Speedometer Simple vs Speedy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speedometer Simple
This app uses your phone's GPS to display your current speed accurately. It supports multiple units, shows traveled distance, and offers optional city names and a compass. You can also record trip statistics like maximum speed and distance.
- Accurate GPS speed tracking
- MPH, KM/H, and knots support
- Displays traveled distance
- Optional city name and compass
- Records trip statistics
- Customizable interface colors
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Speedometer Simple is a simple speedometer that is very easy to use. This app uses phone's GPS to accurately determine your speed. Speedometer has large fonts and supports mph, km/h, and knots speed display. Optionally, city name and a compass can be shows on the screen. The app also shows the traveled distance. Average and maximum speed is displayed in an optional screen as well. Interface color can be set one of many pre-selected colors. Speedometer app can record the speed during your trips and provide post-trip statistics like maximum speed, traveled distance etc. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bit.ly/speedometer_privacy
Speedy
This app accurately calculates your current speed and distance traveled using GPS and network data. It features a speed limit alarm, background tracking, and a unique Head-Up Display mode for windshield viewing. Share your speed with others or save screenshots.
- Accurate speed and distance measurement
- Speed limit exceeded alarm
- Background tracking
- Head-Up Display (HUD) mode
- Shareable speed screenshots
- Intuitive interface
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Speedy is a very effective and easy application to help you to calculate your current speed and distance that you have covered. Speedy designed gracefully and freed from elements that might cause difficulty for you. -----DESIGN INTEGRITY----- You can access all the settings and information windows that you need with buttons which will be appeared when you touch the screen once while using Speedy. To preserve the design integrity, these buttons will be invisible again after five seconds. -----MEASURE YOUR SPEED----- Speedy measure your speed most accurate way possible by using GPS and available cellular and wi-fi networks. Maximum speed value and speed ranges are automatically increased or decreased in speedometer based on your current speed. -----MEASURE THE DISTANCE YOU HAVE COVERED----- Speedy can measure the distance that you have covered and display it prefered measurement unit with the odometer where placed in speed gauge and also keep measuring even application works in background. (Background distance measurements, depends on whether you have given permission to the application to work in the background.) -----SPEED LIMIT EXCEEDED ALARM----- Using the speed limit alarm feature offered by Speedy you can determine a speed limit and you will be warned a visual and audible way when you reach the speed that you've set. -----SPEEDY WILL WARN YOU EVEN IN BACKGROUND----- Speedy can alert you via notification when you reach the speed limit that you specify previously even application not working. (It depends on whether you have given permission to the application for work in the background and receive notifications.) -----YOU CAN SHARE YOUR SPEED----- Speedy gives you possibilities to take the screenshot of the application and save it to the camera roll or share with others directly or via social networks. -----HEAD-UP DISPLAY (HUD) MODE----- Speedy can reverse the speed gauge to be seen properly from the reflective surfaces. You can reflect and follow this pretty nice and functional speedometer application on the windshield of your car without take your eyes off the road. enjoy :D Please keep in mind, Speedy will interpret the informations that obtained from your device sensors and receivers such as many other navigation applications do. And these data provided by your device may not be trustworthy at vital conditions. Also, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Speedometer Simple at Free against Speedy's $0.99. Speedometer Simple also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (131K vs 17). Speedy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Speedometer Simple is free to download; Speedy costs $0.99 up front. Speedometer Simple sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Speedy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Speedometer Simple against 4.7 for Speedy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speedometer Simple has 131K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Speedometer Simple's written reviews are positive against 33% of Speedy's.
Speedometer Simple ships an update fortnightly, Speedy every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speedometer Simple | Speedy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (131K ratings) | 4.7 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 131K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #19 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WATT APPS | Yasin TURKOGLU |
Customer experience
Speedometer Simple
Speedy
Bugs and requests
Speedometer Simple
Reported bugs
3 issues- Speed not displayed when screen is locked or app is in background
- Occasional crashes and freezes
- Inaccurate speed readings at times
Requested features
5 requests- Add full-screen map option
- Implement a 'pause' feature for recordings
- Allow customization of fonts and colors
- Integrate speed camera and red light detection
- Provide a widget and Apple Watch companion
Speedy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speedometer Simple
- Speedometer Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Speedometer Premium$4.997 Days
- Speedometer Premium$19.991 Year
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- Speedometer Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Remove Ads$9.99
Speedy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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