Virtual Dashboard vs Speedometer GPS & Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Dashboard
Create custom dashboards using your device's sensors to display speed, altitude, and more. Navigate with a map featuring route planning, points of interest, and breadcrumb tracking. Customize units, themes, and map views for a personalized experience.
- Customizable sensor gauges
- Speedometer and odometer
- GPS and barometric altimeter
- Artificial horizon
- Navigational map with overlays
- Route planning and ETA
- Points of interest search
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Bring your iPhone and iPad's sensors to life on Virtual Dashboard. Arrange a variety of different gauges to create your own custom dashboards. You can choose from: ○ Speedometer (with peak hold) ○ Odometer (distance travelled, resettable) ○ GPS Altimeter (absolute altitude) ○ Barometric Altimeter (relative altitude) ○ Accelerometer (with peak hold) ○ Artificial Horizon (pitch and roll) ○ Compass (with magnetic heading and true track indicator) ○ Elapsed time (with average speed) Swipe to display a navigational map with resizable gauge overlays. You can select from road, bike, nautical chart, satellite, topographic, and survey (blank) modes. The map shows your current coordinates, track, and heading, and drops breadcrumb markers as you travel. Tap to set a destination and the map displays your distance, bearing, direction to steer, and ETA to the destination. Search the map for points of interest or street addresses. Customize your units, map features, and gauge behavior. Select from one of the many available themes (theme requires in-app purchase). Connect your external MFI GPS device and see faster updates. We currently support the Bad Elf GPS units.
Speedometer GPS & Compass
This app turns your iPhone into a versatile tool for tracking speed, direction, and location. It offers a digital speedometer, a compass with location data, live mapping, and detailed trip history. Customize settings for a personalized experience.
- Digital speedometer with max/average speed
- Compass with altitude, latitude, longitude
- Live map with current location and track line
- Detailed trip history with iCloud sync
- Customizable language, theme, and settings
- Trajectory recording without speed data
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Transform your iPhone into a multifunctional speedometer and compass with the Speedometer GPS & Compass app. Key features include: *Speedometer module* The color digital speedometer accurately displays the real-time speed and the real-time power of your mobile phone. With this module, you can also keep track of your maximum speed and average speed during your trip. *Compass module* This module helps guide your direction and provides altitude, track latitude, and longitude information, making it easy to analyze your current location. *Live map module* This module calls up the latest system map and accurately locates the user's current location, drawing the current track line. *History module* Detailed trip tracks are recorded in this module, with each entry viewable and editable. The track line can also be redrawn on the map. The data collected here also supports iCloud cloud synchronization. *Setting module* In the settings section, you can personalize the app language, color theme, speedometer display, track point recording rules, and more. Explore even more unique and useful functions with the Speedometer GPS And Compass app! For some devices without GPS module, you can ignore the speed in the settings to record the trajectory. In situations where devices lack a GPS module or where GPS functionality is unreliable, users may have the option to ignore speed settings when recording trajectories. This means that the device will record the path taken without factoring in speed data. This can be useful in scenarios where the primary concern is tracking the route or path followed rather than the speed at which the user or device is traveling. Privacy Policy: https://gpsspeed.org/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://gpsspeed.org/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speedometer GPS & Compass at 4.9 against Virtual Dashboard's 4.4. Speedometer GPS & Compass also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (36 vs 11). Virtual Dashboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Virtual Dashboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Speedometer GPS & Compass sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speedometer GPS & Compass holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 36 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Virtual Dashboard's written reviews are positive against 90% of Speedometer GPS & Compass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Virtual Dashboard ships an update every 5 months, Speedometer GPS & Compass every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Dashboard | Speedometer GPS & Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevinnovate, LLC | 华明 罗 |
Customer experience
Virtual Dashboard
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In-app purchases
Virtual Dashboard
- Donate for Development$0.99
- Unlock All Themes$2.99
Speedometer GPS & Compass
- Navigation Premium (weekly)$2.997 Days
- Navigation Premium (monthly)$7.991 Month
- Upgrade to Pro$4.99
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