Virtual Cockpit vs GPS 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.
GPS Speedometer
Measure your real-time speed and track distance traveled with this offline GPS speedometer. It offers customizable units for speed, altitude, and time, along with trip tracking and data storage.
- Real-time speed measurement (kph/mph)
- Offline operation, no internet required
- Track traveled distance and time
- Displays average and maximum speed
- Altitude and compass display
- Trip tracking with start/stop functionality
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Turn your iPhone into a simple and reliable GPS speedometer for your car, bike, or everyday journeys. Track your real-time speed, distance, trip time, average speed, maximum speed, altitude, and more — using your iPhone's GPS. ### GPS SPEEDOMETER See your current speed clearly in real time. • KM/H and MPH support • Digital speedometer • Analog speedometer • Average speed • Maximum speed • GPS signal accuracy • Altitude and compass ### TRACK YOUR JOURNEYS Start a trip and keep track of your journey statistics. • Distance traveled • Average speed • Maximum speed • Total trip time • Start and stop trip tracking • Save your trip data ### WORKS WITHOUT INTERNET No internet connection is required for speed tracking. The app uses your device's GPS to measure your speed and distance. Perfect for: • Cars • Motorcycles • Bicycles • Scooters • Outdoor activities • Road trips ### SIMPLE SETTINGS Choose the settings that work best for you: • KM/H or MPH • Meters or feet for altitude • 12-hour or 24-hour time format Download GPS Speedometer: Speed Tracker and turn your iPhone into a convenient GPS speedometer and trip tracker. Note: GPS accuracy can vary depending on your device, environment, and GPS signal. Continuous GPS use may reduce battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPS Speedometer at 100% against Virtual Cockpit's 64%. GPS Speedometer also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Virtual Cockpit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume and update cadence 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. GPS Speedometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS Speedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Virtual Cockpit's written reviews are positive against 100% of GPS Speedometer's.
Virtual Cockpit ships an update every 3 weeks, GPS Speedometer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Cockpit | GPS Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| 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 — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidel Eduardo Lopez Mayorga | Pratixaben Chauhan |
Customer experience
Virtual Cockpit
GPS Speedometer
In-app purchases
Virtual Cockpit
- Remove ads$0.99
GPS Speedometer
No in-app purchases
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