Comparison

Speedometer Speed vs Quick GPS+

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

Head to head
About

Speedometer Speed

Features
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How fast are you going? Open the app and the answer is already there β€” a big glowing readout of your current speed, straight from GPS satellites, inside a dial that fills as you accelerate. Speedometer GPS turns your phone into a precise digital speedometer for anything that moves: cars, motorbikes, bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, boats, trains, runs β€” especially the things that never came with a speedometer of their own. A READOUT YOU CAN TRUST A fresh GPS fix every second, smoothed over the last five readings, so the number reads steady instead of twitching β€” and big enough to read from the passenger seat. The dial auto-ranges: a fine 0–60 scale on a bike, 0–120 or 0–240 on the highway. SPEED LIMIT ALARM Set a limit in Settings. Pass it and the readout turns red, a marker shows on the dial and the phone buzzes β€” again every ten seconds until you slow down. Presets for city, road and highway limits in km/h, mph or knots. IT TELLS YOU WHEN TO TRUST IT The pill under the number shows live GPS quality β€” EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR or POOR β€” with the accuracy radius in metres. Fixes worse than Β±20 m are shown but never used. Lose the signal in a tunnel and the readout drops to 0 and says SEARCHING instead of freezing on a stale number. COMPASS AND ALTITUDE Your heading (N, NE, E… plus degrees) and altitude sit right under the readout β€” handy on the water, on a trail, or on an unfamiliar road. HUD MODE A mirrored, full-screen readout on pure black. Lay the phone flat on the dashboard at night and read your speed reflected in the windshield. Flip it back to normal to hold it up. The screen stays awake until you tap Exit HUD. A REAL TRIP COMPUTER Distance, max speed, average speed while moving, and elapsed time β€” each in its own card. Live speed shows the moment you open the app; trip stats count from the moment you press Start. Stop, Reset or Save whenever you like. TRIP HISTORY, ODOMETER AND ROUTES Save up to 50 trips with their stats and the GPS points you recorded. The Trips screen keeps a lifetime odometer β€” total distance, top speed and time across every trip β€” and draws a thumbnail of each route. Open a trip to see the route full size β€” on Apple Maps on iPhone β€” and share its stats with one tap. KM/H, MPH OR KNOTS Metric shows metres then kilometres; imperial shows feet then miles; knots show nautical miles for sailing and boating. Your choice is saved for next time. NO PHANTOM DISTANCE Tiny movements from GPS drift are ignored, so a parked phone doesn't rack up kilometres. Impossible jumps between fixes are thrown out, and max speed is taken from the smoothed value β€” one glitchy sample can't fake a top speed. WORKS OFFLINE, STAYS PRIVATE Speed comes from GPS satellites, not the network, so the app works in airplane mode, abroad without data, at sea and in the backcountry. No account, no sign-up β€” your readings and saved trips stay on your phone. Speedometer GPS is free and ad-supported. The speedometer, speed alarm, HUD mode and trip history are all fully available β€” nothing is locked. Privacy policy: https://speed.chinesepowered.com/privacy.html

About

Quick GPS+

Features
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Quick GPS+ is a clean, single-screen GPS tool that shows you everything you need at a glance: β€’ Speed (current and max) β€’ Altitude β€’ Compass heading with artificial horizon β€’ Course and GPS signal quality β€’ Vertical speed (climb/descent rate) β€’ Trip odometer with distance and elevation gain/loss β€’ Coordinates in decimal and DMS formats The centerpiece is a combined attitude indicator and compass β€” like an aircraft instrument panel on your phone. It shows pitch, roll, and heading in real time. The trip odometer tracks distance and elevation in the background so you can pocket your phone and keep recording. No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. No data collected. Imperial and metric units. Respects your system font size.

Screenshots

Speedometer Speed4 screens
Quick GPS+1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Quick GPS+ at none against Speedometer Speed's shown. Quick GPS+ also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speedometer Speed ships an update every 2 months, Quick GPS+ weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Speedometer Speed versus Quick GPS+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedometer SpeedQuick GPS+
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better17.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size45 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNelson LaiComatose Daisy

In-app purchases

None

Speedometer Speed

No in-app purchases

None

Quick GPS+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speedometer Speed free?
Speedometer Speed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick GPS+ free?
Quick GPS+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Speedometer Speed or Quick GPS+ have ads?
Speedometer Speed shows ads; Quick GPS+ does not.
Which is updated more often, Speedometer Speed or Quick GPS+?
Speedometer Speed ships an update every 2 months, and Quick GPS+ weekly. Most recently, Speedometer Speed was updated on September 13, 2026 and Quick GPS+ on September 26, 2026.

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