Max Speed vs Speedometer ⁺
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max Speed
Record your top speed, time, and distance during trial runs. This GPS app allows you to map your routes and export them as GPX files. It also offers features like a large speed display and battery-saving screen dimming.
- Log fastest speed, time, and distance
- Map routes traveled
- Export GPX files
- Import GPX files
- Large speed display
- Screen dimming to save battery
- Resume tracking after app closure
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Max Speed is a GPS app to log your fastest speed, elapsed time and distance on a trial run. You can also map a route traveled and export a GPX file of your route. Features - Large display of speed. - Log your elapsed time and distance travelled. - Cover the top sensor to turn off the display and save battery. - Capture a screen shot. - Pause time and distance when you quit app. Will resume after you relaunch it. - Heading on newer devices is based on compass rather than GPS heading. Top of device indicates heading. - Display local weather (internet connection required) for statistics from Wunderground.com. - Map a route traveled (internet connection require for map overlay). - Export GPX files. - Import GPX files from email or websites.
Speedometer ⁺
This app functions as a digital speedometer and odometer, tracking your speed and distance in miles or kilometers. It offers features like speed limit and speed camera warnings, weather display, and a today widget.
- Digital speedometer
- Odometer tracking
- Speed limit warnings
- Speed camera warnings
- Weather display
- Today Widget support
- Apple Watch app
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Speed display is a digital speedometer, odometer for the iPhone and iPad. Track your speed and distance from your iPhone in Miles and Kilometer Speed limit warning Speed camera warning Weather display Odometer Maximum speed display Average speed display Road name display Today Widget Apple Watch app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speedometer ⁺ at 4.3 against Max Speed's 3.4. Speedometer ⁺ also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 8) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Speedometer ⁺ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speedometer ⁺ has 2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Max Speed's written reviews are positive against 60% of Speedometer ⁺'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max Speed | Speedometer ⁺ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) | 4.3 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | On-Core Software LLC | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
Max Speed
Speedometer ⁺
Bugs and requests
Max Speed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speedometer ⁺
Reported bugs
3 issues- Doesn't work on iOS 12.2
- Doesn't read all street names
- Displays incorrect speed information
Requested features
3 requests- Option to remove ads
- Change time format from military to regular
- Improve speed limit accuracy
In-app purchases
Max Speed
No in-app purchases
Speedometer ⁺
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Max Speed free?
Is Speedometer ⁺ free?
Which has better reviews, Max Speed or Speedometer ⁺?
Do Max Speed or Speedometer ⁺ have ads?
Which is updated more often, Max Speed or Speedometer ⁺?
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