Comparison

Speed vs Apex Mini Map

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

Head to head
About

Speed

Transform your device into a stylish GPS speedometer with unique steampunk-inspired gauges. Track your speed in real-time, monitor trip data, and view live weather and navigation information.

Highlights
  • Steampunk-inspired analog and digital speedometer displays
  • Live weather updates
  • Navigational compass
  • Trip computer with distance, average, and max speed
  • Location sharing with Apple Maps link
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Customizable speed units and appearance
Features
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Your speed, with character. Speed-O-Meter Pro brings glowing Nixie-style digits and a brass-trimmed analog dial to a GPS speedometer for iPhone and Apple Watch. See your speed at a glance, follow your trip statistics, and keep the final numbers when you finish. CHOOSE YOUR DASHBOARD Switch between digital and analog displays, choose mph or km/h, and use light, dark, or system appearance on iPhone. Portrait and landscape layouts keep the dashboard readable in either orientation. KEEP YOUR TRIPS Start a trip, pause when you need a break, and resume later. Finish while recording or paused to save a summary of distance, recorded time, average speed, and maximum speed. Browse up to 100 saved trips on each device and share completed summaries from iPhone. BRING IT TO APPLE WATCH Choose an analog dial or a digital dashboard with speed, trip distance, recorded time, temperature, and humidity. Record with Watch GPS and synchronize trip state and recent completed summaries with your paired iPhone when connectivity is available. TRIP CONTROLS ON APPLE WATCH Start: switch to the digital dashboard using the style button at the bottom right. Tap either the trip distance or elapsed-time tile to start a new trip when none is in progress. You can then switch back to the analog dial while recording. Pause and resume: in digital mode, tap either trip tile to pause the current trip. Tap again to resume the same trip with its existing statistics. Trip details: on either dashboard, tap the clock with a circular arrow near the top left to open Trips, then select your current trip. Scroll down for Pause trip or Resume trip and Finish and save. In digital mode, you can also press and hold either trip tile to open the current trip's details directly. Finish: tap Finish and save in the trip details to end the trip and keep its summary. You can finish while recording or paused. To review it later, open Trips and select it under Saved Trips. Start your next trip from the digital dashboard. MORE AT A GLANCE The iPhone dashboard includes a compass, GPS status, temperature, conditions, humidity, rain chance, and wind. Choose Celsius or Fahrenheit separately from speed units. Weather is provided by Apple Weather when a location and network connection are available. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF An interrupted locally recorded trip can reopen paused with its saved statistics. Trip summaries are stored on your devices; they do not include a recorded GPS route. Trips started on Apple Watch can record in the background. Pause stops recorded time and distance but keeps Location ready for remote Resume, using some battery. Finish ends background Location. After an app restart, open the Watch app once to restore Location before resuming the recovered paused trip. iPhone trip recording requires the iPhone app to remain active. GPS accuracy depends on your device and reception. The digital display shows zero without valid GPS speed; check the GPS status indicator. All three tubes stay visible. The device where you start a trip remains its recorder. Keep both apps updated to control it from the other device. Buttons show progress while waiting for confirmation, including when the Watch is in the background. Delivery may be delayed; unprocessed requests expire after 30 seconds. If confirmation fails, check the recording app before retrying, and open it if prompted. The Apple Watch label beside the iPhone's speed-unit selector identifies the trip recorder; a muted dot means its latest update is delayed. A temporary disconnection does not transfer recording to the other device. The app is free with ads. No ads appear on the Apple Watch dashboard.

About

Apex Mini Map

Features
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Apex Mini Map is a driver-focused mini-map app built for spirited drives, canyon roads, and backroad exploring. This app was built specifically for seeing turns ahead when you're not fully familiar with a new road. Think of it as a mini map from like arcade racing game but for real life. No subscriptions or signing up. Features: • Live clean, customizable driving mini-map. • Road Focus mode to make your active road easier to see. • Multiple visual themes, including Arcade, Underground, Vice, and more. • Custom arcade color options. • Adjustable cursor POV, including centered and lower driving views. • Quick controls designed for easy access while parked. • Location privacy-first design: Apex uses your location while the app is open and does not share your live location with other users. Apex is not turn-by-turn navigation. It is a focused driving map UI for seeing the road ahead.

Screenshots

Speed4 screens
Apex Mini Map3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Speed at Free against Apex Mini Map's $0.99. Speed also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.5). Apex Mini Map's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On in-app purchases and device support 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

Speed is free to download; Apex Mini Map costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speed ships an update weekly, Apex Mini Map every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speed versus Apex Mini Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedApex Mini Map
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALEX ALEKSEYEVCK Design & Development, LLC.

In-app purchases

None

Speed

No in-app purchases

None

Apex Mini Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speed free?
Speed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apex Mini Map free?
Apex Mini Map costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Speed or Apex Mini Map have ads?
Speed shows ads; Apex Mini Map does not.
Which is updated more often, Speed or Apex Mini Map?
Speed ships an update weekly, and Apex Mini Map every 3 days. Most recently, Speed was updated on October 31, 2026 and Apex Mini Map on November 5, 2026.

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