Speedometer by HUDWAY Reviews

Found that it does not work on side streets or city streets. If Speedometer does not know the speed, just show - - instead of showing 55 or 60 on a residential road where it is really 25. If other apps can tell me what the side streets are,why can’t Speedometer. This one does a much better job of alerting when it knows the right speed.

It is a good app but it doesn't run in background. So if Speedometer is running and the you hit the home button and locked the iphone, it won't alter you when exceed the speed.

Thought it will tell me the speed limit on those unexpected zones when suddenly the speed changes. But no" it's guessing the speed limit on most areas. Not accurate at all. Dedicated one day to pay attention to speed limits posted and in most (95%) was wrong. Only right on the standard 55 and 60 on freeways which you don't need an app to remember

Pretty useless, not showing current speed, and clearly has no information about the actual speed limit , making it a waste of effort to even try it, and definitely not worth buying in its' current state.

It would be great if the speed limits on Speedometer would actually be current it's quite useless otherwise.

First of all, it can only be used in landscape mode. This is pretty basic since getting a call exposes this flaw. I bought Speedometer this year. Honestly, I paid $5.99 thinking the database would update regularly. I live in NJ, the visual display is useful. But the roads are totally not updated. In the area I live the roads have been in place since 1870. And the speed limit on most of the roads in the area are 35, 45 and 50mph. I have a garmin gps and the speed limits are definitely updated as it switches as soon the speed limits change. Most of the time, Speedometer has 55mph on a 25 or 30mph. For $5.99, I would expect Speedometer to be updated. Speedometer asks to update in the background while I drive. But it never updated the database to include the roads I travel most that other apps include as free and not paid for.

Speedometer has kept My driving honest. Money well spent.

App does not give you the correct speed limit for the road you’re on. Should be simple.

Map shows only 60 miles on 75 Miles per hour

Used it to start driving right and nope! If I listened to this thing i would definitely get a speeding ticket. Told me I could go 60 in a residential road lol

A 5 year old can make a better app than this!!! Just a waste of time!!!!!!

Very few features and Speedometer lacks local maps to make speed limits accurate. Way overpriced! Save your money and put it toward a better app!

Many issues that does not make this a friendly app. First off, you have to buy the membership after seven days or else you dont get the features that make Speedometer real useful.

Second Speedometer does not show you your actual speed, until you actually pass the speed limit. This is in no way helpful in the event that your this app in your car doesnt work. You wont know how fast your going until you pass the speed limit, which by then your screwed and you get a ticket.

Last but not least, the automatic speed limit setting has to be up to date with the actual roads. I tried it and it was saying the limit was 75 instead of 80 from where I start off.

I would actually give this 5 stars and would not mind buying the lifetime membership if these issues were addressed.

I really like the concept of Speedometer and it has a pretty slick interface. But, there a few of problems with it and that is why I will not continue to use it and would never pay for the "premium" features.

1. I don't like the UI. I find the big progress ball distracting and there is nothing that shows your current speed (until you are speeding!). Why not show your current speed in bigger numbers and have them blink and change color when the speed limit tolerances are exceeded? You could have a smaller less obtrusive progress bar and also have the static speed limit off in the corners.

2. Needs to allow tolerances limits from 0 to 5mph, ie in increments of 1. Setting the tolerance to 0 is silly as the HUD will be blinking at you all the time if you drive the speed limit. A tolerance of 5 is not bad but sometimes I want something around 3 when I know I am in risky zones.

3. By far the biggest problem is that the automatic speed limit function works marginally. I used Speedometer several days in conjunction with my on board navigation that also shows the posted speed limit... this allowed me to see when my onboard GPS would pickup the changes compared to when Speedometer would pick them up. My onboard app almost always would change correctly, almost at the exact point when you would pass a speed limit sign. Speedometer , quite frankly, was lost most of the time. In fact, it would show posted speeds not even close to what the posted speed actually was. Worse of all, if you went from a higher speed section to a lower speed section, it would not change and if you weren't paying attention or simply was going by Speedometer HUD, you would be speeding! Kinda defeats the purpose no?!

I have struggled with this gadget and hudway ld tech support for 6 months. Support has been less than helpful or really has offered any help other than YouTube videos and a 50 dollar credit. I was given this credit to essentially go away. But I was told even though I couldn’t return the device that I could have a credit and give it away as a gift or sell it. Well I’ve tried it on 5 iPhones and 2 androids and not once could I get it to work reliably. Fidgeting with this device while driving is an absolute hazard as it constantly goes out. It is not a reliable hud. And I’m super angry that how this company has treated me and stalled me out past return. I was told by a second person that I could return it and then kasy quickly jumped in to tell me I couldn’t. Your product doesn’t work and your business practices are questionable.

Update: Nope still doesn’t work. This company keeps trying to send me the same three videos. Not once has their product come into question. Very in helpful. I would definitely dissuade people from buying. Need to contact the BBB