Virtual Cockpit vs GPS Speedmeter mph kmh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
GPS Speedmeter mph kmh
Track your speed, distance, and direction with this offline GPS speedometer. It offers customizable units, multiple themes, and real-time weather updates. Get speed limit alerts and a heads-up display for safe driving.
- Offline mode operation
- Current, average, and maximum speed tracking
- Heads-up display (HUD) modes
- Customizable units (mph, km/h, knots)
- Real-time weather conditions
- Overspeed alerts with speed limits
- Today Widget and Apple Watch support
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In this GPS speedometer app, you can use your phone compass sensor. Compass helps you to know the moving direction. Features: 1. This car speedometer works in OFFLINE mode , so if you have no internet connection ,this speedometer app will still be running. 2. Digital speedometer not only shows you CURRENT speed , it also shows AVERAGE speed ,total DISTANCE, MAXIMUM speed , your car, your bike , etc. 3. Two types of HUD MODE to help you use the GPS speedometer in car windshield. 4. 10 Themes : Different colors in truck speedometer app. 5. It's a car speed tracker that can also be used for the bikes, bicycles, etc. 6. You can set your DESIRED UNITS here like if you want knot, Km/h or mph. Corresponding speed and distance will be shown in GPS speedometer app. 7. This pedometer app carries a SIMPLE and ATTRACTIVE interface . 8. You can CHANGE UNITS any time you want , like in the middle of your trip in our speed meter. 9. It shows realtime weather condition. 10. This speedometer gets online speed limit of the road you are driving and sound ALERT for overs peed to prevent form penalty. 11. By double tap it switch FULL Screen mode with extra large digital display. 12. Show your battery level and GPS satellite signal level. 13. RESET all data in just a click. 14. Find LATITUDE, LONGITUDE and ALTITUDE at your current location even if your device doesn't have Barometer. 15. You can access speed info Today Widget Screen without open app 16. You can see your Apple watch and synchronize color theme, unit with your app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GPS Speedmeter mph kmh at 4.4 against Virtual Cockpit's 3.9. GPS Speedmeter mph kmh also leads on ratings volume (164 vs 11). Virtual Cockpit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Virtual Cockpit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GPS Speedmeter mph kmh sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GPS Speedmeter mph kmh holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Speedmeter mph kmh has 164 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 67% of GPS Speedmeter mph kmh's.
Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, GPS Speedmeter mph kmh every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Cockpit | GPS Speedmeter mph kmh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.4 (164 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidel Eduardo Lopez Mayorga | Matrix Software Co. |
Customer experience
Virtual Cockpit
GPS Speedmeter mph kmh
In-app purchases
Virtual Cockpit
- Remove ads$0.99
GPS Speedmeter mph kmh
- Remove advertising$0.99
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