GPS vs Speed Speak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS
This app provides detailed location data including speed, altitude, and coordinates. It offers various map views and tracks your journey statistics. Customize settings for units, display, and background operation.
- Current heading, course, speed, coordinates, altitude
- Street, topographic, and satellite maps
- Cached maps for offline viewing
- Trace statistics (time, distance, altitude, speed)
- Customizable coordinate and unit formats
- Background tracing and automatic pausing
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"GPS" gives you access to your iPhone's GPS functionality and more. The simple display shows your current: - Heading (where a compass is available). - Course - Speed or Speed Average - Coordinates - Altitude Street and Topographic maps are available along with aerial or satellite photos. Once viewed maps will also be held cached for a day. And trace statistics including: - Time and Distance - Minimum and Maximum Altitude - Average and Maximum speed. Via the settings you can: - Choose between Latitude & Longitude formats and UTM coordinates. - Choose between meters or feet and formats. - Choosing Speed or Average Speed. - Keep your iPhone awake. - Trace while GPS is in the background. - Automatically pause when you stop. - Shutdown when the battery started getting low. more features are on the way... www.onwhat.net/gps
Speed Speak
This app announces your current speed aloud using text-to-speech technology. It's useful for activities where you can't easily check a dashboard, offering customizable voice options and speed announcement intervals.
- Announces speed aloud
- Text-to-speech technology
- Supports MPH, KPH, and knots
- Choice of US, UK, and AU voices
- Configurable announcement intervals
- Usable for various sports and activities
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Want to know how fast you're going, without having to look at your iPhone screen? Speed Speak is a talking speedometer, which announces your speed aloud using text-to-speech technology! Use it while skateboarding, cycling, sailing, kayaking, gokarting, blokarting, skiing, snowboarding... or anywhere where you don't (or perhaps do) have a dashboard! Options screen allows you to choose between: * miles per hour * kilometers per hour * knots * US, UK and AU voices Configure how often, or at what speed intervals, you'd like your speed announced. ---- Note: SpeedSpeak isn't a substitute for your vehicle's speedometer. It is dangerous (and might be illegal) to use your iPhone while driving. Always drive below the speed limit and pay attention to the road.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: GPS at free against Speed Speak's paid. GPS also leads on chart position (#186 vs unranked). Speed Speak's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
GPS costs $0.99 and Speed Speak $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.4 for GPS against 2.3 for Speed Speak. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of GPS's written reviews are positive against 20% of Speed Speak's.
GPS ships an update every 11 months, Speed Speak every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS | Speed Speak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (7 ratings) — better | 2.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Void Stop Pty Ltd | MobileNet Ltd |
Customer experience
GPS
Speed Speak
Bugs and requests
GPS
Reported bugs
15 issues- Phone screen goes black with waterproof case
- Maps blank/unavailable
- OpenCycle maps no longer loading
- MPH does not work
- Speed takes long to update and jumps around
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- Average speed greater than max speed
- Update in standby only works briefly
- Coordinates aren't close
- Elevation inaccurate
- Map is horrible
- Gray lines instead of map
- Location doesn't change when moving
- Screen refresh incomplete
- Version not developed for iPhone message
- Crashes phone
Requested features
20 requests- Ability to choose projection (e.g., UTM)
- Substitute other maps
- Facility for feedback/contributions
- Type notes with GPS coordinates
- Save location details as a picture
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- Retina graphics
- More recent SDK technologies
- Red display for night vision
- Trail line follow on map
- Tracking function on map
- Coordinate format selector
- Optional history recording
- More descriptive 'Sleeping' preference name
- Display 'Satellite Signal Not Received' instead of inaccurate coordinates
- Lose the serif typeface
- Integrate compass headings
- Type in GPS coordinates and find a location
- Compass or similar for direction
- Waypoints and other typical outdoors use
- Access to better maps
Speed Speak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPS
No in-app purchases
Speed Speak
No in-app purchases
