Comparison

Simple Speedo vs Scenic Way

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

Head to head
About

Simple Speedo

This application transforms your iPhone into a straightforward GPS speedometer. It offers a large, readable display for speed, supports multiple units, and includes an optional direction indicator. It's designed for various activities like cycling, driving, or boating.

Highlights
  • Live GPS speed
  • Large, readable display
  • Direction bar
  • Multiple speed units (mph, km/h, knots, m/s)
  • Keep screen awake option
  • No ads or tracking
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Simple Speedo turns your iPhone into a plain GPS speedometer. Large speed readout, pick your units, optional keep-screen-awake, and a small direction bar if you want it. Handy for cycling, driving, walking, or on the water. • Live GPS speed • Big, readable display • Direction bar • mph, km/h, knots, m/s • Keep screen awake • No ads • No tracking • No sign-up

About

Scenic Way

Plan and navigate custom routes for driving, walking, or cycling, prioritizing scenery over speed. Discover curated iconic routes and receive turn-by-turn guidance with live traffic and speed camera alerts. Share your adventures with friends and enjoy a private, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Custom route planning with waypoints
  • Scenic vs. fastest route comparison
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Live traffic and speed camera alerts
  • CarPlay integration
  • Plan walks, runs, and rides
  • Shareable routes
Features
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Most sat-navs get you there the fastest way. Scenic Way is for the journeys where the route is the point. Plan a drive, walk, run or ride through the places you actually want to go - then follow it turn by turn, with live traffic, speed-camera alerts and CarPlay. PLAN YOUR WAY • Drop waypoints anywhere, search a village, tap a viewpoint, add the pub for lunch • See the real trade-off before you choose: "Fastest · 1h 2m" vs "Scenic · +28m" • Drag to reorder, reverse the route, start and end at Home • The app suggests attractions or points of interest near your route - one tap adds them as a stop ICONIC ROUTES, BUILT IN • Legendary drives ready to go: the North Coast 500, Skyfall's Glen Etive, the Snow Roads, the Yorkshire Dales and more • New featured routes appear automatically NOT JUST FOR DRIVERS • Plan walks, runs and rides too • Or tell it "find me a 5 km loop" and it invents one from wherever you're standing DRIVE IT PROPERLY • Voice-guided turn-by-turn that follows YOUR route, not the fastest one • Live traffic on the road ahead • Resume from where you are after a lunch stop, or skip a stop on the fly BUILT FOR CARPLAY • Your planned routes on the dashboard, with camera alerts and a skip-stop button • Guidance keeps working through signal blackspots SPEED-CAMERA AWARE • Import your own licensed camera feed (SCDB, PocketGPSWorld) for spoken alerts • Automatically adapts to local law by country SHARE THE ADVENTURE • Send any route as a link to your friends, so they can save their own copy and join your trip • Perfect for road trips: every car runs the same route, even if the convoy splits up • Import and export GPX for Garmin, TomTom and more PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no tracking. Your routes stay yours unless you share a link. Sign in with Apple. SCENIC WAY PRO Free to plan, browse and share. Scenic Way Pro unlocks the full driving experience - turn-by-turn navigation, CarPlay, speed-camera alerts, the loop generator and unlimited saved routes. • 7-day free trial, then £2.99/month or £24.99/year • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Let's take the scenic way. Terms of Use: https://scenicway.co.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://scenicway.co.uk/privacy

Screenshots

Simple Speedo2 screens
Scenic Way4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Speedo at none against Scenic Way's 2. Scenic Way's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scenic Way sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Simple Speedo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Speedo ships an update every 4 months, Scenic Way fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simple Speedo versus Scenic Way: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple SpeedoScenic Way
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaxla LtdTurnkey I.T Solutions Ltd

Customer experience

Simple Speedo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Scenic Way

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Speedo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scenic Way

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Speedo free?
Simple Speedo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scenic Way free?
Scenic Way is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Speedo or Scenic Way have ads?
Neither Simple Speedo nor Scenic Way shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Speedo or Scenic Way?
Simple Speedo ships an update every 4 months, and Scenic Way fortnightly. Most recently, Simple Speedo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Scenic Way on October 31, 2026.

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