Comparison

Really Simple Speedometer vs SpeedWatch

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

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About

Really Simple Speedometer

Features
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Really Simple Speedometer is a very basic way to display the speed that your device (and you...) are travelling at. Choose to either show only the speed in a unit that fits you (meters per second, kilometers per hour, miles per hour or knots) and if you want to see the lat/lon, elevation and horizontal accuracy of your device. Keep it simple, keep it really simple speedometer!

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SpeedWatch

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SpeedWatch turns your iPhone into a speedometer you can actually read at a glance. One huge number. Colours that tell you instantly whether you are inside your limit. And alerts that speak up before a camera does. WHY DRIVERS USE IT Your car's dial is small, awkwardly placed and never tells you how close you are to the limit. SpeedWatch gives you a full-screen GPS gauge that turns green, yellow, orange or red based on the limits YOU set for city, out-of-town and highway driving. One look and you know. BUILT FOR THE ROAD β€’ Large live GPS speedometer in km/h or mph β€’ Four-zone colour coding driven by your own limits β€’ Quick presets for City, Outside city and Highway β€” tap to switch β€’ Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island β€’ Apple Watch app so your speed is on your wrist β€’ Night HUD: swipe in for a pure-black heads-up display that can mirror onto your windshield β€’ Section Control: measure your true average speed over a stretch of road β€’ Live map with your street name, compass heading, temperature and conditions β€’ Drives start and stop by themselves, and end about a minute after you park AFTER EVERY DRIVE The moment a drive ends you get a summary: distance, duration, top and average speed, and how much of it you spent over your own limit. If your phone was in your pocket it arrives as a notification and waits for you. Share any drive as a card, whatever you paid. KNOW EVERY DRIVE Every drive records duration, distance, top speed and average speed, and is labelled as a car trip or a bike ride. Open one to see the route on a map with the speed chart beside it. Filter your history, export it all to CSV, or clear it out in bulk. Statistics add totals, trends per week, month or year, and how much of your driving time sits over the limit. MILEAGE FOR WORK Mark a drive business or private the moment it ends, or with one swipe in the list. SpeedWatch then exports a mileage report as a PDF: distance totalled per purpose, then one line per trip with date, start, end and distance β€” ready for your employer or your accountant. DASHCAM Record the road ahead with your speed burned into the clip. A hard jolt marks that clip so the storage limit will not delete it later. Clips are kept in a library on your device, ready to review, share or delete. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Two widgets show your last drive and the distance you covered this week. "Start a drive" and "Stop the drive" work through Siri and Shortcuts, and starting one is a Control Center button away. OFFLINE SPEED LIMITS β€’ Offline speed limits: download your country once, then see the limit of the road you are on β€’ Warnings for fixed speed cameras, only where the law allows them Limits are approximate: the sign on the road always wins. PRIVACY FIRST No account and no sign-up. SpeedWatch has no server of its own: your drives, clips and settings are kept on your iPhone, and with Plus your drives are also backed up to your own iCloud. Weather and maps come from Apple. PRICING β€” BUY ONCE, KEEP FOREVER SpeedWatch is free to use. Two one-time unlocks, no subscription: β€’ SpeedWatch Plus β€” offline speed limits, over-speed alerts with sound and haptics, the night HUD, dark mode and eight accent colours, 30 days of statistics, the Home Screen widgets, and your ten newest drives with their routes β€’ SpeedWatch Pro β€” the whole drive history, the mileage log as a PDF, CSV export, bulk clean-up, your own trip labels and the dashcam. Everything you can turn into money or evidence. Includes everything in Plus. Not sure? Run Pro free for seven days, once, straight from the upgrade screen. No card, no account, nothing to cancel. IMPORTANT SpeedWatch measures speed from GPS. Accuracy depends on satellite reception and it is not a legal replacement for your car's speedometer. The mileage report is a record of what you drove, not tax advice. Always keep your eyes on the road and follow local law β€” never operate your iPhone while driving.

Screenshots

Really Simple Speedometer4 screens
SpeedWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Really Simple Speedometer at none against SpeedWatch's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. SpeedWatch sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Really Simple Speedometer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Really Simple Speedometer versus SpeedWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReally Simple SpeedometerSpeedWatch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoakim EwensonRoman Rijkers

In-app purchases

None

Really Simple Speedometer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SpeedWatch

One-time2
  • SpeedWatch Plus$0.99
  • SpeedWatch Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Really Simple Speedometer free?
Really Simple Speedometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpeedWatch free?
SpeedWatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Really Simple Speedometer or SpeedWatch have ads?
Neither Really Simple Speedometer nor SpeedWatch shows ads.

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