Boat Lights vs GPS Speedometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boat Lights
This app helps boat operators understand navigation lights, shapes, and sounds. It features a unique drawing-based search and a visual browser for quick reference. Offline access to a comprehensive database makes it ideal for on-water use and classroom instruction.
- Draw-What-You-See search engine
- Visual browser
- Flash cards for self-testing
- Boat navigation lights, shapes, and sounds
- Navigation rules and regulations
- Offline data storage
- Support for multiple rule sets
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Boat Lights: intuitive, useful and simple to use boat mobile app for boat operators to determine the meaning of navigation lights, shapes and sounds used on the water. Boat Lights uses "Draw-What-You-See" search engine to quickly and easily search the comprehensive database for exact and possible matches. **** A perfect tool for a maritime instructor to project the app in the classroom. **** Boat Lights is now being used in over 50 countries world wide as both a reference guide and a learning aid. **** On-Water Reference Guide - Intuitive & quick to use - "Draw-What-You-See" search engine - Visual browser - Flash cards for self testing - Boat navigation lights - Boat navigation shapes - Boat sounds and signals - Navigation rules / regulations - Navigation marks - Easily configured for different rule sets - All data is stored in the app - no network connection required when using the app Supported Rule Sets - International (COLREGS) - USA Inland - Australian - IALA Region A - IALA Region B
GPS Speedometer
This app combines a speedometer and trip computer to automatically track your speed, distance, and time. It offers real-time trip statistics, automatic stop detection, and a head-up display for easy viewing. A built-in map helps you navigate and track your location.
- Real-time trip statistics
- Automatic stop detection
- Head-up display (HUD)
- Built-in map navigation
- Multiple units of measurement
- Aggregated trip data
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GPS Speedometer is the most elegant and unique combination of speedometer and trip computer in one application. Just start the application and it will automatically record your speed, time, distance and many more. This app uses phone’s GPS to accurately determine your speed. Main Features: Trip Computer Track important trip statistics in real time. Average and Maximum speed, distance covered, moving and stopped time. Statistics All the aggregated data from the very first trip will be saved in one single place. Units Our application supports different units of measurements (mph / kph / knots) Automatic Stop Detection Automatically identify either you are moving or standing and calculate your average speed basing on that. Generate trip report showing travel and stoppage time separately. HUD Head-up display – outstanding feature available in GPS Speedometer application. Just enable HUD and put your iPhone under the windshield. Specially designed HUD interface will display the most accurate speed right on the windshield. Map Built-in map will help you not to get lost. You can always switch to navigation mode and check your current position on the map in real time. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/sikoralex/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/sikoralex/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boat Lights at 89% against GPS Speedometer's 24%. Boat Lights also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). GPS Speedometer's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. GPS Speedometer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Boat Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS Speedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Speedometer has 5.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Boat Lights's written reviews are positive against 24% of GPS 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 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boat Lights | GPS Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (5.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 24.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #67 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glenn Ludlow | Mikhail Nikitsin |
Customer experience
Boat Lights
GPS Speedometer
Bugs and requests
Boat Lights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
GPS Speedometer
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes during setup
- Doesn't detect speed at all
- Subscription charges even after uninstalling
Requested features
2 requests- Add ability to change speedometer color
- Offer more affordable pricing options
In-app purchases
Boat Lights
No in-app purchases
GPS Speedometer
- GPS Speedometer Weekly Trial 33 Days trial$4.997 Days
- GPS Speedometer Monthly$6.991 Month
- Speedometer GPS Monthly Trial33 Days trial$6.991 Month
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- Speedometer MPH & KPH Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Speedometer GPS Quarter Trial33 Days trial$12.993 Months
- GPS Speedometer Yearly Trial 33 Days trial$19.991 Year
- GPS Speedometer Yearly$19.991 Year
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