TripREC Dash Cam Lite vs DashCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TripREC Dash Cam Lite
This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful driving recorder. It captures video, tracks your route, speed, and mileage, and offers features like loop recording and automatic saving during calls. Easily export your recorded data and video for review.
- Real-time map and track display
- Multiple video resolutions
- Loop recording
- Automatic video saving
- Vehicle anomaly detection
- Background music playback
- Video export options
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Turn your iPhone into a simple, practical dash cam. TripREC is made for daily drives and road trips. Record the road ahead while saving your route, distance and speed, so every journey has a record. Features · Video stabilization: capture steadier footage on the road · Video quality options: 1080p by default, with 720p available · Custom video stamps: show the time if you choose · Overheating alerts: get a prompt when your phone becomes too hot · Automatic recording recovery: the app attempts to continue after an unexpected interruption · Dimmed-screen recording: keep recording status, elapsed time and the clock visible when the screen dims · Audio control: turn audio on or off while recording · Focus lock and torch: adjust the camera to suit your needs · Trip history: replay recordings and view routes, distance, duration and average speed · Video export: save to Photos or export to another app · Local storage: recordings, audio and trip data stay on your device The free version has ads and keeps up to 5 trips. Watch an ad to use loop recording for 24 hours. Purchase the Full Version to remove ads and unlock ultra-wide capture, 4K, 1080p at 60 fps, automatic impact saving, and speed and location stamps.
DashCam
Record your car trips with GPS tracking and video capture, including speedometer and map overlays. Audio is recorded live, and videos can be exported or replayed. The lite version displays banners that can be removed with an in-app purchase.
- GPS tracking with video capture
- Speedometer and map overlay
- Live audio recording
- Video export and playback
- Automatic top speed adaptation
- Configurable speed units and parameters
- Car detection via OpenCV
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GPS tracking with Video Capture, useful to record your car trips. Video contains speedometer and map, complete with audio recorded live from microphone, and can be exported to photo library and/or reproduced inside the app; Lite version displays banners; you can remove them via in app purchase. features: - top speed adapts automatically - speed units and many other parameters can be changed - shows horizont line and cars detected via opencv For ships: - you can configure app to connect to NMEA wifi and display OpenSeaMap with harbour data. The car detector is based on this article : http://abhishek4273.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/traincascade-and-car-detection-using-opencv/ thx to Abhishek Kumar Annamraju for his contribute This app uses gps in background when tracking is active (note: in background the video can't be recorded, a fixed frame will be shown in video). Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TripREC Dash Cam Lite at 51% against DashCam's 0%. TripREC Dash Cam Lite also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (257 vs 7). DashCam's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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. TripREC Dash Cam Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DashCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TripREC Dash Cam Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TripREC Dash Cam Lite has 257 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of TripREC Dash Cam Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of DashCam's.
TripREC Dash Cam Lite ships an update fortnightly, DashCam every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | TripREC Dash Cam Lite | DashCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (257 ratings) — better | 2.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 257 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 正选 董 | 3B Soft srls |
Customer experience
TripREC Dash Cam Lite
DashCam
In-app purchases
TripREC Dash Cam Lite
- Professional Edition$2.99
DashCam
- No Banners And HD Video$3.99
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