Comparison

Photrail vs GPS Speed Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Photrail

This app automatically creates a visual map of your travels using the location data embedded in your photos. It detects trips, offers insights, and generates shareable recaps, all while prioritizing your privacy by processing data on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip detection and mapping
  • Photo-based travel journal
  • On-device data processing
  • Travel personality insights
  • Shareable travel recaps
  • Home-screen widgets
Features
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Photrail turns your photo library into a beautiful map of everywhere you've been — automatically. It reads the location data already saved in your photos, so there's nothing to tag and no account to create. Everything happens on your device. WHAT YOU GET • World map — a pin for every country you've visited • Places — browse your countries, continents, world wonders and trips • Trips — every journey detected automatically, with a map, itinerary, notes and photos • Trip Insights (optional) — connect Apple Health to see the workouts, climbs, energy and heart-rate moments behind each trip • Travel calendar — see your journeys laid out across the year • On This Day — rediscover photos from this date in past years • Travel personality — see your style (Urban, Coastal, Mountain, Nature, Culture, Adventure…), measured on-device • Year in Travel — a beautiful, shareable recap of your year • Share cards — export a trip as a gorgeous card that adapts to how you traveled: ski, hike, cycle, run or swim • Home-screen widgets — your travel stats and world wonders at a glance MAKE IT YOURS • Name your trips and add your own notes • Set your home so trips are detected around it • Optional travel reminders — easy to turn off • Now available in English and Dutch PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Country, trip, wonder, personality and insight detection all run on your device • Read-only access to your photos — and, if you choose, to Apple Health • Your photos and health data never leave your phone Missing a country because the photos are gone? Add it by hand to keep your map accurate.

About

GPS Speed Tracker

Track your speed, distance, and altitude across various modes of transport. Features live speedometers, trip recording, and a HUD mode for easy viewing. Relive and share your journeys with 3D replays and custom trip cards.

Highlights
  • Live GPS speed display
  • Windshield HUD mode
  • Automatic trip recording
  • Multiple transport modes
  • 3D trip replays
  • Shareable trip cards
  • Offline functionality
Features
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The GPS speedometer for every ride. Live speed on 20 beautiful dashboards, a windshield HUD for night drives, and every trip recorded automatically — even with no signal. Drive, ride, ski, sail, take the train or fly: pick your mode and go. Speed, distance, time and altitude update live, and every trip is saved with its route, top speed and elevation. Relive it in 3D, share it as a stunning card, or follow it from your Lock Screen, Apple Watch or CarPlay. LIVE SPEEDOMETER • Precise GPS speed in km/h, mph or knots, with altitude in meters or feet • 20 dashboards: analog dials, digital displays, neon, LED, vintage and more • Flight cockpit tapes for speed and altitude, Trend for the last two minutes, Slope for ski days • HUD mode — lay your phone on the dash and read your speed in the windshield • Speed limit alerts with sound and haptics • 12 color themes BUILT FOR EVERY RIDE • Car, motorcycle, e-scooter, bicycle, walking, ski, train, boat and airplane modes • Ski mode counts your runs and total descent • Gauge scales tuned to each mode, from a walk to a jet TRIP RECORDING • Every trip saved with a speed-colored route map • Distance, moving time, average and top speed, altitude gain • Speed and altitude charts you can scrub • A trip summary when you stop — with new top-speed records • Auto-pause when you stop; trips are recovered even if the app closes mid-trip • Filter by this week, this month or all time, with a lifetime odometer RELIVE IN 3D • Replay any trip with a 3D follow camera, overhead view or the whole route • Scrub the timeline, change playback speed, jump to your fastest and highest points • Save the replay as a video to share SHARE YOUR TRIPS • Beautiful trip cards for posts (4:5) and stories (9:16) • Highlight top speed or distance, with or without the route LOCK SCREEN, APPLE WATCH & CARPLAY • Live Activity with speed, distance and time — pause or stop without unlocking • Dynamic Island shows your live speed • Speed, distance and time on Apple Watch in the Smart Stack and on the CarPlay Dashboard • Odometer widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • Start a trip from Control Center, the Action button or Siri WORKS OFFLINE • Speed, trip recording and the Offline World map need no Wi-Fi or mobile data • See country borders, your position and your route anywhere — even in flight PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up • Your precise location is processed on your iPhone, and your trip history stays there GPS SPEED TRACKER PRO One purchase, no subscription: • No ads • All 20 dashboards and HUD mode • Unlimited trip history (free shows your latest 10 trips) • GPX and CSV export • Relive videos without the watermark • Every future Pro feature Pay once. Keep it forever.

Screenshots

Photrail4 screens
GPS Speed Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photrail at none against GPS Speed Tracker's 1. Photrail also leads on ads (none vs shown). GPS Speed Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and monetization model 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. GPS Speed Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photrail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Photrail against 5.0 for GPS Speed Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Speed Tracker has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Photrail versus GPS Speed Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotrailGPS Speed Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBerend VandenbusscheANDREI RUSTI

Customer experience

Photrail

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GPS Speed Tracker

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Photrail

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GPS Speed Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro version$1.99

Questions

Is Photrail free?
Photrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GPS Speed Tracker free?
GPS Speed Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photrail or GPS Speed Tracker?
Photrail and GPS Speed Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Photrail or GPS Speed Tracker have ads?
GPS Speed Tracker shows ads; Photrail does not.
Which is updated more often, Photrail or GPS Speed Tracker?
Photrail ships an update weekly, and GPS Speed Tracker weekly. Most recently, Photrail was updated on October 10, 2026 and GPS Speed Tracker on November 1, 2026.

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