Speedometer Simple vs Text To Speech
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
Text To Speech
Convert written text into spoken words with customizable voices, speeds, and pitches. Save and access your reading history, organize presets, and enjoy a full-screen reading experience. This free tool also includes a word search and dark mode.
- Text to speech conversion
- Customizable voice, volume, and speed
- Full-screen text display
- Reading history and presets
- Multilingual support
- Dark mode
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It's a text-to-speech app. All features are completely free to use. - Enter text and have it read aloud quickly - View text full screen - Flip enlarged text up/down/left/right - Multilingual voice/volume/speed/pitch settings - Read aloud history / Read aloud from history with one tap - Speak preset text with one tap - Unlimited folders/preset text additions - Read aloud with text replacement - Batch add preset text - Batch operations such as copying/duplicating/coloring text - Free Word Search - dark mode URL scheme: texttospeech://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text To Speech at none against Speedometer Simple's 5. Speedometer Simple's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (132K vs 32). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Speedometer Simple sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Text To Speech asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Speedometer Simple against 4.6 for Text To Speech. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speedometer Simple has 132K ratings behind it against 32, 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 50% of Text To Speech's.
Speedometer Simple ships an update fortnightly, Text To Speech every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speedometer Simple | Text To Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (132K ratings) — better | 4.6 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 132K — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #25 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WATT APPS | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Speedometer Simple
Text To Speech
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
Text To Speech
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
Text To Speech
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Speedometer Simple free?
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Do Speedometer Simple or Text To Speech have ads?
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