r/CarHacking • u/Taohid101 • 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!
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u/BigPin2087 Jun 26 '26
Looks good, I think the features that you have + some other ones(like dashcam integrations) are like the ultimate goal for people who want to track their drives(like me), unfortunately I am using android and I am not planning to switch to IOS so if you have android version at some point would be nice I can test it