GPS Speedometer and Altimeter vs Speedometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS Speedometer and Altimeter
Track your speed for various activities like walking, cycling, driving, or flying. This app also functions as an altimeter to measure your elevation and includes a compass for navigation.
- Measures speed for walking, cycling, cars, boats, planes
- Records trips and average speed
- Measures altitude/elevation
- Professional compass
- Supports double scales and unit selection
- Multiple display dials
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As GPS speedometer, it supports to gauge speed of walking, jogging, raiding bike. It also supports to gauge the speed of cars, boats, trains or air planes. What ever the vehicle is, with the app, you can know the current speed. It supports double scales. And you can choose the display unit. It support to record trip and the average speed. It’s also a altimeter. You can check altitude or elevation when you go hiking, climbing, trekking, skiing, flying. You can view it in feet or meters. It has a professional compass for flying, sailing or driving. Multiple fancy dials for your taste.
Speedometer
Enhance your driving experience with real-time road information. Get speed limit alerts, camera notifications, and track your average speed. Also displays weather, altitude, and compass readings.
- Display speed limit
- Overspeed alerts
- Speed camera locations
- Average & maximum speed tracking
- Current weather display
- Compass and altitude
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This application assist you while you are driving. It shows all necessary information about road with fancy and user friendly design. Features: 1. Display Speed Limit of the road you are driving. 2. Alert overspeed. 3. Display Speed Cams Locations and distance of the rod you are driving. 4. Alert Speed Cam when you approach. 5. Average&Maximum Speed. 6. Odometer. 7. KMH/MPH Unit Selection. 8. Display current weather condition and temperature outside. 9. Display the name of the road you are driving. 10. Altitude 11. Compass 12. Battery& GPS reception Level 13. Today Widget Display 14. Apple Watch extension
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Speedometer at none against GPS Speedometer and Altimeter's 2. Speedometer also leads on device support (4 vs 2). GPS Speedometer and Altimeter's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. GPS Speedometer and Altimeter sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Speedometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS Speedometer and Altimeter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 370 and 197 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of GPS Speedometer and Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 57% of Speedometer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GPS Speedometer and Altimeter ships an update monthly, Speedometer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Speedometer and Altimeter | Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (370 ratings) — better | 4.4 (197 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 370 — better | 197 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓溪 张 | Matrix Software Co. |
Customer experience
GPS Speedometer and Altimeter
Speedometer
Bugs and requests
GPS Speedometer and Altimeter
Reported bugs
8 issues- Cannot measure speed
- Speed not displayed
- No reaction, unusable
- Speedometer often not displayed
- Cannot be used on high-speed trains
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- No signal
- App crashes or freezes
- In-app purchase not showing difference
Requested features
5 requests- Magnify certain parameters for poor eyesight
- Add a feature to manually input max speed
- Add a glider altimeter function
- Bring back the basic dial with white font on black background
- Add NW, NE, SW, & SE to bearing display
Speedometer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPS Speedometer and Altimeter
- Glowing Mood Dials$1.99
- Luxury Dial$2.99
Speedometer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is GPS Speedometer and Altimeter free?
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