Vehicle Clinometer vs Switch panel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vehicle Clinometer
This app acts as a digital tilt meter, using your device's accelerometers to display roll and pitch gauges. It helps off-road drivers and Jeep owners assess vehicle angles and reduce the risk of rollovers. Customize displays with various vehicles, backgrounds, and alert sounds.
- Roll and Pitch gauges
- Any orientation display
- Compass display (magnetic/GPS)
- High resolution graphics
- Customizable vehicles and backgrounds
- Adjustable alert zones and sounds
- Pop-up GPS information
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Get the Original", Get Smittybilt 4x4 enthusiasts, Jeep owners, and Off Road drivers routinely face the risk of roll-over. This application can help reduce the risk by displaying a clinometer, also known as a tilt meter, using the accelerometers built into your device. Displays Roll and Pitch gauges. Any orientation - Portrait or Landscape mode. - Face-up or Edge up - Set zero at any angle Compass display for iPhone 3G, and higher. Use magnetic or GPS heading with 3GS and higher. Very smooth and realistic operation. High resolution graphics 6 different vehicles to choose from, including a photo realistic Wrangler JK. 5 different backgrounds Infinitely adjustable colors - Match your vehicle perfectly Adjustable yellow and red zones for Roll and Pitch Select among many different alert sounds Different sounds for warning and danger zones Pop-Up GPS information display provides - Latitude, Longitude, - Speed, Altitude, - Heading. Optionally disable auto-lock so the display stays on.
Switch panel
Control Bluetooth-enabled LED lights, including RGB, from your smartphone. Manage individual lights, groups, and their colors. Rename your lights for easier organization.
- Control Bluetooth LED lights
- Manage RGB LED colors
- Control single lamps
- Control multiple lights together
- Group control functionality
- Rename LED lights
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Switch pane can control WM-LED of Bluetooth-enabled LED Lights,RGB LED。Switch pane can Control a single lamp and multiple lights together control, can control the lamp group, lamp group color, etc Group control function rename each led Light require Bluetooth 4.0 and above
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Switch panel at Free against Vehicle Clinometer's $0.99. Vehicle Clinometer's advantage is rating (2.8 vs 1.6) and review sentiment (56% vs 15%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
Switch panel is free to download; Vehicle Clinometer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vehicle Clinometer holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Vehicle Clinometer's written reviews are positive against 15% of Switch panel's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vehicle Clinometer | Switch panel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (59 ratings) — better | 1.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iAware | 兆文 谭 |
Customer experience
Vehicle Clinometer
Switch panel
Bugs and requests
Vehicle Clinometer
Reported bugs
21 issues- App doesn't open
- App crashes on startup
- App crashes when clicking GPS button
- App crashes when trying to select options
- App crashes when trying to enter new Roll and Pitch values
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- App crashes when reorienting vertically
- GPS doesn't work
- No sounds for warning tones
- App shuts down if it tilts too fast
- Vehicle keeps flashing and says it can't zero
- Cannot calibrate
- Pitch meter broken (only goes from 0'-180')
- Roll indicator unstable if pitch is near vertical
- Tilt is too touchy and exaggerates
- Front/Back tilt is too slow and understates
- Doesn't work with iOS 11
- Warning tones not working
- Compass useless
- Meter smoothing has no effect on numeric gauges
- GPS required for app to start
- Compass data source switching issues
Requested features
21 requests- Apple CarPlay compatibility
- Speed and elevation on main screen
- Ability to change vehicle color
- Add more vehicle types (XJ, TJ, trucks, etc.)
- Add a clock to the app
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- Split screen/multitasking support on iPad
- Option to turn off GPS to save battery
- Utilize built-in compass instead of GPS
- Display elevation at a fixed location
- Add more 4x4 designs
- Add pick-up truck option
- Add a TJ option
- Add an LJ option
- Add a Jeep JL option
- Add a GMC option
- Add a 1980s full-size GM option
- Add an XJ pic as background
- Add more Toyotas
- Display inclinations in percent
- Save most extreme angle
- Add speed permanently on display
Switch panel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vehicle Clinometer
No in-app purchases
Switch panel
No in-app purchases
