Comparison

Fastcruise vs Parole Decoder

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

Head to head
About

Fastcruise

Access your self-hosted TeslaMate analytics natively on your iPhone. View real-time vehicle status, drive history, charging data, and share trip details. Your data remains private on your server.

Highlights
  • Real-time vehicle status
  • Drive history with route maps
  • Charging session analytics
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Share My Trip feature
  • GPS distance to car
  • Location sharing
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Your TeslaMate data, beautifully native on iPhone. Fastcruise connects directly to your self-hosted TeslaMate instance and puts your Tesla analytics in your pocket — with zero subscriptions, zero data mining, and zero compromises on privacy. PAY ONCE, OWN FOREVER One purchase of $9.99 gives you lifetime access. No monthly fees. No recurring charges. Compare that to $60–180/year for Tessie, TezLab, or TeslaFi. Free 3-day trial included — try before you buy. WHAT YOU GET - Real-time vehicle status: battery level, range, location - Complete drive history with route maps and efficiency metrics - Charging session analytics: energy added, duration, cost tracking - Home Screen widgets for last drive and last charge - Share My Trip: generate beautiful trip images for social media - GPS distance to your car with live map - Share your car's location via Apple Maps or Google Maps PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your data stays on YOUR server. Fastcruise never touches, stores, or shares your Tesla data. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. REQUIREMENTS - A running TeslaMate instance with TeslaMateApi - Setup guide: fastcruise.app/blog/teslamate-fastcruise-setupguide Built by a Tesla owner, for Tesla owners. Questions or feature requests? contact@fastcruise.app Not affiliated with TeslaMate. This is an unofficial client for TeslaMate.

About

Parole Decoder

Features
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PAROLE DECODER TURNS TEXAS'S CONFUSING PRISON RECORDS INTO PLAIN ENGLISH. When someone you love is in a Texas prison, the official website hands you codes and dates nobody explains — "FI-6R," a set-off date, a projected release of the year 9999, "Unavailable at this time." Parole Decoder translates all of it using the state's own public data. Look up your loved one. See where they are, what their parole status means, and what may come next — in language a family can understand. Save people you care about and keep their latest public information organized in My People. WHAT YOU CAN DO — FREE - Search the official TDCJ population data by name or TDCJ number - See current unit, parole review status, decisions, and dates — each explained - Save people and see their latest public status in one place - Decode parole vote codes (FI-1 through FI-18R, CU-FI, RMS, NR, SA, DMS) - Browse all 104 TDCJ units with address, phone, visitation, and medical information - See statewide public-data statistics with clear sources and limitations - Preview the Personal Release Roadmap and Family Guide FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Stop repeatedly checking the state website. Family monitors up to five selected public records and sends a privacy-conscious notification when selected fields change. It also unlocks the complete auditable change history, full Personal Release Roadmap with possible next steps and a focused family checklist, and the complete Family Guide covering review, support letters, visitation, phone, money, and mail. Choose $2.99 monthly or $19.99 annually. Both plans include the same Family features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. THE DATA YOU CAN TRUST Every number comes from official State of Texas public records — the TDCJ High Value Dataset and TDCJ release records. Parole Decoder does not predict approval or promise a release date. An alert means the app first observed a change; it is not an official effective date. Always confirm critical information with official sources. The app interface is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. The vote-code dictionary is available in all four; the long-form guide is currently English and Spanish. Parole Decoder is an independent educational resource. It is not affiliated with TDCJ or the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and nothing in it is legal advice. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://parole-decoder.pages.dev/privacy.html Support: https://parole-decoder.pages.dev

Screenshots

Fastcruise4 screens
Parole Decoder4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fastcruise and Parole Decoder are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Fastcruise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Parole Decoder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fastcruise ships an update every 3 weeks, Parole Decoder monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fastcruise versus Parole Decoder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastcruiseParole Decoder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDario MaderGuodong Wang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fastcruise

One-time1
  • FastCruise Premium$9.99
2 purchases

Parole Decoder

Subscriptions2
  • Family Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Family Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Fastcruise free?
Fastcruise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Parole Decoder free?
Parole Decoder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fastcruise or Parole Decoder have ads?
Neither Fastcruise nor Parole Decoder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fastcruise or Parole Decoder?
Fastcruise ships an update every 3 weeks, and Parole Decoder monthly. Most recently, Fastcruise was updated on October 30, 2026 and Parole Decoder on November 11, 2026.

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