Simple GPS Dashboard vs Socorro Central
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.
Socorro Central
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Socorro Central is your citizens' source for information and reporting about your city! This app provides a direct pipeline between you and the agencies that make our city work. Report problems, get news, and be notified of important issues, quickly and easily. Download Socorro Central to help make YOUR Socorro a better place, today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Socorro Central at none against Simple GPS Dashboard's 1. Simple GPS Dashboard's advantage is update cadence (every 12 months vs every 38 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Socorro Central asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple GPS Dashboard ships an update every 12 months, Socorro Central every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple GPS Dashboard | Socorro Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davor Pleskina | City of Socorro Texas |
In-app purchases
Simple GPS Dashboard
- SGD - remove ADs$2.99
Socorro Central
No in-app purchases
Questions
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