Comparison

Next Car Dashboard vs MAC 8 PLUS

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

Head to head
About

Next Car Dashboard

Transform your iPad into a sophisticated car dashboard. Monitor drive metrics, navigate with maps, control music, and track trip costs. Enjoy a modern, immersive driving experience with enhanced features and language support.

Highlights
  • Maps and Navigation with Google Maps support
  • Music control for Apple Music and Spotify
  • Vehicle metrics (speed, altitude, distance)
  • Trip cost and fuel consumption monitoring
  • Dashboard Camera functionality
  • Multi-language support
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Introducing Next, the app that completely transforms your car's dashboard experience. With Next on your iPad, you'll feel like you're driving the latest and greatest car. Next turns your iPad into a car dashboard, providing you with the best driving and in-car infotainment experience. You can analyze your drive metrics, listen to your favorite music, and much more. Upgrade your car experience with Next today! Next Car Dashboard key features - Maps and Navigation - Support Google Maps Navigation -Siri Support - Listen and control your favourite music with Apple Music or Spotify - Vehicle metrics like speed, altitude, acceleration, direction of movement, distance travelled, trip duration. - Get car metrics without use of an OBD sensor. - Determine average speed and, altitude and top speed and, altitude in a trip. - See your trips in their full glory through beautifully created graphs and trip analytics - An all new LightsOff mode lets you help drive peacefully while listening to your favourite music. - Monitor trip costs and fuel consumption. - Next Car Dashboard has support for both metric and imperial units. - Get notified whenever you break your previous record of speed, altitude etc. - Share your location with yourself to know your parking spot or share your current location with your friends and family for added convenience and safety. - Dashboard Camera - Mark your favourite spots such as home, work, and more, making them easily accessible without the hassle of searching every time. Some of the big changes we did this year - Completely revamped UI that is modern and easy to quickly glance information - All new modern dashboard - New map zoom option to see the route in detail - Your Speed and altitude variation graph are now available on the main screen - New speedometer - New accelerometer that shows your acceleration in g force - New Trip-Info UI with beautifully created progress bars - New TrackView UI - New Navigation-Info UI that tells you how much of your journey has been completed - New music player UI with big album artwork in center for a more immersive music experience - New map styles and navigation styles to provide you the ultimate map experience - Seamless integration of Trips and Navigation, allowing users to automate trip start/stop based on navigation. -Customizable Dock. -All new carousal music dashboard for immersive music and driving experience. Language Support - We're thrilled to present the latest version of Next, now with expanded language support! Say bonjour, hola, hello, 你好, and 안녕하세요 as we introduce French, Spanish, English, Mandarin, and Korean to the Next experience. - Next is now available to an even wider audience across the globe thanks to increased language support. We hope you will love this new version of Next as much as we do. Dashboard Camera - Now your iPad will be your Dashboard Camera. Record dashboard videos using the back and front cameras at the same time and view them later in the photos app. Privacy - Your location data never leaves your device. The app does not collect any personal information. Permission - The app requires access to location services in order to provide you with services like Maps, Navigation, speed, altitude and, etc. - Next Car Dashboard requires iPadOS 15.2 or above Direct Helpline Access - Get in touch with us easily through the new chat/helpline feature in the Settings page for any questions or support. Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MAC 8 PLUS

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After connecting App to Car Amplifier with Integrated DSP,  EQ, BASS, TIME ALIGNMENT, PHASE, MUTE, FILTER , SAVE SOUND SETTING TO PHONE, SAVE SOUND SETTING TO AMPLIFIER, LOAD SOUND SETTING FROM PHONE, RCA OUTPUT etc could be controlled through this App. How to use: 1.Install App and turn on power of car 2. Turn on Bluetooth on your iPhone 3,Open App and wait for around 5 seconds, then click “Connect” icon in left corner of bottom. Amplifier will be connected to App automatically. 4.DIY you preferred sound and then click “Save to AMP” icon to save. Or click “ Save to Phone” to save.   Note: 1.Do not exit app during saving and do not turn off power supply, program may be shut down caused by this.

Screenshots

Next Car Dashboard4 screens
MAC 8 PLUS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MAC 8 PLUS at none against Next Car Dashboard's 4. MAC 8 PLUS also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.2). Next Car Dashboard's advantage is device support. On price 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. Next Car Dashboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MAC 8 PLUS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Next Car Dashboard versus MAC 8 PLUS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Car DashboardMAC 8 PLUS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.212.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersachin jeph杏生 卢

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Next Car Dashboard

Subscriptions3
  • Unrestricted Access3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Unrestricted Access3 Days trial$14.996 Months
  • Unrestricted Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Next Pro Lifetime Access$19.99
None

MAC 8 PLUS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Next Car Dashboard free?
Next Car Dashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MAC 8 PLUS free?
MAC 8 PLUS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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