Acceleration vs GTrace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acceleration
Measure and visualize your device's acceleration in various scenarios like car rides or roller coasters. The app displays readings in gravitational units and offers charting controls.
- Measure acceleration in gravitional units
- Pause, resume, and clear charting
- Switch between chart and orb views
- Filter X, Y, and Z acceleration components
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Take your device to a ride and check the acceleration e.g. in your car, an elevator, on a roller coaster or during take off and landing. The acceleration is measured in gravitional units (9.81m/s2). Features: - pause, resume and clear the charting - switch between chart and orb - filter the x, y, and z component of the acceleration
GTrace
This app transforms your smartphone into a precise G-meter, measuring and visualizing real-time acceleration forces during driving. It records driving sessions, analyzes trajectories, and supports voice memos for detailed driving reflection.
- Real-time G-force display
- Driving trajectory visualization
- Session recording and data export
- GPS route recording
- Voice memo function
- Sensitivity adjustment and calibration
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Track day or mountain road, every G you used stays on record. GTrace turns your iPhone into a real G-meter. It draws the lateral and longitudinal G-forces from your cornering, braking and throttle as a live trace, then lets you replay the run against the map, your footage or the graphs. Record video with audio and create shareable videos with G-force traces and readings overlaid on your footage. One-time purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases. WHILE YOU DRIVE - Live G-G diagram, lateral and longitudinal G shown together - Trailing trace, with peak lateral and longitudinal G held on screen - Jerk shown as a crosshair, so you can see how smoothly you transfer load - Speed readout, switchable between km/h and mph - Audible alert when you exceed your chosen G threshold - Comfort and Sport modes with separate display ranges for street and track - Three display layouts: standard, info + speed, and video preview - Phone holder mode, so a vertically mounted phone still reads longitudinal G correctly MEASUREMENT - Gravity component removed to isolate true vehicle acceleration - 2nd-order Butterworth IIR low-pass filter with adjustable cutoff frequency - Configurable sampling rate - Axis inversion, so mounting orientation doesn't matter AFTER THE RUN - G-G heat map showing which part of the friction circle you actually used, so you can see the balance between cornering, braking and acceleration at a glance - Synced playback: G-G + map, G-G + video, G-G + acceleration graph, or map + graph, at adjustable playback speed - Time-series graphs for longitudinal G, lateral G, longitudinal jerk, lateral jerk and speed - GPS trace drawn on a map, with top and average speed RECORD AND SHARE - Voice recording, synced to the acceleration data for commentary and notes - Video recording with audio, played back with the G-G trace overlaid - Shareable video export: overlay G-force traces and readings on recorded footage. Export the whole clip or a selected range. - Select video recording resolution: 480p, 720p or 1080p - CSV export for spreadsheets or your own analysis tools - Native binary format (.ggx) import and export, for backups and moving data between devices WHO IT'S FOR - Track day, sports driving and time attack enthusiasts - Drivers working on their technique on mountain roads - Anyone chasing smoother, more passenger-friendly load transfer - Motorsport competitors who want their practice data kept - Anyone who wants their car's behaviour in numbers English and Japanese. iPhone only, iOS 15.6 or later. Note: measurements use the iPhone's built-in accelerometer and gyroscope. Mount the phone firmly in the vehicle for accurate readings. Note: GPS trace and speed recording require location permission. Note: this app does not include lap timing.
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Verdict
Acceleration and GTrace both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GTrace's written reviews are positive against 0% of Acceleration's. GTrace also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). Acceleration's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Acceleration costs $0.99 and GTrace $1.99 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 — 5.0 for Acceleration against 5.0 for GTrace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Acceleration's written reviews are positive against 100% of GTrace's.
Acceleration ships an update every 17 months, GTrace every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acceleration | GTrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #125 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | YUJI IKEDA |
Customer experience
Acceleration
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In-app purchases
Acceleration
No in-app purchases
GTrace
No in-app purchases









