Comparison

Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert vs Road Notice

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

Head to head
About

Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert

Get real-time alerts for speed cameras, red-light cameras, and ALPRs across the US. Enjoy a clear, spoken warning system and a glanceable drive mode with your speed and posted limits. The app operates in the background and offers automatic night mode for safer driving.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera alerts
  • Spoken voice alerts
  • Background alerts
  • Drive Mode display
  • Automatic night mode
  • Nationwide camera database
  • Clean map interface
Features
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Hummingbird - Speed Camera Alerts Never get caught off guard again. Hummingbird gives you fast, reliable, real-time warnings for speed cameras, red-light cameras, and automated license-plate readers (ALPR) across the United States - so you can keep your eyes on the road and drive with confidence. Built for drivers who want a calm, clear heads-up - not a noisy, cluttered dashboard. KEY FEATURES • Real-time camera alerts - Get warned as you approach a camera, with the distance and direction to it. • Spoken "Camera ahead" voice + alarm — A clear audible alert so you don't have to look at your phone. • Background alerts - Hummingbird can warn you even when the app is closed and your phone is locked, so you're covered the entire drive. • Drive Mode - A big, glanceable display with your current speed, the posted speed limit, a live compass pointing to the nearest camera, trip stats, and an elevation chart. • Automatic night mode - The screen switches to a dark, low-glare theme at sunset based on your location. • Nationwide coverage — Tens of thousands of cameras across the country, loaded live around you and kept up to date every month. • Clean, fast map — Cameras cluster as you zoom out and separate as you zoom in. Speed cameras always show as their own clearly marked pins. • Smart, single alerts — One clear warning per camera zone, not a flood of repeated notifications. WHY HUMMINGBIRD • No ads. No data selling. Your subscription goes solely toward server costs and keeping the nationwide camera database accurate and current. • Privacy-first — We don't track you across other apps, and we don't store a history of your movements. • Designed to be glanced at, not stared at — safer by design. • Designed by someone sick of speed cameras. SUBSCRIPTION Hummingbird is available with a 7-day free trial, then $0.99/month. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID after the free trial. • Your subscription automatically renews monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Start your free trial today and drive with a little extra peace of mind. Camera data is provided for informational and safety-awareness purposes. Always obey posted speed limits and traffic laws, and never interact with your phone while driving. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Road Notice

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Camera awareness. Follow posted limits. Road Notice gives a brief audible reminder as you approach a listed speed or red-light camera. Set it up while parked, put your phone away, and keep your attention on driving. Follow traffic laws and road conditions everywhere, whether or not a warning sounds. ONE-TIME SETUP Enable Camera warnings and allow Always and Precise Location. Monitoring can continue with the screen locked or another app open when iOS permits. Use Test warning while parked to check your selected audio connection and media volume. Reopen the app after force-quitting or restarting your iPhone. ONE BRIEF SOUND Warnings use your iPhone's selected speaker or car audio connection. The siren plays as media; your media volume and car input matter. Audio interruptions can prevent a warning. Do Not Disturb and other Focus settings can silence alerts unless you allow Road Notice through. The app does not use Critical Alerts. Test warning checks your current audio connection, not future background delivery. There is no CarPlay dashboard interface. QUIET WHEN THE DATA SUPPORTS IT Quiet below speed limit is on by default for speed cameras. It can suppress a siren when usable measured speed is at or below an applicable limit or conservative estimate. It warns only above that limit when the data is usable. Unknown speed or limit information still produces a warning. Red-light and combined-camera warnings remain on. Silence does not mean your speed is lawful; posted signs and current conditions always take priority. PUBLIC CAMERA INFORMATION The saved U.S. camera list combines OpenStreetMap and agency information with reviewed locations. Coverage is incomplete. Approximate locations and published mobile deployment areas are labeled Possible speed camera. The app cannot sense radar or confirm whether equipment is operating. Weekly source updates are downloaded when your phone can connect; the saved list works offline with GPS. Supported cameras use mapped approach zones to check the road and direction, with warning lead based on available road and speed information. Those zones keep working when source checks become overdue. ON-DEVICE ALERT LOG Review the latest 500 camera notifications in Alert log. Tap a notification to open its saved camera details and any eligible speed-limit information. Entries stay on your iPhone, are excluded from backups and problem reports, and can be cleared at any time. Quiet approaches and Test warning are not logged. LOCATION STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Camera matching happens on your iPhone, without uploading your location or keeping a trip history. There are no ads, analytics SDKs, subscriptions or accounts. Optional problem reports let you review an explanation and location-free technical details before explicitly sending them to a public GitHub issue. Submitted report text is public. The privacy policy explains reports and hosting connection logs. Free and open source. Requires iOS 17 or later. Maintained by Alonso Indacochea. Warnings and speed-limit information may be missing, delayed or incorrect. GPS, permissions, iOS background limits, battery state and audio conditions affect delivery. Background location uses battery. Avoid abrupt reactions to a siren; keep your attention on driving and follow traffic laws on every road.

Screenshots

Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert4 screens
Road Notice1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Road Notice at none against Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert's 1. Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Road Notice asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert ships an update fortnightly, Road Notice every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert versus Road Notice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHummingbird Speed Camera AlertRoad Notice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAeralasVolver Health

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert

Subscriptions1
  • Hummingbird Pro7 Days trial$0.991 Month
None

Road Notice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert free?
Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Road Notice free?
Road Notice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert or Road Notice have ads?
Neither Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert nor Road Notice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert or Road Notice?
Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert ships an update fortnightly, and Road Notice every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hummingbird Speed Camera Alert was updated on October 31, 2026 and Road Notice on November 6, 2026.

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