Altitude Drive
Altimeter for CarPlay
Only for iPhone
$2.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
See your altitude change in real time. Altitude Drive fuses GPS with your iPhone's barometric pressure sensor for a live elevation readout on iPhone and on CarPlay.
WHAT IT SHOWS
• Current altitude in feet or meters
• Vertical rate of climb or descent (ft/min or m/min)
• Road gradient as a percentage — the same definition highway grade signs use
• Compass heading with cardinal labels
• 5-minute altitude history graph
WHY IT'S ACCURATE
GPS altitude alone is noisy and slow. Altitude Drive pairs it with your iPhone's barometric pressure sensor for the small, fast changes — so a single step or a subtle road grade shows up immediately, while the GPS keeps the absolute reading honest.
DESIGNED FOR THE ROAD — AND THE TRAIL
On CarPlay, a clean dashboard view shows altitude, trend, gradient, and heading at a glance. Color tells you both direction (red, white, or green for descending, level, ascending) and severity (green through yellow to red as the rate intensifies) without taking your eyes off the road.
On the phone, everything is large, monospaced, and readable in motion. Mount it on the dash, hand it to a passenger, or take it on a hike.
TRIP COMPUTER
Like a car's trip computer, Altitude Drive remembers the highest and lowest elevation you reach and your steepest climb and descent. Reset with a single tap for a new drive — your trip is kept even across app launches.
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
No accounts. No ads. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Your location data is processed entirely on your device and is never transmitted anywhere.
REQUIREMENTS
iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Location ("When In Use") and motion permissions, asked once on first launch.
Trip computer — Altitude Drive now remembers the highest and lowest elevation and the steepest climb and descent of your drive. Reset with a tap to start fresh, and your trip is kept even if you close the app. On CarPlay, toggle the trip readings on or off from the nav bar.
The developer, Peter Santangeli, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Peter Santangeli
- Size
- 1.9 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 14 more
- English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Peter Santangeli
