Your instrument panel, on iPhone.
A GPS speedometer, compass, altimeter and level for iPhone and Apple Watch, with a map that works without a signal. Every reading tells you which sensor it came from.
- Free
- No ads
- No account
- Offline map
- Apple Watch
One app instead of five
The instruments you would find on a dashboard, a boat or a hiking watch, on one screen and on your wrist.
Speedometer
Big, clear speed in km/h, mph or knots, with top and average speed, a head-up display for the windscreen and a buzz when you pass a speed you set.
Compass
Magnetic or true north, a bearing lock, an arrow that points to a saved place, and the sun's rise and set bearings. The Qibla direction too, with its bearing and distance.
Altimeter and barometer
Barometric altitude that works indoors, on trains and in a plane cabin, a 48-hour pressure graph, and ski days with runs and vertical.
A map that needs no signal
Roads, railways, borders and towns built into the app. Import a GPX route and follow it, or see your track and marks with no data at all.
Marks and parking
Mark where you parked and walk back to it. Save places by name, address or coordinate in decimal, DMS, UTM or MGRS, USNG or British grid.
Trips and mileage
Record a drive, ride or walk with distance, moving time and climb, and keep a mileage log by purpose with your country's rate.
Anchor alarm
Drop the anchor, set the swing radius, and get woken if the boat drags, with the screen off.
Spirit level
Surface and edge modes in degrees or percent, zeroed on any surface you trust.
GPS camera
Photos stamped with the place, coordinates, altitude, heading, date and time, saved to Photos. Free.
G-meter and 0–60 timer
Braking, cornering and a bike's lean angle in g, and a timer for 0 to 60 mph, 0 to 100 km/h or any speeds you choose. Free.
Speed on the Lock Screen
Your speed on the Lock Screen while you drive, with or without recording a trip.
Apple Watch
Speed, heading and altitude on your wrist. Walks, hikes, runs and rides go to the Health app with their route.
See it
Dark, legible and calm, built for a glance at a dashboard, a deck or a trail.
Readings you can trust
An instrument is only useful if you know when to believe it.
Free, with Pro when you want more
Every instrument is free and stays free. Pro is for people who keep records.
Vane
Free · no ads
- Speedometer, compass, altimeter and level
- Head-up display
- Offline map and GPX import
- Trip recording, with your latest trip shown
- Parking spot and five saved marks
- GPS camera, G-meter and acceleration timer
- Apple Watch app, widgets, and your speed on the Lock Screen
Vane Pro
One purchase, never renews
- Every trip you have recorded, unlimited marks, iCloud sync
- Automatic drive recording
- Mileage log export to CSV and PDF
- Anchor alarm and speed alert with quick limits
- Trip insights and your flights passport
- UTM, MGRS, USNG and British grids, your own maps, backtrack
- The sun's path over the camera, fuel cost in mileage exports
No subscription, no weekly plan and no free trial that turns into a charge. Buy Pro once and it is yours on every iPhone signed in to your Apple Account. A subscription bought before Pro became one purchase keeps Pro until you cancel it.
What people use it for
Answers to the questions that bring people to a phone full of instruments, each with the free way to do it.
Free tools and what is new
Check your speed or find north in the browser, or convert a coordinate, with nothing to install. All guides
Common questions
Is Vane free?
Yes. The speedometer, compass, altimeter, spirit level, GPS camera, G-meter, acceleration timer, head-up display, offline map and trip recording are free, with no ads and no account. Vane Pro is optional: one purchase that never renews.
Does Vane work without internet or mobile data?
Yes. GPS needs no data, and Vane's map of roads, railways, borders and towns is built into the app, so speed, heading, altitude, position and the map all work offline.
Does Vane work on Apple Watch?
Yes. The Apple Watch app shows speed, heading and altitude, and records walks, hikes, runs and rides as workouts with their route in the Health app and as trips in Vane on the iPhone.
How does Vane's speed alert work?
You choose a speed and Vane buzzes when you pass it. It does not rely on a road speed-limit database, which is a common source of wrong limits in other apps. The speed alert is part of Vane Pro.
Does Vane collect my location?
No. Everything Vane records stays on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn on sync. Vane sends only anonymous diagnostic reports and a daily count of which features were used, never your position or trips, and you can turn them off in Settings.
Can Vane put the location and time on my photos?
Yes. Vane's GPS camera writes the place name, coordinates with their accuracy, altitude, the direction the camera faced, and the date and time along the foot of the photo, and saves it to Photos. It is free.