Speedometer
Essentials:
- GPS tracking
- Offline maps ▪︎ Ground image overlays
- Driving cost monitor ▪︎ Fuel and driving range monitor
- Mileage calculator
- GPS Beacon (sharing your location continously via web browser)
- Rally computer
- Voice coach ▪︎ Siri and Shortcuts to control the app and speed limits.
- Infotainment
New and worth mentioning:
Version 5.2 includes the updated World Magnetic Model (WMM) for 2025–2029, ensuring accurate declination data between true north and magnetic north. This update also resolves an issue where imported offline map files (.sqlitedb or .mbtiles) were not deleted when removing maps in the app. Additionally, a remedy has been provided to locate and remove any leftover files via Settings > Maintenance > Find and remove orphaned offline maps.
Version 4.7 with re-written rally computer and dedicated rally computer settings screen.
Version 4.5 with bluetooth sensors integration: Heart rate, Cycling speed, cadence .
Version 4.3 with overzoom and underzoom handling for the offline maps , Work hours schedule for automatic mileage tracking.
Soon
Version 5.3 adds:
- An option to postpone automatic driving track termination during periods of walking or running (e.g., while delivering packages).
- The ability to export or share offline maps.
- An option to open or import offline maps directly from disk/Files within the app.
TROUBLESHOOTING
- No speed is shown and GPS indicator is red. Help!
- How to switch to MPH or Knots
- App shows different speed than my car’s speedometer shows. Why?
- There is no sound alert on exceeding the preset limit. Help!
- I’m at a sea level and app shows 80ft (around 25 meters) or more. Why?
- Compass works really oddly, stays at North and then jumps to South. Help!
Configuring and troubleshooting: alerts , sound
We answer every support email! Please use MENU > Feedback & Support > “Email developer” button after tapping on a star button.
You can access the app developer (Stan Dvoychenko, me) directly via email: support@blocoware.com or phone +420 724 730 447 (+iMessage). But I’d prefer if you contact me via star button as I’ll have an extra information on the iOS version and device model in this case.
Tips & Tricks
– FREE AND FULL VERSION –
- Show trip timer in the main GPS panel
- I can change preset limit values, right?
- Where is that GPS black box?
- What’s that Heads-up (hud) screen?
- Can speedo run on my iPad side by side on a screen with other apps (iPad multitasking)? Yes it can!
– FULL VERSION –
- I want speedo to work in background, so it alerts me even when screen is locked or I’m using other apps!
- I need more speed limits !
- Siri voice shortcuts for tracking and speed limits help to keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road! + give you more than 8 speed limits!
- I need different speed digit colors!
- Hey speedo! Show me the cost of my driving!
- I want speedometer to alert me on 30mph when I have speed limit set to 25! How?
- How to show speed with a decimal precision?
- Speedo is too bright at night. Night mode please!
- Show trips stats, weather, wind conditions and forecast when I wait on red light or in a jam
- I need to record GPS tracks!
- How to retrace the previously recorded track?
- Can speedometer remember speed limits for me? (Hint: Yes it can:))
- I’ll go off the grid! Let me download offline maps!
- Avoid internet/data usage with a Blank Map.
- Fuel indicator in my car/boat doesn’t work and I want to monitor a driving range between refuels !
- As a pilot I need to see altitude in bigger numbers and units (feet/meters) of my choice!
- Reset individual counters only (e.g. max and average speed), reset total counters, or set distance to some initial value (e.g. ODO in my car)?
- Voice coach to tell distance and time tracked, plus current speed and altitude values at configured time/distance intervals.
- Show me vertical speed.
Modes
Free and full versions:
Full version only:
- Waypoints monitor (e.g. speed cameras)
- Rally computer
- Taximeter
- G Force acceleration monitor
- Land navigation mode
- Idle timer and alert mode
- Water sports boat mode
- Paragliding mode
- Bluetooth sensors: Heart rate, Cycling speed, cadence
Recording tracks and keeping mileage records
- GPS tracking
- Track categories for reimbursement/reporting (business, personal, etc).
- Customizable PDF mileage reports for reimbursement.
- Automatic mileage tracking for automotive activities, optional.
- Work hours schedule for automatic driving tracking.
- Mileage calculator - estimate costs and generate mileage records without having to drive!
Remember speed limits
Allows you to apply speed limits once as you drive and let speedometer re-apply them for you the next time.
Complete showcase video , text manual and troubleshooting speed limit memory function .
Waypoints. Speed and red light cams
Short video tutorials: Drive , Setup , Edit , Import/Export .
Text manuals:
- Waypoints and POIs import
- Waypoint/POIs alerting
- Edit waypoint/poi type, course, speed limit, approach type
- Details and troubleshooting for alerting on speed cameras
- Add waypoints/cameras as you drive
Information for scdb.info users
Maps
Show me the map! ▪︎ Google map night mode
Maps user manual ▪︎ Offline maps ▪︎ Custom map sources
Maps video tutorial (full screen, offline and custom)
Import existing mbtiles, Rmaps, sqlitedb maps
Convert your existing map (e.g. GeoTiff or PDF) into format, supported by the app
Overzoom and underzoom handling for the offline maps
Grid shows instead of an offline map, help!
Heads-up (HUD) and full screen modes
HUD - heads up or reflection mode. Tell me more!
Heads-up and full screen in version 1.6 - video review
Waypoints
Version 4.9 with new coordinates converter for the waypoints editor and the map search by coordinates.
Work hours schedule for Automatic mileage/driving tracking
Measuring altitude and vertical speed
Barometric altitude or height (QNH + QFE)
Barometric reference/calibration
Vertical speed indicator + Compass
Barometric vertical speed indicator
Cost, fuel, driving range
Fuel and driving range monitor
LAND NAVIGATION
Route navigation with voice guidance
Route editor and GPX route import, from version 1.7
You’ll find land navigation settings as using average or instantenious speed for ETE or using relative or absolute course to target in Settings > Advanced Settings > Land Navigation.
Not mentioned above customizations
Version 4.8.1 with options to customize buttons color in the app. This should provide more options for improved visibility of buttons in bright sunlight and potentially assist in cases involving vision color deficiencies.
Version 1.9.10 with customizable screen corners .
Manuals and articles
Built-in iPod player - User manual
Replay tracks and show elevation/speed profile in the Google Earth on PC/Mac
Video tutorials
BASIC FEATURES. FULL VERSION 1.5.3
Seat back and watch! All video tutorials as a youtube playlist
Download full speedometer version
Other apps that you can take from our garage for a ride:
GPS Camera 55. Capture photos stamped with location, direction and notes.
Off-road navigation and compass app: Land, Air, Marine.
GPS Team 55 - Team tracking and collaboration.
Docs ▪︎ Free in AppStore ▪︎ Public beta version (free)
Professional GPS taximeter.
Planimeter 55. Measure area, perimeter, distance.
You can access the app developer (Stan Dvoychenko, me) directly via email: support@blocoware.com or phone +420 724 730 447 (+iMessage). But I’d prefer if you contact me via star button as I’ll have an extra information on the iOS version and device model in this case.