart meters, via the DCC or our Consumer Access Device (CAD). Clamp-on technology sensors can support electricity usage monitoring. Our goal is to help you manage your energy consumption and spend more efficiently as we all strive to become more carbon efficient. To see our Frequently Asked Questions go to: https://glowmarkt.com/#/faqs/apps For more information or any questions please contact: support@glowmarkt.com Join the Glow community (https://forum.glowmarkt.com/).

About

What Speed

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What Speed - am I doing? This app is designed to tell you how fast you are going, what direction, and your altitude. Cost: Completely free to download and use - you can optionally chip in via in-app support if you’d like to support ongoing development. What Speed shows live GPS speed, altitude, and recent movement in one clean layout - so you can focus on how fast you’re moving and how it changes over time. Pick your average (instant speed or a rolling average over the last few seconds or up to a minute), glance at min and max over the last minute, and use speed and altitude charts when you want the bigger picture. What you can see and control • Live speed from GPS, with optional 3s–60s rolling averages as your main readout • Min / max speed over the last minute next to your primary speed • Optional panels with multiple average windows at once (show or hide when you want less clutter) • Speed-over-time and altitude-over-time charts, with a configurable range (1 min to 1 hour of history on the timeline) • Heading display (compass-style) when you want direction at a glance • Metric or imperial: km/h or mph • Pause to freeze readings and charts, clear to reset stored samples for a fresh session • Keep screen awake while you’re using the app (optional) • Appearance: follow the system, or light / dark • Averages that ignore standstill (optional) - useful if you only care about moving time Settings Choose how averages work, how long charts cover, whether speed and altitude history is saved between launches, and which readout is front and center. Send feedback from the app if you have ideas or run into issues; support options are there if you’d like to help keep development going. Completely optional! Location What Speed needs location access (and GPS-capable hardware) to compute speed and altitude. It’s built for cycling, running, driving, and other outdoor movement - not for turn-by-turn navigation. It does not run in the background if you close the app. A small, focused instrument for “what speed am I doing right now - and how is it changing?” without the noise of a full fitness or navigation suite. It is great at confirming what speed you are actually doing compared to what your speedometer suggests you are doing (car manufacturers especially appear to overestimate how fast you are going!)

Screenshots

Bright4 screens
What Speed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bright at none against What Speed's 4. Bright also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price and ads 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. What Speed sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bright asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bright versus What Speed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrightWhat Speed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHILDEBRAND TECHNOLOGY LTDSix Pine Trees Limited

Bugs and requests

Bright

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • App crashes
  • Data not loading
  • Login issues
  • Registration errors
  • Password reset emails not received
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  • Graphs too tall for screen
  • Inconsistent billing data
  • App stopped working
  • Tariff information outdated
  • Login issues with password managers
  • Slow data loading
  • Gas cost not showing
  • Comparison views broken
  • Font changed to Times New Roman
  • Doesn't remember login
  • App won't load anything on iOS 15.3
  • Duplicate meters showing
  • Server outage caused no data
  • Smart meter display not recognized
  • Authentication details not sent
  • Login button not clickable until character re-typed
  • Comparison views broken
  • Gas Tariff not found
  • App won't work on IOS 15.3
  • Doesn't remember login
  • Login button not clickable until character re-typed
  • Gas Tariff not found
  • App won't work on IOS 15.3

Requested features

8 requests
  • Export data (CSV)
  • More data analysis
  • iOS widget
  • Support for dual-rate electricity tariffs (Economy 7)
  • Apple Watch version
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  • Ability for customer to override incorrect supplier data
  • Face-ID login
  • Live gas usage in graphical fashion

What Speed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bright

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

What Speed

One-time4
  • Donation - Small$1.00
  • Donation - Medium$5.00
  • Donation - Large$10.00
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  • Donation - Generous$100.00

Questions

Is Bright free?
Bright is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is What Speed free?
What Speed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bright or What Speed have ads?
Neither Bright nor What Speed shows ads.

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