Comparison

SpeedWatch vs Xi·Track

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

Head to head
About

SpeedWatch

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SpeedWatch turns your iPhone into a speedometer you can actually read at a glance. One huge number. Colours that tell you instantly whether you are inside your limit. And alerts that speak up before a camera does. WHY DRIVERS USE IT Your car's dial is small, awkwardly placed and never tells you how close you are to the limit. SpeedWatch gives you a full-screen GPS gauge that turns green, yellow, orange or red based on the limits YOU set for city, out-of-town and highway driving. One look and you know. BUILT FOR THE ROAD • Large live GPS speedometer in km/h or mph • Four-zone colour coding driven by your own limits • Quick presets for City, Outside city and Highway — tap to switch • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Apple Watch app so your speed is on your wrist • Night HUD: swipe in for a pure-black heads-up display that can mirror onto your windshield • Section Control: measure your true average speed over a stretch of road • Live map with your street name, compass heading, temperature and conditions • Drives start and stop by themselves, and end about a minute after you park AFTER EVERY DRIVE The moment a drive ends you get a summary: distance, duration, top and average speed, and how much of it you spent over your own limit. If your phone was in your pocket it arrives as a notification and waits for you. Share any drive as a card, whatever you paid. KNOW EVERY DRIVE Every drive records duration, distance, top speed and average speed, and is labelled as a car trip or a bike ride. Open one to see the route on a map with the speed chart beside it. Filter your history, export it all to CSV, or clear it out in bulk. Statistics add totals, trends per week, month or year, and how much of your driving time sits over the limit. MILEAGE FOR WORK Mark a drive business or private the moment it ends, or with one swipe in the list. SpeedWatch then exports a mileage report as a PDF: distance totalled per purpose, then one line per trip with date, start, end and distance — ready for your employer or your accountant. DASHCAM Record the road ahead with your speed burned into the clip. A hard jolt marks that clip so the storage limit will not delete it later. Clips are kept in a library on your device, ready to review, share or delete. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Two widgets show your last drive and the distance you covered this week. "Start a drive" and "Stop the drive" work through Siri and Shortcuts, and starting one is a Control Center button away. OFFLINE SPEED LIMITS • Offline speed limits: download your country once, then see the limit of the road you are on • Warnings for fixed speed cameras, only where the law allows them Limits are approximate: the sign on the road always wins. PRIVACY FIRST No account and no sign-up. SpeedWatch has no server of its own: your drives, clips and settings are kept on your iPhone, and with Plus your drives are also backed up to your own iCloud. Weather and maps come from Apple. PRICING — BUY ONCE, KEEP FOREVER SpeedWatch is free to use. Two one-time unlocks, no subscription: • SpeedWatch Plus — offline speed limits, over-speed alerts with sound and haptics, the night HUD, dark mode and eight accent colours, 30 days of statistics, the Home Screen widgets, and your ten newest drives with their routes • SpeedWatch Pro — the whole drive history, the mileage log as a PDF, CSV export, bulk clean-up, your own trip labels and the dashcam. Everything you can turn into money or evidence. Includes everything in Plus. Not sure? Run Pro free for seven days, once, straight from the upgrade screen. No card, no account, nothing to cancel. IMPORTANT SpeedWatch measures speed from GPS. Accuracy depends on satellite reception and it is not a legal replacement for your car's speedometer. The mileage report is a record of what you drove, not tax advice. Always keep your eyes on the road and follow local law — never operate your iPhone while driving.

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Xi·Track

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The world is vast. You may not pass the same place twice. Xi Track is a GPS track recorder and real-time instrument dashboard for iPhone. Track the journeys you walk, run, hike, ride, drive, sail or fly — with your data stored locally on your device. TRACK EVERY JOURNEY Choose a mode for the way you move: • Daily Travel • Running • Hiking & Mountaineering • Cycling • Car & Motorcycle • Train & Bus • Sailing • Flight Record complete routes and revisit them anytime with history and route replay. CRUISE WITHOUT RECORDING Just want to check your current status? Cruise mode shows real-time movement data without saving a trip to your history. When a journey is worth keeping, simply start recording. REAL-TIME GPS & SENSOR DATA Turn your iPhone into a live instrument panel with data such as: • Speed & pace • Distance & duration • Altitude & elevation gain • Heading • Grade & vertical speed • Steps & cadence • GPS & motion status Available metrics vary by mode, device, permissions, GPS conditions and connected accessories. A LIGHTWEIGHT BIKE COMPUTER Use your iPhone as a cycling computer for speed, distance, altitude, elevation gain, grade and heading. With compatible BLE accessories, Xi Track can also display heart rate, cadence, power and external speed data. YOUR TRACKS STAY YOURS Xi Track requires no account. Tracks, locations, sensor data, history and settings are stored locally on your iPhone. Data leaves your device only when you choose to export, share or back it up. No ads. No mandatory cloud sync. No account required to record. PRO FEATURES Recording, history and route replay are free. Xi Track Pro adds: • GPX, FIT, CSV & XLSX export • Compatible BLE heart rate devices • Password-encrypted .xtbackup backups Some places may only cross your path once. Keep the journey with Xi Track. Xi Track is intended for personal recording and informational purposes only. GPS and sensor accuracy may vary by device and environment. It is not a substitute for professional navigation, aviation, maritime, medical, rescue or safety equipment. Apple Standard License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mbc3320.github.io/xi-track-privacy/privacy.html?lang=en Support: https://mbc3320.github.io/xi-track-privacy/support.html?lang=en

Screenshots

SpeedWatch4 screens
Xi·Track4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Xi·Track at 18.0 against SpeedWatch's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SpeedWatch sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Xi·Track sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeedWatch ships an update every 8 days, Xi·Track every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
SpeedWatch versus Xi·Track: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedWatchXi·Track
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman Rijkers彬朝 莫

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SpeedWatch

One-time2
  • SpeedWatch Plus$0.99
  • SpeedWatch Pro$8.99
1 purchases

Xi·Track

One-time1
  • Xi·Track Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is SpeedWatch free?
SpeedWatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Xi·Track free?
Xi·Track is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpeedWatch or Xi·Track have ads?
Neither SpeedWatch nor Xi·Track shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeedWatch or Xi·Track?
SpeedWatch ships an update every 8 days, and Xi·Track every 4 days. Most recently, SpeedWatch was updated on October 28, 2026 and Xi·Track on October 25, 2026.

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