This is an old article. Nowadays, my dashcam has a speed readout as a screensaver and is far more useful. However, you may find this app useful.
A while back I wrote about an app I was using on my Android phone called SpeedView. However, my new HTC One superphone is running on Jelly Bean (4.1.2), and SpeedView doesn’t work on that.
After a bit of scouting I found another app, and this one is even better. The screenshot on the left shows the main screen, which consists of the main speed display, a compass, and various stats such as distance travelled and average speed. It also has an altimeter. It’s called Ulysse Speedometer, and there is a free and pro version available.
You can customise the display to show more or less of the available dials, and it also has a HUD feature for projecting on to the windscreen. It’s very stable – I trialled it on the free version before I bought it – and it has integrated navigation with Google Maps. It picks up loads of satellites.
The interface is slick and professional, allowing you to alter the colours of the dials and text, and their respective brightnesses easily.
The pro version only costs 99p, and it doesn’t have the adverts at the bottom. You can get it (and the free version) from the Android Marketplace. It’s definitely worth having, particularly if you have a problem reading the speedo from the passenger seat, or if you want to record lesson mileage.