Comparison

Dashometer vs Boat Maps

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

Head to head
About

Dashometer

This GPS tool provides real-time telemetry data like speed, altitude, and heading. It offers extensive customization for display, units, and gestures, with features for route tracking, sharing, and alarms. Ideal for various outdoor activities and driving.

Highlights
  • Real-time telemetry display
  • Highly customizable interface
  • Route recording and mapping
  • Imperial or metric units
  • HUD mode for windshield viewing
  • Travel and proximity alarms
  • Exportable GPS tracks (KML, GPX)
Features
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The most accurate, reliable, and flexible GPS tool for iPhone and iPad! Watch the data you care about in real-time. Track your trip. Share your route. Escape from Zombies. Ideal for walking, running, cycling, motorbiking, driving, geocaching, and more! • Highly customizable • Large, easy to read display • Comprehensive built-in instructions The dashboard displays telemetry values including: location, heading, pressure, temperature, altitude, speed, distance, and elapsed time. Tap on values to change their display mode; many have units which can also be changed with a tap - and many respond to a long-tap to allow further configuration. FEATURES • Imperial or metric units • Customizable gestures • Customizable colors and fonts • Landscape / portrait orientation • Full VoiceOver (accessibility) support • HUD (mirrored) mode for viewing on your windshield • Record route (GPS Tracks) • View route on map • Find the address of a location (reverse-geocode) • Create bookmarks from addresses (geocode) • Location (latitude, longitude) • Pressure (using internal barometer on devices that support it) • Temperature • Heading (degrees magnetic, or true; using GPS or internal magnetometer) • Heading hold alarm • Altitude (current, minimum, maximum) • Speed (current, average, trip average, maximum, pace) • Distance (current, odometer, travel alarm, proximity alarm) • Travel alarm • Proximity alarm • Time (moving, stopped, travel alarm, proximity alarm, countdown timer) • Countdown timer • Share location, bookmarks, and trips • Share or export (KML, GPX) to compatible Apps FIFTEEN YEARS OF 5-STAR REVIEWS! ***** mike - v11.1 - Dec 27, 2018 I bought this app because i needed one that showed magnetic heading, as well as groundspeed for my experimental airplane. Wow, it does so much more, and displays in landscape or portrait. Can change display colors, review flight later with speed, times and altitudes, and the instructions are fantastic, great product, worth a lot more than I paid for it!! ***** Malix90x – Jun 7, 2016 It is the best in its genre as it is the most complete! So many thanks to the developer :) ***** TxHornyToad – Jan 3, 2016 In a large field of "Speed" apps this has to be the best. Very clean and clear display. Very customizable. Responsive support. ***** R8Jimmy - v4.5 - Jul 6, 2013 Works as advertised. Very informative when using it on my motorcycle. Display is easy to read. Excellent support from developer. Highly recommended! ***** tmuecke - v4.3 - 30-Jan-2013 Unbelieveable that I am the first one to rate this App. ...offers great features. ...and is a must have for everybody who wants to have precise information... Perfect and thank you!!! ***** Brimstin85 - v4.1 - 22-Nov-2012 The information is large, easy to read, accurate, and intuitively laid out. The app is easy to use and very capable. It has plenty of advanced features too. Worth every penny. ***** v2.7 - 19-Aug-2011 The display is very clear and easy to read in a car and on a bike. The dev is very quick to respond to feedback as well. GETTING STARTED The dashboard displays telemetry values for the current trip. Tap Start to start a new trip or continue the current one. Starting a new trip automatically saves all of the trip data, and saved trips can be viewed via the Settings menu. An animation is shown while finding your location, after which GPS signal strength is shown as 1-5 bars (more bars is better). Tap the signal indicator to stop recording data. For more information please consult the built-in instructions. Please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. iPod Touch and Wi-Fi only iPad users NOTE! you need an external GPS receiver. UPDATES Dashometer is updated with new functionality based on *your* feedback. We really want to hear your comments and ideas for new features, so please get in touch at dashometer(at)gmail.com to get support or give feedback!

About

Boat Maps

Features
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Boat Maps turns your phone into a chartplotter for Amsterdam's canals. It routes you along real waterways — never across a street or a park — so you always know which gracht to take next and where you can tie up when you get there. Built for the sloep you own, and for the one you rented for the afternoon. ROUTING THAT KNOWS YOUR BOAT Enter your boat's height, draught and length once, and every route respects them. Bridges too low for your canopy are routed around. Canals too shallow for your draught are left out. Boats of 10 metres and over are kept out of the grachtengordel, where they are not allowed. BRIDGE CLEARANCES FROM THE OFFICIAL SOURCE Boat Maps carries the published clearance for 432 bridges in and around Amsterdam, 419 of them with an official height, taken straight from Rijkswaterstaat's fairway information service. Every bridge is coloured on the map against your own boat, so one you fit under and one you do not are a glance apart. Arch bridges are listed at their lowest point rather than the crest, because the edge is where you hit. TURN BY TURN, ON THE WATER Directions shaped for a boat rather than a car, with arrival times based on a realistic 6 km/h. Routing runs on your phone, so it keeps working when the signal does not. EVERYTHING ALONG THE WAY Restaurants with their own mooring, jetties, public toilets, drinking water and charging points, all on the map. Every spot carries a chat thread, so skippers can tell each other whether the charger actually works and whether there is room to tie up. A LOGBOOK THAT WRITES ITSELF Trips are recorded while the app is open and stay on your phone. Distance, duration, the track you sailed and the landmarks you passed — kept without you touching anything. UNLOCK MORE, ONCE • Scenic tours with stories: 21 stories along the canals, in Dutch and English. Each one starts by itself as you come near, so you can put your phone down and just steer. Your first 30 minutes are free. • Live vessels on the map: see which canal cruisers, workboats and police boats are moving around you. It earns its keep on the IJ and the Amstel, where the traffic is busy and the big ships have right of way. One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. A word on bridge heights: clearances are published for the kept canal level. Heavy rain can lift the water 10 to 20 cm, arch bridges are lower at the sides than in the middle, and 13 bridges in the area publish no clearance at all. Look up before you go under. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://nickleenders.github.io/boat-maps-privacy-policy/privacy

Screenshots

Dashometer4 screens
Boat Maps3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Boat Maps at Free against Dashometer's $1.99. Boat Maps also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Dashometer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Boat Maps is free to download; Dashometer costs $1.99 up front. Boat Maps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dashometer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dashometer ships an update every 2 months, Boat Maps every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dashometer versus Boat Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashometerBoat Maps
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB48 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIan RayNick Leenders

In-app purchases

None

Dashometer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Boat Maps

One-time1
  • Boat Maps Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Dashometer free?
Dashometer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boat Maps free?
Boat Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dashometer or Boat Maps have ads?
Neither Dashometer nor Boat Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dashometer or Boat Maps?
Dashometer ships an update every 2 months, and Boat Maps every 10 days. Most recently, Dashometer was updated on October 8, 2026 and Boat Maps on October 18, 2026.

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