Comparison

Palm vs DriveDeck

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

Head to head
About

Palm

Write and execute JavaScript code directly on your iPhone or iPad. This app provides a simple shell, run logs, and essential functions for on-the-go coding. Perfect for developers who need to stay productive anywhere.

Highlights
  • Write and run JavaScript scripts
  • Simple shell interface
  • Run logs for debugging
  • Includes promise, console, fetch
  • File editing capabilities
  • Code on the go
Features
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Take your JavaScript coding to the next level with this amazing app that lets you write and run scripts on your iPhone or iPad. With its simple shell and run logs, you'll have everything you need to code on the go. Plus, it includes basic functions like promise, console, and fetch, making it easy to edit your files quickly and efficiently. Whether you're on the train, waiting in line, or just taking a break, this app is perfect for staying productive and never missing a beat. Best of all, it's free to download and use, so give it a try and start coding anywhere, anytime! TERMS OF USE: https://onebuffer.com/termofuse.html PRIVACY POLICY: https://onebuffer.com/privacypolicy.html

About

DriveDeck

Features
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DriveDeck is your personal driving dashboard. Track your drives, understand your driving habits, and build a dashboard that keeps the information you care about visible on CarPlay, iPhone and the Lock Screen. YOUR DRIVES • Tap Start Drive and DriveDeck records the trip — distance, duration and average speed — until you stop it. Recording continues with the screen off, and only while a drive is running. • No phone in the car that day? Add a drive by hand with the same fields. • Every trip lands in a history you can search and filter — favourites, this week, this month, the long ones. • Give a drive a title, a note and photos, and it becomes a journal entry: the coast run, the first trip in the new car. DRIVING INSIGHTS • Today, this week, this month, this year, all time — distance, time behind the wheel, trips, averages and your longest drive. • Charts show the shape of your week; summaries name your busiest day. • Export a month of driving as a PDF. YOUR DASHBOARD • Compose the faces that matter — clock, weather, your car's name and odometer, today's distance, the drive you are on right now. • Start from a ready-made dashboard for daily driving, the commute, a long trip or a night drive, then reshape it: colours, photos, your own words. • Keep several dashboards and switch with the kind of driving you do. ON THE ROAD • Your dashboard's faces are widgets: place them on the CarPlay dashboard, the Home Screen or the Lock Screen. • Faces draw live values — the time, the temperature where the car is, the drive you are on — and a tap takes you straight back into the app. • Start or stop a drive from the widget itself. YOUR VEHICLES • A profile per vehicle — car, motorbike, whatever you drive — with photo and odometer; every drive files under the vehicle that made it. TRY IT FIRST • "Explore Demo" fills DriveDeck with a sample vehicle, two months of drives and ready-made dashboards. Look around, then remove it with one tap in Settings. No account, no sign-up. DRIVEDECK PRO The free app records drives, shows your core stats and keeps a dashboard. Pro adds unlimited vehicles and dashboards, the full design catalogue, deeper statistics and history filters, and PDF export — as a subscription or a one-off lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in Settings. Terms and the privacy policy are inside the app. Everything you record stays on your device. There is no account and no server. Location is used to measure a drive only between Start and Stop — never in the background on its own — and leaves the phone only as a rounded point sent to the weather service. Everything you make stays on your device. No account, ever. - Subscription start from USD 1.99. - a 1-week subscription - a 1-month subscription - a 1-year subscription • Check in app for exact pricing in your region • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration/price selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • You can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings, but refunds will not be given for any unused portion of the term. Terms of Service: https://sonvo123.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy: https://sonvo123.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Palm4 screens
DriveDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Palm at none against DriveDeck's 3. Palm also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DriveDeck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Palm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palm ships an update daily, DriveDeck every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Palm versus DriveDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalmDriveDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuoc Thanh CaoSon Vo

In-app purchases

None

Palm

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DriveDeck

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Palm free?
Palm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DriveDeck free?
DriveDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Palm or DriveDeck have ads?
Neither Palm nor DriveDeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Palm or DriveDeck?
Palm ships an update daily, and DriveDeck every 3 weeks. Most recently, Palm was updated on November 3, 2026 and DriveDeck on November 8, 2026.

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