CarCam vs DashCam HUD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CarCam
Transform your iPhone into a dash cam to capture high-quality videos of your drives. It records crucial data like speed, distance, and location, allowing you to customize the display and share your journeys.
- High-quality video recording
- Speed tracking (mph, km/h, knots)
- Distance and location recording
- Acceleration and braking forces
- Customizable display options
- Video export and social sharing
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Turn your iPhone into a dash cam to record your beautiful drives, trips to the race track or just our everyday commute. CarCam records high quality video with additional information like * Speed in mph, km/h or knots * Maximum Speed * Distance * Acceleration, Braking and steering forces * Maximum Forces * Time * Current location Store your videos in the app or export to the iPhone's library or directly post to your Facebook page for your friends to see! Customize the appearance by enabling the display of your current location or disabling the recording of your current and maximum speed.
DashCam HUD
This app combines a drive recorder, speed meter, navigation, browser, and music player for a comprehensive in-car experience. Control displays with external switches and utilize head-up display functionality for enhanced travel comfort on various vehicles.
- Automatic drive recording with shock detection
- Speedometer with customizable scales and traction circle
- Voice-guided navigation with route guidance options
- Integrated browser and memo pad
- Speed-interlocking music player volume
- Head-up display compatibility
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Drive recorder, speed meter, navigation, browser, music player all wanted while driving. You can switch these displays with the steering switch or the earphone switch. Also, corresponds Head up display. Comforts traveling by car, bike, road bike. · Recording function Drive record mode for automatically saving recorded data from 15 to 45 seconds before shock detection, and meter recording mode for recording meters and routes overlapping with images. · Meter support km/h and mile/h. The indication of speed meter can be selected from 80, 180, 320 km/h scale. Traction circle display by accelerometer. Display angle of car body (pitch, bank angle, direction). In addition to the current height, the altimeter also displays the amount of change from the reference. During route guidance, instructions of the whole route and navigation are also displayed. ·navigation Route guide by voice guidance. You can register your favorite locations. During the route guidance, the scale is automatically adjusted so that the turning point is easy to understand. With the following option function depending on setting item > Speed-linked zoom that the scale automatically changes in conjunction with the speed. > Switch to map display automatically when approaching the turning point. > An offset that shifts the center and displays the traveling direction large. · Browser With standard browser and memo pad. Can be able to leave notes when searching little things. · Music player With speed interlocking volume function to adjust the volume in conjunction with the speed. The shuffle function is easy to know the next song.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DashCam HUD at 4.7 against CarCam's 2.9. DashCam HUD also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 24%). CarCam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. CarCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DashCam HUD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DashCam HUD holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of CarCam's written reviews are positive against 65% of DashCam HUD's.
CarCam ships an update every 2 weeks, DashCam HUD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CarCam | DashCam HUD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.2% of reviews | 64.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hans Schneider | Ayumu Kinoshita |
Customer experience
CarCam
DashCam HUD
In-app purchases
CarCam
- Pro Pack$2.99
DashCam HUD
- Remove Ads$2.99








