Comparison

Simple Digital Speedometer vs Speed

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

Head to head
About

Simple Digital Speedometer

Displays your current speed and direction with a clear digital interface. Offers customizable units and provides visual alerts for exceeding road speed limits.

Highlights
  • Digital speed display
  • Direction indicator
  • Metric/Imperial units
  • Landscape/Portrait support
  • Speed limit warnings
  • Visual speed alerts
Features
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See your speed and direction in this simple, easy to read, digital speedometer in metric or imperial (English) units. Supports landscape and portrait orientations. Also, some road and highway speed limits. Current speed turns yellow to warn that you are slightly exceeding the limit. Current speed turns red when you greatly exceed the speed limit.

About

Speed

This application displays your current speed using GPS. It is designed to show speed in kilometers per hour and temperature in Celsius. An active GPS connection is required for the app to function.

Highlights
  • Displays current speed via GPS
  • Shows temperature in Celsius
  • Requires active GPS connection
  • Metric units only (km/h)
Features
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THIS ONLY SHOWS KM/H AND TEMP. IN CELSIUS! Speed - GPS Speedometer is a speed meter app which shows your real speed it uses GPS system. So you will need an active GPS connection for the app work.

Screenshots

Simple Digital Speedometer2 screens
Speed2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Speed at 5.0 against Simple Digital Speedometer's 2.8. Speed also leads on iOS requirement (9.2 vs 16.0). Simple Digital Speedometer's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Digital Speedometer has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simple Digital Speedometer versus Speed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Digital SpeedometerSpeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (39 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 13 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChad HineMichael Gittens

Customer experience

Simple Digital Speedometer

All ratings28 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative57.4%

Speed

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Simple Digital Speedometer

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Nothing populates in speed limit box
  • Direction indicator doesn't work
  • Speed limit didn't work at all
  • No da limite
  • Couldn't detect speed limit
Show 15 more
  • Doesn't show speed limit on road
  • There is nothing speed limet
  • Doesn't display any road speeds
  • App never displayed speed limits
  • Does not go yellow or red over SPEED LIMIT when in Klm/hr
  • Watch just says 0mph
  • Won't display posted speed limits
  • Speed limit only works about 60% of the time
  • Doesn't work with Pebble
  • Works fine on phone, not on Pebble
  • App says "0 units Top Speed?" on watch
  • Has never worked with Pebble smartwatch
  • Only works in landscape mode on phone
  • Keeps loosing GPS signal after update
  • Can't even work it

Requested features

7 requests
  • Show actual speed limit
  • Add knots for sailing
  • Option to change colors
  • Illuminate decimal of speed
  • Audible alarm for speeding
Show 2 more
  • Customize warning sound timing
  • Miles driven with reset

Speed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Simple Digital Speedometer

No in-app purchases

None

Speed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Digital Speedometer free?
Simple Digital Speedometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speed free?
Speed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple Digital Speedometer or Speed?
Speed is rated higher. Simple Digital Speedometer averages 2.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Speed averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simple Digital Speedometer or Speed have ads?
Neither Simple Digital Speedometer nor Speed shows ads.

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