Comparison

Speedometer ⁺ vs Boat Knot Meter

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

Head to head
About

Speedometer ⁺

This app functions as a digital speedometer and odometer, tracking your speed and distance in miles or kilometers. It offers features like speed limit and speed camera warnings, weather display, and a today widget.

Highlights
  • Digital speedometer
  • Odometer tracking
  • Speed limit warnings
  • Speed camera warnings
  • Weather display
  • Today Widget support
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Speed display is a digital speedometer, odometer for the iPhone and iPad. Track your speed and distance from your iPhone in Miles and Kilometer Speed limit warning Speed camera warning Weather display Odometer Maximum speed display Average speed display Road name display Today Widget Apple Watch app

About

Boat Knot Meter

This app provides accurate GPS speed in knots for boats, featuring an anchor watch with drift alarm and a no-wake zone alert. It works offline and prioritizes user privacy with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS speed in knots
  • Anchor watch with drift alarm
  • No-wake zone alerts
  • Offline functionality
  • Captain Mode with large digits
  • Trip log with GPX export
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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The boat knot meter app that doesn't lie. Real GPS speed in knots, with anchor watch and no-wake alarm built in. Zero ads. Zero accounts. Zero tracking. Works offline once you have GPS lock — no cell signal needed in open water. Boat speedometer for sailors, fishers and small-craft owners. Whether you sail a dinghy or sailboat, troll for fish, ride a jet ski or motoryacht, paddle a kayak or stand-up paddleboard (SUP), TrueFix Marine shows your true speed over ground (SOG) in knots, with 0.1-knot precision when you need it. Marine GPS, built for the boat that doesn't have one. - Speed Over Ground (SOG) in knots, km/h, mph or m/s - Course Over Ground (COG) — compass + degrees - Captain Mode — giant digits readable from the helm 2 m away - Marine theme — high-contrast deep navy, full-sun friendly Anchor Watch (drift alarm) Drop anchor, set the safety radius (10, 25, 50 or 100 m), and sleep easy. The app sounds an audio + vibration drift alarm if your boat drifts beyond the radius. Background monitoring continues with the screen off when you grant Always Location. No-Wake Alarm Country presets — US 5 mph, UK 6 kn, IT 3 kn, FR 5 kn, ES 3 kn, DE / NL 6 km/h, AU 4 kn — auto-detected on first run and editable per harbour or marina. A red banner plus haptic alert fires the moment you exceed the no-wake limit. Honest GPS quality TrueFix shows fix accuracy at all times: Waiting, OK, Weak, Lost. A glitch guard suppresses GPS spikes near cliffs, bridges and high-rise marinas, so MAX speed never lies. When the signal degrades, the speed digits dim — instead of pretending everything is fine. Trip Log + GPX export Distance in nautical miles, max and average knots, time-at-speed buckets (Idle / Sail-troll / Planing / Fast). Export your day as GPX 1.1 for OpenCPN, or as CSV for spreadsheets and trip logs. Privacy by design Zero data leaves your phone. No analytics, no crash reporting, no cloud, no third-party tracker. There are no accounts because we don't have a server. The only network call the app makes is the optional Send Feedback form in Settings — explicitly user-initiated. Out of scope by design TrueFix Marine is a boat speedometer and anchor watch app, not a chartplotter. No AIS, no electronic charts, no autopilot — focused and reliable. Use it alongside your chartplotter, not instead of one. Drive Mode also available For road use, switch in Settings → Advanced → Modes. The app also works as a GPS speedometer for car, motorcycle or bicycle, with a HUD windshield reflection mode and lock UI to prevent accidental touches while driving. Not a substitute for certified marine instruments. Not for navigation, collision avoidance, or open-ocean passage. Always carry certified backup equipment (compass, chart, VHF radio, life jackets).

Screenshots

Speedometer ⁺4 screens
Boat Knot Meter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boat Knot Meter at 5.0 against Speedometer ⁺'s 4.3. Boat Knot Meter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Speedometer ⁺'s advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boat Knot Meter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speedometer ⁺ has 2.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Speedometer ⁺ versus Boat Knot Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedometer ⁺Boat Knot Meter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniCom Technologylapnito.cz s.r.o.

Customer experience

Speedometer ⁺

All ratings2,038 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative28.9%

Boat Knot Meter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Speedometer ⁺

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Doesn't work on iOS 12.2
  • Doesn't read all street names
  • Displays incorrect speed information

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to remove ads
  • Change time format from military to regular
  • Improve speed limit accuracy

Boat Knot Meter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Speedometer ⁺

No in-app purchases

None

Boat Knot Meter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speedometer ⁺ free?
Speedometer ⁺ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boat Knot Meter free?
Boat Knot Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speedometer ⁺ or Boat Knot Meter?
Boat Knot Meter is rated higher. Speedometer ⁺ averages 4.3 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Boat Knot Meter averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Speedometer ⁺ or Boat Knot Meter have ads?
Speedometer ⁺ shows ads; Boat Knot Meter does not.

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