Simple Digital Speedometer vs Flat 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.
Flat Speedometer
This app provides a clear and simple way to view your current speed in various units. It offers a HUD mode for easy in-car viewing and a feature to track your top speed. Additional sensors like accelerometer and altimeter are available via in-app purchases.
- Multiple speed units (mph, km/h, knots, m/s)
- HUD mode for car use
- Top speed tracking
- Ad-free experience
- Accelerometer (in-app purchase)
- Altimeter (in-app purchase)
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Viewing your current speed has never been simpler. With a no-nonsense user interface, this app helps you concentrate on what you really are doing. Ad-free. Measure your speed in various units; miles per hour, km per hour, knots and meters per second. It includes a HUD-mode for easily viewing your speed in the car, without having to look down. A top speed mode helps you to keep track of your highest speed. Additionally, features such as accelerometer and altimeter are available as in-app purchases. Note: Not compatible with iPod Touch or iPad Wi-Fi only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flat Speedometer at 5.0 against Simple Digital Speedometer's 2.8. Flat Speedometer also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 34%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). Simple Digital Speedometer's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (39 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flat Speedometer 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. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Simple Digital Speedometer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Flat Speedometer's.
Simple Digital Speedometer ships an update every 13 months, Flat Speedometer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Digital Speedometer | Flat Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chad Hine | Axel Backlund |
Customer experience
Simple Digital Speedometer
Flat 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
Flat Speedometer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Digital Speedometer
No in-app purchases
Flat Speedometer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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