Speed Speak vs Hull Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Hull Speed
This app provides sailors with a clear and accurate GPS speedometer displaying speed in knots. It features a live trend graph to help optimize sail trim and can show your theoretical hull speed for easy comparison. It is designed for privacy with no ads or tracking.
- Accurate GPS speed in knots
- Live speed trend graph
- Theoretical hull speed display
- Apple Watch app with Keep Awake mode
- Completely private, no tracking or ads
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Hull Speed is a simple speedometer for sailors. It shows your speed over the water in knots — big, clear, and accurate — on your iPhone and Apple Watch, with nothing else to clutter the display. Built for trimming sails: make a small adjustment, then watch the live trend graph to see if the speed changed. FEATURES • Accurate GPS speed in knots, updated every second, using the same Doppler method as dedicated marine instruments — no paddlewheel to foul or calibrate. • A live speed graph on a steady, fixed scale, so a small gain from a trim change is easy to spot. • Enter your boat's waterline length and Hull Speed draws your theoretical hull speed right on the graph — see at a glance how close you are to it. • Apple Watch app with a Keep Awake mode that holds the screen on while you sail. • Completely private — your location is used only to compute speed on your device, and is never stored, sent, or shared. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hull Speed at 100% against Speed Speak's 20%. Hull Speed also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.7 vs 2.3). Speed Speak's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). On 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
Hull Speed is free to download; Speed Speak costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hull Speed holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Speed Speak's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hull Speed's.
Speed Speak ships an update every 8 months, Hull Speed every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Speak | Hull Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (10 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MobileNet Ltd | Peter Zink |
Customer experience
Speed Speak
Hull Speed
In-app purchases
Speed Speak
No in-app purchases
Hull Speed
No in-app purchases
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