Comparison

Virtual Cockpit vs HUD Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Virtual Cockpit

This app acts as a GPS dashboard for your vehicle, recording travel data in real-time. It displays key metrics like speed, distance, and altitude, and offers features such as speed limit alerts and a HUD mode. Customize your experience with various themes and unit options.

Highlights
  • Real-time speed, distance, and altitude tracking
  • Trip and overall travel data recording
  • Customizable color themes
  • Speed limit alerts (visual and sound)
  • HUD mode for windshield reflection
  • Metric, imperial, and nautical units
Features
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Virtual Cockpit lets you record all the travel data of your vehicles in a single application. Real-time measurements on main screen: Current speed, total distance, trip distance, altitude, temperature, average speed, top speed, compass and time. Additional features: - Record travel distance, trip distance, top speed and average speed for each vehicle. - Choose from 8 different color themes or create your own combinations. - Speed limit alert (visual and sound). - HUD mode to reflect on the windshield. - Metric, imperial or nautical units. - Optional GPS data measuring on background. Double tap on screen to activate HUD mode. Tap on top speed to switch to average speed. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

HUD Widgets

This app provides a suite of driving widgets, including speedometers, trip information, and weather, that can be used in standard or head-up display (HUD) mode. It offers features like driving score calculation, fuel consumption tracking, and a land meter for car slope angles.

Highlights
  • Speedometers (classic, digital, retro)
  • GPS trip information (driving score, fuel consumption)
  • Land meter (car slope angle)
  • Weather and clock
  • Eco-driving graphs
  • Internet Radio
Features
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HUD Widgets app is a set of handy and popular navigation widgets, like speedometers, trip info, landmeter, weather, eco-driving, etc... All widgets work in regular or head-up display (HUD) mode. Speedometers: — Classic digital speedometer — Digital, with compass, odometer, and distance traveled (Chevrolet Aveo style) — A set of retro speedometers: Cadillac style, arched, circular GPS trip information: — See how safely you drive: the app calculates your driving score based on your acceleration, braking, turns, and speeding data. — Know your fuel consumption per each trip and the expenses on it. — Information on your current, maximum and average speed, distance and time traveled — Large compass — Eco-driving. Acceleration and deceleration graphs indicate driving efficiency Other: — Internet Radio — Land meter. Indicates the angle of car slope or tilt — pitching and rolling — Weather and clock Launch the app, select the widget, and place the smartphone close to the windshield (to use it in HUD mode, with the screen image reflected onto the windshield), or fix it in the mount. Attention! 1. On a clear day, the device screen brightness is typically insufficient to give a decent reflection for HUD mode. In that situation, you can use the app in standard mode with the phone fixed with some mount, OR stay HUD using our HUDWAY Glass accessory (more at hudwayglass.com or see bellow). At night, in dusk, or in dull weather the reflection is normally well-discernible. 2. Continuous use of geolocation services (GPS and GLONASS) may drain your device battery fast. 3. When driving, make sure that your smartphone or tablet is well fixed in some mount or on some sticky pad, and doesn't prevent you from clearly seeing the road. HUDWAY Glass car accessory makes smartphone work as a head-up display in any car even in daytime. Removes doubling, offers sharp enlarged reflection image. Learn more: http://hudwayglass.com Privacy Policy http://hudwayapp.com/privacy Terms of Use http://hudwayapp.com/en/terms/

Screenshots

Virtual Cockpit4 screens
HUD Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Virtual Cockpit at 3.9 against HUD Widgets's 3.5. Virtual Cockpit also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (64% vs 55%). HUD Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (109 vs 11). 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. Virtual Cockpit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HUD Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Virtual Cockpit holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HUD Widgets has 109 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Virtual Cockpit's written reviews are positive against 55% of HUD Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, HUD Widgets every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Virtual Cockpit versus HUD Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual CockpitHUD Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (11 ratings) — better3.5 (109 ratings)
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews — better55.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11109 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFidel Eduardo Lopez MayorgaHUDWAY LLC

Customer experience

Virtual Cockpit

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive64.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative29.9%

HUD Widgets

All ratings109 ratings
Positive62.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative31.2%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative36.0%

Bugs and requests

Virtual Cockpit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

HUD Widgets

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes before starting on latest iOS versions
  • Settings reset to default when app is closed
  • GPS data inaccuracy error persists after GPS recovery
  • Crashes after 3-4 uses
  • Compass displays backwards
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  • Speed readings significantly inaccurate (10mph shows as 57mph)
  • App crashes on older iOS versions (iPhone 4S)
  • Cannot get past initial setup screens
  • App becomes unresponsive in certain orientations
  • Screen burn-in after extended use
  • Notification permission requirement blocks app launch
  • Incompatibility with certain iOS versions
  • Volume control unavailable when using CarPlay simultaneously

Requested features

12 requests
  • Apple CarPlay support
  • Portrait mode (vertical orientation)
  • 180-degree screen rotation capability
  • OBD2 adapter support for real vehicle data
  • Truck vehicle type option
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  • Widget support for home screen
  • iOS widget integration
  • Improved screen rotation for left-hand drive countries
  • More speedometer skin options
  • Navigation feature integration
  • Persistent settings after app close
  • Secondary display support for CarPlay head units

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Virtual Cockpit

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
1 purchases

HUD Widgets

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Virtual Cockpit free?
Virtual Cockpit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HUD Widgets free?
HUD Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Virtual Cockpit or HUD Widgets?
Virtual Cockpit is rated higher. Virtual Cockpit averages 3.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while HUD Widgets averages 3.5 from 109 ratings.
Do Virtual Cockpit or HUD Widgets have ads?
Neither Virtual Cockpit nor HUD Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtual Cockpit or HUD Widgets?
Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, and HUD Widgets every 2 months. Most recently, Virtual Cockpit was updated on October 6, 2026 and HUD Widgets on October 15, 2026.

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