Comparison

Virtual Cockpit vs Virtual Dashboard

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

Virtual Dashboard

Create custom dashboards using your device's sensors to display speed, altitude, and more. Navigate with a map featuring route planning, points of interest, and breadcrumb tracking. Customize units, themes, and map views for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable sensor gauges
  • Speedometer and odometer
  • GPS and barometric altimeter
  • Artificial horizon
  • Navigational map with overlays
  • Route planning and ETA
  • Points of interest search
Features
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Bring your iPhone and iPad's sensors to life on Virtual Dashboard. Arrange a variety of different gauges to create your own custom dashboards. You can choose from: ○ Speedometer (with peak hold) ○ Odometer (distance travelled, resettable) ○ GPS Altimeter (absolute altitude) ○ Barometric Altimeter (relative altitude) ○ Accelerometer (with peak hold) ○ Artificial Horizon (pitch and roll) ○ Compass (with magnetic heading and true track indicator) ○ Elapsed time (with average speed) Swipe to display a navigational map with resizable gauge overlays. You can select from road, bike, nautical chart, satellite, topographic, and survey (blank) modes.  The map shows your current coordinates, track, and heading, and drops breadcrumb markers as you travel. Tap to set a destination and the map displays your distance, bearing, direction to steer, and ETA to the destination. Search the map for points of interest or street addresses. Customize your units, map features, and gauge behavior. Select from one of the many available themes (theme requires in-app purchase). Connect your external MFI GPS device and see faster updates. We currently support the Bad Elf GPS units.

Screenshots

Virtual Cockpit4 screens
Virtual Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virtual Dashboard at 100% against Virtual Cockpit's 64%. Virtual Dashboard also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9). Virtual Cockpit's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Virtual Cockpit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Virtual Dashboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Virtual Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Virtual Cockpit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Virtual Dashboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, Virtual Dashboard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Virtual Cockpit versus Virtual Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual CockpitVirtual Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (11 ratings)4.4 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1111
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 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 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFidel Eduardo Lopez MayorgaKevinnovate, LLC

Customer experience

Virtual Cockpit

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

Virtual Dashboard

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Virtual Cockpit

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
2 purchases

Virtual Dashboard

One-time2
  • Donate for Development$0.99
  • Unlock All Themes$2.99

Questions

Is Virtual Cockpit free?
Virtual Cockpit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Virtual Dashboard free?
Virtual Dashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Virtual Cockpit or Virtual Dashboard?
Virtual Dashboard is rated higher. Virtual Cockpit averages 3.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Virtual Dashboard averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do Virtual Cockpit or Virtual Dashboard have ads?
Neither Virtual Cockpit nor Virtual Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtual Cockpit or Virtual Dashboard?
Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, and Virtual Dashboard every 5 months. Most recently, Virtual Cockpit was updated on September 19, 2026 and Virtual Dashboard on June 4, 2026.

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