Comparison

FIRST SCENE vs Gboard

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

Head to head
About

FIRST SCENE

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便捷地连接和管理您的4G记录仪设备。支持查看实时远程直播,抓拍车前图片/视频,保存关键事件视频,能够很方便地使用手机APP对设备进行设置,还能够同时管理您的多台记录仪设备。

About

Gboard

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a comprehensive car dashboard displaying real-time G-force, speed, altitude, and orientation. Features include full-screen gauges, HUD reflection mode, live charts, and recording capabilities for your drives.

Highlights
  • Live G-force, speed, and attitude display
  • Full-screen gauge layouts
  • HUD reflection mode for windshield display
  • Live GPS and motion-sensor charts
  • Drive recording and playback
  • CarPlay integration
  • Live Activity on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
Features
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Gboard turns your iPhone or iPad into a compact car dashboard. • Live dashboard — G-force (acceleration), max G, speed, altitude, pitch, roll and yaw • Full-screen gauges — five layouts: Dual Dials, HUD Bars, Minimal, Attitude and 3D Attitude Ball, with screen mirroring and orientation lock • HUD reflection mode — mirror the display horizontally, vertically or both and boost brightness automatically, so the reflection on your windshield reads correctly • Live charts — six scrolling graphs for GPS and motion-sensor data, with pinch to zoom and drag to pan • Recording and playback — record a drive, save it on your device and replay every curve from the history list • CarPlay — see speed, altitude, G-force and attitude on your car's screen, and control recording from there • Live Activity — follow G-force, speed and more on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and on the CarPlay Dashboard while recording • Metric or imperial units, plus in-app language switching No instrument cluster? Mount the phone at the windshield and use the full-screen gauges or HUD reflection mode as a head-up display — ideal for cars such as the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, which have no display in front of the driver. Data at a glance: • Acceleration — the device's current acceleration in G (9.80665 m/s²) • Speed and altitude — measured in real time with GPS • Pitch, roll and yaw — relative to the moment you tap Start For accurate readings, mount the phone in the car before starting. Gboard is a driving aid for reference only and does not replace your vehicle's instruments.

Screenshots

FIRST SCENE3 screens
Gboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FIRST SCENE at every 3 weeks against Gboard's every 2 months. FIRST SCENE also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FIRST SCENE ships an update every 3 weeks, Gboard every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
FIRST SCENE versus Gboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFIRST SCENEGboard
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer波 谢仕华 罗

In-app purchases

None

FIRST SCENE

No in-app purchases

None

Gboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FIRST SCENE free?
FIRST SCENE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gboard free?
Gboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FIRST SCENE or Gboard have ads?
Neither FIRST SCENE nor Gboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FIRST SCENE or Gboard?
FIRST SCENE ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gboard every 2 months. Most recently, FIRST SCENE was updated on October 30, 2026 and Gboard on October 30, 2026.

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