Virtual Cockpit vs Speedometer
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.
Speedometer
Enhance your driving experience with real-time road information. Get speed limit alerts, camera notifications, and track your average speed. Also displays weather, altitude, and compass readings.
- Display speed limit
- Overspeed alerts
- Speed camera locations
- Average & maximum speed tracking
- Current weather display
- Compass and altitude
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This application assist you while you are driving. It shows all necessary information about road with fancy and user friendly design. Features: 1. Display Speed Limit of the road you are driving. 2. Alert overspeed. 3. Display Speed Cams Locations and distance of the rod you are driving. 4. Alert Speed Cam when you approach. 5. Average&Maximum Speed. 6. Odometer. 7. KMH/MPH Unit Selection. 8. Display current weather condition and temperature outside. 9. Display the name of the road you are driving. 10. Altitude 11. Compass 12. Battery& GPS reception Level 13. Today Widget Display 14. Apple Watch extension
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speedometer at 4.4 against Virtual Cockpit's 3.9. Speedometer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (196 vs 11). Virtual Cockpit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price and device support 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. Speedometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speedometer has 196 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Virtual Cockpit's written reviews are positive against 50% of Speedometer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, Speedometer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Cockpit | Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.4 (196 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 196 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| 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 | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidel Eduardo Lopez Mayorga | Matrix Software Co. |
Customer experience
Virtual Cockpit
Speedometer
In-app purchases
Virtual Cockpit
- Remove ads$0.99
Speedometer
No in-app purchases
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