SpeedTrace vs SkyPocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpeedTrace
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SpeedTrace turns your iPhone into a beautiful, glanceable GPS speedometer and trip recorder. Driving, cycling, running or sailing — see your real speed in big, high-contrast digits, watch your route draw itself on the map, and keep a full history of everywhere you've been. Free to download. No ads. No account. No tracking. Everything is a one-time purchase. — NINE SPEEDOMETER FACES — • Classic: the original arc gauge, free forever • Minimal, Retro LCD, Analog, Neon, Vintage, Rally, Turbo and Digital Cluster • Try any locked face for 30 seconds, out on the road, before you decide — BIG, GLANCEABLE SPEED — • Large, high-contrast readout you can read at a glance • Switch units instantly: km/h, mph, knots or m/s • Live altitude, compass heading, and session max & average speed • Honest GPS status — we never fake a confident reading when the signal is weak — HUD MODE — • Mirrors your speed onto the windshield after dark • Green while you're clear, red the moment you're over the posted limit • Landscape, full brightness, controls fade away — LIVE ROUTE MAP — • Watch your route draw itself on the map in real time • Follow mode keeps you centered and oriented; pan freely anytime — TRIP RECORDING & HISTORY — • One tap to start; keeps going with the screen off • Automatic recording (optional): switch it on and driving starts the trip, parking ends it • Every trip saved with distance, duration, max/average speed and elevation • Detail view with your full route plus speed and elevation charts • Share any trip as a card with your route drawn on the map • Export as GPX or CSV to analyze anywhere else — SPEED LIMIT & ALERTS (optional) — • Shows the posted limit for the road you're on, using OpenStreetMap data • Coverage varies by country and road; where no limit is published, SpeedTrace says so instead of guessing • Gentle voice and sound alerts when you go over • Fully optional — leave it off and the app uses no network at all — LIVE ACTIVITY, WIDGET & SYNC — • Keep your live speed in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen • Home-screen widget for a quick glance • iCloud sync keeps your trips on every device you own — 0–100 ACCELERATION TIMING — • Time a standing start: 0–100 km/h, 0–60 mph, whichever you use • Runs are saved so you can compare them — BUILT FOR EVERY JOURNEY — • Day & night themes for comfortable driving in any light • Six color palettes for your dial • Keep-screen-awake option so your speed never dims away — WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PRO — Free: the Classic dial, all four units, the live map, unlimited trip history, trip charts, GPX/CSV export, speed limit alerts, automatic trip recording, trip share cards, Live Activity, the widget and iCloud sync. SpeedTrace Pro is a single one-time purchase that unlocks the eight other dials — plus every dial added in future, at no extra cost — along with HUD mode, 0–100 timing and the color palettes. Individual dials can also be bought on their own. — PRIVACY FIRST — SpeedTrace has no servers and no accounts. Your trips, routes and speed history are stored only on your device and in your own iCloud. We don't collect analytics, we don't track you, and we never sell your data. The optional Speed Limit feature is the only thing that touches the network — and only when you turn it on. — QUESTIONS? WE ANSWER — Something not working, or a feature you wish existed? Email support@mzjpg.com — a real person reads every message and replies, usually within a day. And if SpeedTrace has earned its place on your home screen, a rating or a few words of review means a lot to an independent developer. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. SpeedTrace only uses background location while you're actively recording a trip.
SkyPocket
Transform your phone into an in-flight cockpit. Track live flight data, view offline maps, and record your journeys. Learn about your aircraft and the world below, all without ads or subscriptions.
- Live flight data (speed, altitude, track)
- Offline moving map with points of interest
- Aircraft-specific phase explanations
- Flight recording with lock screen stats
- Post-flight logbook and replay
- Photo and video stamping with flight data
- Multi-language support
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SkyPocket is a simple app for anyone who flies, and it works entirely in flight mode with no ads, sign ups, user analytics or in-app purchases. Buy it once and it's yours for life. A window seat is recommended for the best results. The Aviation Nerd: • Live ground speed, altitude, track and vertical speed on cockpit-style tapes • An offline moving map with coastlines packed inside the app. Mid-ocean included • Cabin pressure altitude from the barometer: watch the cabin climb to 7,000 ft on its own schedule • Turbulence, g-force and bank angle from the motion sensors • The country below you, its local time and a fact to read as you cross it • The sun's position, so you know which side of the plane to sit on • 41,000 named peaks and 3,000 lakes on the chart, with a layer panel to tune what you see • Pick a destination for distance to go, live ETA and your arrival time • Share a flight card, or export CSV and GPX • Replay flies the whole route in thirty seconds, numbers ticking as it goes The Nervous Flyer: • Tell SkyPocket what you're flying, or let it work it out with you: seats across, engines, windows, even the A320's famous barking dog • Every phase explained as it happens, with your aircraft's own numbers: takeoff roll, gear up, the sudden quiet a minute after takeoff, cruise at its usual Mach • Two dozen cabin sounds decoded, and the ones nervous flyers ask about wear a calm NORMAL badge • 65 aircraft with the numbers, spotting clues and trivia that make them themselves, from the A220 to the Queen of the Skies The Storyteller: • Photos stamped with your speed, altitude and position; clips with a live stats marquee • Flight notes: a thought at 36,000 feet, saved with the moment it happened • Turn the flight into a 9:16 reel: route, records, shots, clips and notes, in the order they happened. You pick every ingredient • In flight, the tab bar becomes a flight deck: photo, clip, note, one thumb The Globetrotter: • Flights name themselves from 4,000 airports: BFS to BCN, not just a date • A logbook counts your lifetime flights, hours airborne and kilometres flown • A ten-language phrasebook, spoken aloud, with a sentence builder and the answers to listen for Record the whole flight: Tap once before takeoff. SkyPocket keeps recording with your phone locked in your pocket, shows live stats on the lock screen, and detects the landing by itself. Force-quit, crash, dead battery: your flight survives and offers to resume. In your language: English, Arabic, Japanese, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese in both scripts, Korean, Ukrainian, Russian, Hebrew and Polish: the whole app and the whole bundled World Factbook, so all 238 countries can be read about in your language while you fly over them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SpeedTrace at Free against SkyPocket's $0.99. SkyPocket's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
SpeedTrace is free to download; SkyPocket costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SpeedTrace ships an update every 3 weeks, SkyPocket every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpeedTrace | SkyPocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dajiale | John Mckay |
In-app purchases
SpeedTrace
No in-app purchases
SkyPocket
No in-app purchases





