Speed Limit Fullscreen vs BusMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Limit Fullscreen
Displays real-time speed limits and your current driving speed. Offers both online and offline modes for a continuous experience, with enhanced features available in the paid version. Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap.
- Real-time speed limits
- Current driving speed display
- Online and offline modes
- Enhanced online mode updates
- Offline mode updates by direction
- 1-week free trial for paid version
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See the speed limit and your current speed in a clear, distraction-free display made for driving. Speed Limit Fullscreen uses OpenStreetMap road data and matches nearby roads with your direction of travel. Automatic offline maps prepare the smallest available region for your location. You can also browse maps manually or save a trip to download the maps along its route before leaving. Customize overspeed alerts, warning sounds, cellular downloads, storage limits, and a mirrored heads-up display. The Apple Watch app can automatically detect a drive and keep your current speed visible while your wrist is lowered. Fresh speed-limit information resumes when you raise your wrist. The free version includes 15 minutes of speed-limit display each day. PRO removes the daily limit. Always follow traffic signs, local laws, and road conditions; map data can be incomplete or inaccurate. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flaviothomi.com/speed-limit-fullscreen/privacy/
BusMate
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Never miss a student. Never leave a child behind. Every morning, school bus drivers across Australia pull out a folder at every stop, scribble down the time, tuck it away, and drive on. It works - until it doesn't. A missed entry. A smudged page. A folder left behind. BusMate replaces that folder. It's the attendance tracking app built exclusively for school bus drivers - a fast, purpose-built tool that keeps every child accounted for, from the first pick-up to the final safety check. Designed for Australian bus drivers. Works offline. Free forever. WHY BUS DRIVERS CHOOSE BUSMATE Paper rolls get lost. Handwriting fades. BusMate gives you a reliable, timestamped record of every student, every session, every day - so when it matters most, you have the answers. BUILT FOR YOUR DAILY ROUTINE No more pulling out a folder at every stop. At each pick-up or drop-off, BusMate is ready: - Start a Pick-Up or Drop-Off session in one tap - Mark each student Present or Absent with large, easy-to-tap buttons - even with gloves on - Timestamps are captured automatically - no writing required - Auto-advance to the next student with haptic feedback - Swipe back to correct any record on the spot - Complete a timestamped Final Safety Check before leaving the vehicle No complicated setup. No learning curve. Open the app, start your run. NEVER MISS A THING WITH PASSENGER NOTES Students with special instructions? Add a time-bounded Passenger Note - "collect from side gate this week" or "early finish Friday." Notes surface automatically during your session while active, then disappear when no longer needed. No sticky notes. No trying to remember. PROFESSIONAL REPORTS IN SECONDS At the end of the week, that folder becomes a one-tap Excel report. Every report includes: - AM and PM attendance records - Journey start times - Final safety check timestamps - Student emergency contact details - Active passenger notes Send it directly to your school administrator via email, AirDrop, or any app on your phone. No formatting. No rewriting. No extra work. COMPLETE STUDENT PROFILES Everything you need for every student, in one place: - Name and year/grade - Home address - Primary and secondary emergency contacts with relationship tags (Mother / Father / Other) When something happens on the road, you have the right contact details right there - no scrambling through a folder, no delays. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE. ALWAYS. BusMate is offline-first and privacy-first. - No internet required - ever - No cloud accounts or logins - No data sent to external servers - Driver credentials secured by iOS Keychain - Attendance records encrypted via iOS Core Data - No analytics, no tracking, no ads Your students' data belongs to you. It never leaves your iPhone or iPad. DESIGNED FOR REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS Built for the cab of a school bus, not a desk: - Large, high-contrast buttons - readable in direct sunlight - Accessible green and orange colour coding - Big, clear fonts for fast scanning at a glance - Haptic feedback so you know each tap registered - Fast enough to use at every stop without holding up the run PERFECT FOR - School bus drivers managing daily routes - Transport coordinators overseeing multiple runs - Operators needing compliance records for transport authorities - Any driver responsible for student welfare on the road FREE. NO CATCH. BusMate is completely free to download and use. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No premium tier. Just a tool that does its job, every single day. Put down the folder. Download BusMate and put every student's safety on record - starting today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BusMate at none against Speed Limit Fullscreen's 3. Speed Limit Fullscreen's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Speed Limit Fullscreen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BusMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speed Limit Fullscreen ships an update weekly, BusMate every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Limit Fullscreen | BusMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flavio Lorenzo Thomi | Noel Benson Swarna |
In-app purchases
Speed Limit Fullscreen
- PRO Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PRO 3 Months7 Days trial$2.993 Months
- PRO Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
BusMate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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