Baston Apps Speedometer Lite
The Speedometer Lite app icon

iPhone · GPS · works offline

A dial worth looking at.

Your speed, read straight off the iPhone's GPS and shown on a face you pick — fifteen of them, from a hairline arc to a full instrument cluster. Record a drive and get the route, the distance and your average and top speed back on a map.

Fifteen themes — Pure Minimal is free

Download on the App Store Free to use · Pro unlocks the other fourteen themes and unlimited trips
The main screen: a large speed readout in km/h, peak G-force, a duration and stopped timer, a speed limit control, and a Start Trip button.

Three things, in order

  1. 01

    Allow location

    Asked once. The speed comes from GPS, so without it there is nothing to put on the dial. While you're just watching the speed it only needs location while the app is open — recording a trip is what asks to keep reading in the background, and only for as long as the trip runs.

  2. 02

    Drive, or walk, or cycle

    The dial reads live, with altitude, heading and G-force beside it if you want them. No connection required — GPS works with the phone offline. Accuracy follows the sky: open road is best, tunnels and city canyons are worst.

  3. 03

    Record the drive, if you want it

    Start a trip and it keeps the route, the distance, the duration and your average and top speed. Afterwards you get it back on a map. It's stored on the phone, and it stays there.

What it actually looks like

  • The theme picker, a grid of dial faces including Pure Minimal, Cyberpunk, Retro Arcade, Track Day, Chronograph, Aviation, Stealth, Vintage Classic, Eco Touring, Digital Sport, Synthwave and Liquid Core.

    Fifteen faces The same speed, drawn fifteen ways. Each one brings its own app icon with it.

  • A recorded trip: the route drawn on a map, start and end points, distance, maximum altitude, average and maximum speed, and a speed-over-time graph.

    The drive, afterwards Route on a map, distance, average and top speed, and the whole run as a graph.

  • HUD mirror mode: the speed readout drawn upside down and mirrored, so it reads the right way round when reflected in the windscreen.

    Mirror mode Drawn upside down and back to front on purpose — it reads correctly in the windscreen.

What it is, and what it isn't

It is

  • A GPS speed readout, in km/h, mph or knots
  • Fifteen dial faces, from a bare hairline arc to a tachometer with a redline, each with a matching app icon
  • A trip recorder — route, distance, duration, average and top speed, reviewed afterwards on a map
  • Live altitude, heading and G-force alongside the speed
  • A mirror mode that throws a high-contrast readout onto the windscreen at night
  • A speed limit you set yourself, with a haptic or a sound when you pass it
  • Working offline, and in eleven languages
  • Free, with an optional Pro upgrade

It isn't

  • A certified instrument. GPS speed is an estimate — your car's own dial is the legal reference, and this is not evidence of anything
  • A navigation app. There is no routing and no turn-by-turn
  • A speed camera or police detector
  • Reliable without a view of the sky — indoors, underground and between tall buildings, GPS degrades and so does the reading
  • Something to operate while you're driving. Set it before you move

Your drives stay on the phone

Trips and routes are recorded and kept on the device. There is no account to make, and the app does not upload where you have been. The one exception is the optional speed-limit lookup: turn it on and an approximate position goes out to find the posted limit for the road you're on. Leave it off and nothing about your location leaves the phone.

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