Simple Digital Speedometer vs Speedometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Digital speed display
- Direction indicator
- Metric/Imperial units
- Landscape/Portrait support
- Speed limit warnings
- Visual speed alerts
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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.
Speedometer
This utility app tracks your speed and distance using your iPhone's GPS. It features a color-coded background that changes based on your speed limit, and can run in the background.
- Speed tracking
- Distance tracking
- Background operation
- Speed limit alerts
- Color-coded speed indicator
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Speedometer App is a free speedometer. Speedometer App is simple and minimal. From now you can track your speed and distance from your iPhone! When you go over a preset speed limit, the background color will change from blue to green, orange and red. Speedometer App works while you use it, with your choice even on background. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Speedometer at 100% against Simple Digital Speedometer's 34%. Speedometer also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 13 months). Simple Digital Speedometer's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 2). 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
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, 3.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Digital Speedometer has 39 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Simple Digital Speedometer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Speedometer's.
Simple Digital Speedometer ships an update every 13 months, Speedometer every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Digital Speedometer | Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (39 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chad Hine | Emin Emini |
Customer experience
Simple Digital Speedometer
Speedometer
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
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- 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
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- Customize warning sound timing
- Miles driven with reset
Speedometer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Digital Speedometer
No in-app purchases
Speedometer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Simple Digital Speedometer free?
Is Speedometer free?
Which has better reviews, Simple Digital Speedometer or Speedometer?
Do Simple Digital Speedometer or Speedometer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Simple Digital Speedometer or Speedometer?
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