Speedometer vs CruiseControl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
CruiseControl
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SpeedTracker records every drive with the precision of dedicated automotive instruments — and the elegance of a modern iPhone app. Open the app, hit Record, and put the phone away. SpeedTracker captures your speed, acceleration, route, and altitude in the background, even with the screen locked. A Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island keeps the trip stats one glance away, and the home-screen widgets show your last drive and personal records without opening the app. WHAT GETS RECORDED • Live speed, distance, duration, and average speed • Maximum acceleration and braking forces • Altitude profile with elevation gain and loss • Full GPS route, drawn on the map • Motion-sensor fusion bridges tunnels and GPS dead zones INSIGHT INTO EVERY DRIVE • Speed, acceleration, and altitude charts with pinch-to-zoom • Color-coded route map (green = slow, red = fast) • 3D replay — retrace every route animated, with speed and altitude live along the way • Detailed per-trip statistics • Rename trips and organize them your way STATISTICS & RECORDS • Interactive activity chart — browse by week, month, or quarter • Route heatmap — see your most-driven roads at a glance • Filter everything by car or a custom date range • Personal records across all your trips GARAGE FOR YOUR CARS Manage multiple vehicles and assign each trip to the right one. Switch the active car while tracking, or reassign trips later — one at a time or in bulk. NEVER FORGET TO STOP Parked and walked away? SpeedTracker notices, sends you a notification, and can end the trip automatically — so an hour of standstill never pollutes your stats. SHARE WITH PRECISION Trim any trip to a sub-range and export a beautiful summary image to share with friends — without revealing the start or end address. IMPORT & EXPORT • GPX import: bring your history from Strava, Garmin, or any other GPX app — with a full preview before anything is saved • Open .gpx files straight from Files, Mail, or the Share Sheet • GPX and CSV export for any trip — including bulk export • Lossless round-trip: exported SpeedTracker files re-import perfectly SYNCED WITH iCLOUD Trips, cars, and settings sync automatically between your iPhone and iPad via your personal iCloud — stored only in your private iCloud account, and you can switch sync off per device. CONTROL CENTER + WIDGETS + LIVE ACTIVITIES • One-tap start/stop from Control Center • Home Screen widgets for the last trip and your records • Lock Screen widgets for speed and records at a glance • StandBy widget for the iPhone bedside view • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Live Activity HANDS-FREE WITH CARPLAY & BLUETOOTH With Apple Shortcuts Personal Automations, tracking can start the moment your iPhone connects to CarPlay or a specific Bluetooth device — and stop automatically when it disconnects. Plug in, drive, every trip records itself. The included Shortcuts intents "Start Tracking" and "Stop Tracking" make this a 30-second setup. A further intent sets the active car — so every auto-started trip is filed under the right vehicle from the start. PRIVACY-FIRST No account, no third-party servers, no analytics. Your drives live on your device — and, if you enable sync, in your personal iCloud and nowhere else. The app only uses Location and Motion sensors — that's it. REQUIREMENTS • iOS 26 or newer • iPhone with GPS • "Always" location permission for background recording
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CruiseControl at none against Speedometer's shown. Speedometer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.4). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Speedometer | CruiseControl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (197 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matrix Software Co. | Lars Lemke |
In-app purchases
Speedometer
No in-app purchases
CruiseControl
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Speedometer free?
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