SpeedTrace vs RoadTrace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β 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 β see your real speed in big, high-contrast digits, watch your route draw itself on the map, and keep a history of everywhere you've been. New: send someone a link and they watch you drive in their browser β your position, speed and ETA, nothing to install. Free to download. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. If you don't share, it doesn't go online at all. β SHARE YOUR DRIVE, LIVE β β’ Start a share and text the link to anyone; they open it in a browser and watch you move β’ They install nothing and make no account β whoever has the link can watch β’ 15 minutes, an hour, 8 hours, or until you arrive; set a destination and they see your ETA too β’ Stop it any time from the speedometer or the Lock Screen; the link dies at once β’ Viewers see the last ten minutes of your route, never where you set off from β’ Sharing your speed is optional, share by share β’ Free accounts get a 2-minute preview, to see exactly what they see β TWELVE SPEEDOMETER FACES β β’ Classic: the original arc gauge, free forever β’ Horizon: snow, timber or coast scrolling past at your speed, under the sky outside right now (Pro) β’ Aurora: curtains of light that shift color as you go, not a single line on them β’ Chrono: an observatory watch in blued steel, with two live subdials β’ Minimal, Retro LCD, Analog, Neon, Vintage, Rally, Turbo and Digital Cluster β’ Try any locked face for 30 seconds on the road before you decide β’ The whole app is colored by the sky outside β dawn, midday, dusk, night β from the sun's angle where you are, not from a clock β BIG, GLANCEABLE SPEED β β’ Large, high-contrast readout; km/h, mph, knots or m/s, switched instantly β’ Live altitude, compass heading, session max & average speed β’ Honest GPS status β we never fake a confident reading on a weak signal β HUD MODE β β’ Mirrors your speed onto the windshield after dark: green while you're clear, red the moment you're over the limit β TRIP RECORDING & HISTORY β β’ One tap to start; keeps going with the screen off β’ Automatic recording (optional): driving starts a trip, parking ends it β’ Trips come back as postcards β your route on a map, in the sky color of the hour you drove β’ Distance, duration, max/average speed and climb, with speed and elevation charts β’ Export as GPX or CSV β SPEED LIMIT & ALERTS (optional) β β’ The posted limit for the road you're on, from OpenStreetMap; where none is published, SpeedTrace says so β’ Gentle voice and sound alerts when you go over β LIVE ACTIVITY, WIDGET & SYNC β β’ Live speed in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, a home-screen widget, and iCloud sync β’ 0β100 km/h or 0β60 mph timing, with every run kept to compare β WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PRO β Free: the Classic dial, all four units, the live map, unlimited trip history, charts, GPX/CSV export, speed limit alerts, automatic recording, share cards, Live Activity, the widget, iCloud sync β and a 2-minute preview share. Pro: full-length live sharing, plus every paid dial β including Horizon, sold no other way, and every dial added in future at no extra cost β HUD mode, 0β100 timing, dial colors and alternate icons. By the week, by the year, or once and for good. Already bought Pro? Live sharing is yours, at no further cost. β PRIVACY FIRST β If you don't share, it doesn't go online. Your trips, routes and speed history live only on your device and in your own iCloud β no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, and we never sell your data. Your location leaves the phone only during a share you start yourself, and the route is deleted from our server the moment it ends. An account is needed only for sharing. Questions? Email support@mzjpg.com β a real person reads and answers every one. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
RoadTrace
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RoadTrace records where you went β and how fast you were going at every point of it. NEW: A MILEAGE LOG BUILT ON YOUR DRIVES Every drive RoadTrace records becomes a line in your mileage log with what the tax office asks for: start and end address (looked up automatically), distance, and odometer readings chained from the one you enter for your car. A dashboard reading that doesn't match shows as a gap. β’ One tap: Business, Commute or Private, with purpose and client. Saved places (your office, a client) fill these in, and an optional work-hours rule sorts drives for you. Missed one? Add it by hand. β’ At the top: your business-use share for the year. Rules are built in for the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and nine European countries. β’ Every line and change goes into a tamper-evident record. Lines are sealed after 7 days; later corrections print in the report beside the original, and a deleted line stays on record as a deletion. β’ Report: a PDF laid out as a mileage log, plus CSV, for any period and vehicle, in miles, with gaps and corrections marked. A backup copy sits in the Files app. The log, sorting and editing are included; exporting the report is part of RoadTrace Pro. Press START before a drive, a run or a walk. RoadTrace draws your route on a map and stores your speed and altitude at every point, so afterwards you can see exactly what you were doing, and where. Record for as long as you like β there is no time limit. A DASHBOARD YOU CAN READ AT A GLANCE β’ Opens on the speedometer, with today's top speed, altitude and GPS accuracy beside your live speed β’ Large digital speedometer, built for a car mount β’ Live trail: the road behind you, coloured by how fast you were going β’ Altitude from the barometer β far steadier than GPS alone β’ Tap the dial for a full-screen, speed-only view EVERY TRIP, IN DETAIL β’ Your route coloured by speed: green where slow, red where fast β’ Zoom the map and individual speed readings appear along the road β’ Speed and altitude graphs you can pinch, drag and scrub to any exact second β’ Distance, duration, max and average speed, climb and descent YOUR TERRITORY β’ Every area your trips have taken you through fills in, cell by cell, on one map β’ Personal records and weekly totals WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Recording never needs the internet. Position, speed and altitude come from the phone's own GPS and barometer, and every trip is saved on the device. The map fills in when you reconnect. KEEPS RECORDING Recording continues with the screen off and the app in the background. HONEST ABOUT ITSELF Every trip shows how many samples it captured and how good the fix was. Satellite speed from a phone is an estimate, and RoadTrace says so rather than pretending otherwise. PRIVATE Your routes and your log stay on your device. Only to show addresses, a drive's start and end point go to Apple's map service. ROADTRACE PRO β ONE PAYMENT, FOR LIFE Recording has no time limit for anyone, and your three newest trips are always open. Older trips are never deleted: they stay on your phone and open with Pro. Pro adds: β’ Mileage log report as PDF and CSV β’ Every trip kept and open, however many you record β’ Speed alert: presets from 30 to 130 km/h (or the mph equivalents), or your own number β the gauge turns red and a beep sounds every 10 seconds while you are above it, even with the screen locked β’ HUD mode: a mirrored, full-screen speed you can read in the windshield at night β’ Record every drive automatically: it starts when your phone detects driving, stops 3 minutes after you park and sends you a summary β optionally only in your own car, via Bluetooth β’ Speed, distance and time on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island β’ CSV and GPX export of your trips, with monthly Business and Personal totals β’ 0β60 mph / 0β100 km/h acceleration test, with your best runs kept Pay once and it's yours. Nothing renews: no subscription, no ads.
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Verdict
SpeedTrace and RoadTrace are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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
Both are free to download. SpeedTrace sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and RoadTrace sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SpeedTrace ships an update every 4 weeks, RoadTrace fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpeedTrace | RoadTrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dajiale | Youssef Ziat |
In-app purchases
SpeedTrace
- Weekly$5.997 Days
- Yearly$24.991 Year
- Vintage Dial$0.99
- Rally Dial$0.99
- Neon Racing Dial$1.99
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- Turbo Dial$1.99
- Digital Cluster Dial$1.99
- Aurora Dial$1.99
- Chrono Dial$2.99
- Lifetime Premium$44.99
RoadTrace
- Lifetime Unlimited$19.99








