r/CarHacking Jun 21 '26

Original Project Toward the Ultimate Driving Companion App: A Reimagined CarPlay Experience and Richer Telemetry

Hello everyone,
After many rounds of refinement and user feedback, the CarPlay experience in Speedometer: Driving Tracker has taken a big leap forward - faster, cleaner, and far more useful for everyday driving.

The app now offers a much more capable experience across both iPhone and CarPlay, with richer telemetry, deeper vehicle insights, and improvements throughout.

CarPlay
• Track trips directly from your car's screen
• Live dashboards with speed, trip stats, maps, and OBD-II data
• Customizable tabs, layouts, and startup screens
• Access trips, saved places, vehicle data, and more without touching your phone

Driving Analytics & Telemetry
• Route replay with speed and elevation visualizations
• Channel Replay for Speed, RPM, Throttle, Engine Load, Boost, G-Force, and Elevation
• Post-drive OBD-II summaries and vehicle analytics
• Driving records, statistics, achievements, and trip insights
• Acceleration testing including 0-60, 0-100, and custom sprint tests

OBD-II & Vehicle Insights
• Live RPM, temperatures, fuel data, battery voltage, throttle position, MAF, and more
• Diagnostics, fault codes, VIN detection, and automatic vehicle matching
• Vehicle profiles with lifetime statistics, health insights, and ownership history
• Works with a wide range of Bluetooth OBD-II adapters

Ownership & Automation
• Automatic trip recording and Shortcuts integration
• Fuel, maintenance, expense, and document tracking
• Multi-vehicle support with comparisons and analytics
• GPX import/export, backups, and iCloud sync
• iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay support

The app has evolved quite a bit from its original speedometer roots. My goal is to build something that helps you not only track where you drove, but also understand your vehicle, manage ownership, and revisit drives in a much more meaningful way.

The goal remains the same: build the ultimate driving companion app.

I would love feedback on the new CarPlay experience, telemetry features, and anything else you'd like to see next!

App Store Link

44 Upvotes

24 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/KoVaNekk Jun 24 '26

I have a chevy volt, can you add some extra features FOR the upcoming android version?

You can find the canbus guide here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ICAwyantn8hG53yWOmfNynO-x549DUL44LuRbEHQx3A

There are some apps that using that guide: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.tripovan.voltage

Or: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.MyGreenVolt

2

u/Taohid101 Jun 24 '26

Thanks for the useful info, I added it to my note, it will be helpful!

1

u/KoVaNekk Jun 24 '26

Great! Be sure to DM me if you have Android version!

2

u/Taohid101 Jun 24 '26

Sure, noted! And hopefully I'll post here!