Comparison

Droid Dashcam vs Side Gallery

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

Head to head
About

Droid Dashcam

This app acts as a dashboard camera for your vehicle, continuously recording video with embedded date and GPS information. It offers loop recording, customizable subtitles, and options to back up important footage.

Highlights
  • Hardcoded timestamp and GPS subtitles
  • Loop recording with storage limits
  • Auto-start recording
  • Backup important recordings
  • Customizable audio/video settings
  • Accessible via Files app and iTunes
Features
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Droid Dashcam is a driving video recorder app (dashboard camera, black box) built for vehicle drivers. It continuously records videos in loop mode and overlays important information as subtitles directly onto the footage. Key Features: * Hardcoded Subtitles (captions embedded directly into the videos): - Timestamp (various date and time formats available in settings) - GPS coordinates - GPS speed - GPS altitude (above sea level) - Address - Custom text, e.g., vehicle registration plate (car number) * Loop Recording (automatically deletes old videos when storage is low, with an option to set a maximum storage limit for all recordings, e.g. 20 GB, ensuring your device never runs out of space) * Auto-start recording when the app launches * Backup your important recordings by moving them to an iCloud folder on the records screen. * Audio / Video settings (customize your recordings with adjustable resolution, bitrate, fps, video codec) * Records can be accessible via native Files app and iTunes * Interface settings (metric or imperial units, GPS coordinates format: decimal degrees or DMS)

About

Side Gallery

Features
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Tired of seeing everyday memories and work photos all mixed together in your main photo library? For photos you want to keep separate from everyday life, capture them with Side Gallery. Photos taken in Side Gallery are stored in the app's private local storage instead of being automatically added to Apple Photos. Work photos, reference shots, temporary records, or anything else you would rather keep on the side can stay in Side Gallery, while your main photo library stays focused on the moments that matter most. Side Gallery is here to help you keep everyday life a little simpler and focus on your important memories. With Side Gallery, you can: • Capture photos directly in the app • Keep photos separate from your main photo library • Browse photos by date • Organize photos into simple albums • Select and manage multiple photos • Share photos when you need them • Save selected photos to Apple Photos when you choose Side Gallery is designed to stay simple. No account is required. Your photos are not uploaded to TongTong Lab servers. Ads are shown in some areas of the app. You can permanently remove ads with a one-time in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Droid Dashcam4 screens
Side Gallery4 screens

Verdict

The call

Droid Dashcam and Side Gallery are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Droid Dashcam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Side Gallery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Droid Dashcam versus Side Gallery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDroid DashcamSide Gallery
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB24 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperOleh SviderskyiMyungKyu Kim

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Droid Dashcam

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Side Gallery

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Droid Dashcam free?
Droid Dashcam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Side Gallery free?
Side Gallery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Droid Dashcam or Side Gallery have ads?
Both Droid Dashcam and Side Gallery show ads.

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