Simple GPS Dashboard vs Locatometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple GPS Dashboard
This app displays essential location and orientation data from your mobile device. It offers a simple interface with day and night modes, and allows unit customization for speed and altitude. Note that accuracy depends on device hardware and environmental conditions.
- Location and orientation parameters
- Day and night display modes
- Customizable speed units (km/h, mp/h, knots)
- Customizable altitude units (meters, feet)
- Compass heading correction
- Accurate data display
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As its name says, this app represents a very simple dashboard with the most important information about location parameters your mobile device can provide. Although the application tries to show the most accurate data according to different situations - like correcting compass heading due to device rotation - please note that results still depend on your device's hardware and software capabilities and compass calibration. Readings highly depend on built-in hardware sensors and you could experience deviations (such as expected 10-20 degrees between GPS and magnetic heading). When you are in closed spaces such as buildings or tunnels, your GPS data like speed and location can only be retrieved from networking services and cannot be guaranteed as accurate. The purpose of the application is to show the most important location and orientation parameters as precisely as possible and in the most noticeable visual form. To keep things simple, there are two modes of information display - day and night. Switch between those using the button in the upper right corner. Change speed and altitude measuring units by just tapping the value on the dashboard. You can toggle between km/h, mp/h, and knots for speed, and meters and feet for altitude. Please note that this application could use your battery intensively to keep you up with information about location, speed, and other parameters. Turn off your device screen or quit the application to save energy when information is no longer needed. All settings are always remembered.
Locatometer
This app displays your current speed, altitude, heading, latitude, and longitude. You can easily share this location data via various messaging platforms and customize map views and speedometer colors. It supports both Imperial and Metric systems.
- Real-time speed display
- Altitude and heading tracking
- Latitude and longitude coordinates
- Location data sharing
- Selectable map types
- Customizable speedometer colors
- Imperial/Metric system support
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Want to know how fast you are going? Locatometer, short for location meter, displays your speed along with the following information: 1. Speed 2. Altitude (relative to sea level) 3. Heading 4. Latitude 5. Longitude 6. Location Accuracy Share all of the above information using Instagram, Messages, AirDrop or email. User selectable map types include: Normal, Satellite or Hybrid. User selectable speedometer colors include: Blue, Green, White and Yellow. Easily set the display for either the Imperial or Metric system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Locatometer at 100% against Simple GPS Dashboard's 50%. Locatometer also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). Simple GPS Dashboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Simple GPS Dashboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Locatometer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Locatometer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Simple GPS Dashboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Locatometer's.
Simple GPS Dashboard ships an update every 12 months, Locatometer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple GPS Dashboard | Locatometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davor Pleskina | App Viper Inc. |
Customer experience
Simple GPS Dashboard
Locatometer
In-app purchases
Simple GPS Dashboard
- SGD - remove ADs$2.99
Locatometer
- Ad Free$4.99
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