Ski Buddy for Android
Summary: Talking speedometer, odometer, altimeter, and clock.
Ski Buddy is your talkative companion that will keep you informed while out on the ski slopes. If you have wondered "How fast am I going?", "What was my top speed on the last run?", "How far have I gone?", "What is my altitude?", or "What time is it?", then Ski Buddy is your answer. It speaks speed, odometer, altitude, and time values at user selectable intervals. In Ski Mode, Ski Buddy will track your top speed on your way down the run, and then will speak it while you are on the lift heading back up the mountain. This app is ideal for skiing, cycling, and any sport where it is more convenient to get your speed information audibly through your earphones rather than visually by looking at your display screen. It also works well for those times when you just need a conventional speedometer app. Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported, and there is an option to override the normal display timeout to keep the display always on.
Features:
- Metric and imperial units are supported
- 24-hour and 12-hour time formats are supported
- Speed is spoken every 5 or 10 units (e.g. every 5mph or 10mph)
- Odometer is spoken every 1, 5 or 10 units
- Altitude is spoken every 100, 200 or 500 units
- Time is spoken every hour, half hour, or quarter hour
- Top speed on each run is automatically spoken
- The display has large, easy to read numbers for use in the car or other vehicle
- Speed, top speed, odometer, altitude, GPS coordinates, and time are displayed
- Portrait and landscape orientations are supported
- The display can be set to be always on
- Voice reporting can be turned off
Ski Buddy requires continuous access to GPS and Text-to-Speech, so the CPU is not allowed to sleep while the app is running. In order to conserve battery life, be sure to exit the app when you are done using it. A notification bar entry serves as a reminder that the app is still running and provides a convenient method of returning to the app.
Ski Buddy Plus for Android
Ski Buddy Plus has all of the features described above for Ski Buddy, and includes the additional features:
Plus Features:
Plus Features:
- Expanded spoken reporting in Ski Mode. Top speed, average speed, vertical drop, distance traveled and duration are reported for each run.
- A new Ski Statistics display has been added which provides viewing of cumulative values for duration, distance and vertical, and overall top speed and average speed across all runs. In addition this display allows viewing of the stats for each individual run.
- Runs can be viewed on Google Maps. Markers show the locations of the run top speed and run finish. Pan and zoom are supported, as are normal, satellite, hybrid, and terrain views. Google Maps now shows ski lifts and runs for many ski resorts.
- New option to Suppress Repeats. When this option is set, speed and altitude values will not be spoken if they are the same as the previously spoken value.
- Improved settings. Restarting the app is no longer required for setting changes to become active.
- Application audio is automatically muted during incoming phone calls.
- Customizable screen colors (Android 2.x devices only)
Ski Buddy for IOS
Summary: Talking speedometer, odometer, altimeter, and clock.
Ski Buddy is your talkative companion that will keep you informed while out on the ski slopes. If you have wondered "How fast am I going?", "What was my top speed on the last run?", "How far have I gone?", "What is my altitude?", or "What time is it?", then Ski Buddy is your answer. It speaks speed, odometer, altitude, and time values at user selectable intervals. In Ski Mode, Ski Buddy will track your top speed on your way down the run, and then will speak it while you are on the lift heading back up the mountain. This app is ideal for skiing, cycling, and any sport where it is more convenient to get your speed information audibly through your earphones rather than visually by looking at your display screen. It also works well for those times when you just need a conventional speedometer app. Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported, and there is an option to override the normal display timeout to keep the display always on.
Features:
Ski Buddy requires a device with GPS to work correctly. It will not work on the iPod touch or wi-fi only iPads.
Ski Buddy is your talkative companion that will keep you informed while out on the ski slopes. If you have wondered "How fast am I going?", "What was my top speed on the last run?", "How far have I gone?", "What is my altitude?", or "What time is it?", then Ski Buddy is your answer. It speaks speed, odometer, altitude, and time values at user selectable intervals. In Ski Mode, Ski Buddy will track your top speed on your way down the run, and then will speak it while you are on the lift heading back up the mountain. This app is ideal for skiing, cycling, and any sport where it is more convenient to get your speed information audibly through your earphones rather than visually by looking at your display screen. It also works well for those times when you just need a conventional speedometer app. Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported, and there is an option to override the normal display timeout to keep the display always on.
Features:
- Metric and imperial units are supported
- Speed is spoken every 5 or 10 units (e.g. every 5mph or 10mph)
- Odometer is spoken every 1, 5 or 10 units
- Altitude is spoken every 100, 200 or 500 units
- Time is spoken every hour, half hour, or quarter hour
- Top speed on each run is automatically spoken
- The display has large, easy to read numbers for use in the car or other vehicle
- Speed, top speed, odometer, altitude, GPS coordinates, and time are displayed
- Portrait and landscape orientations are supported
- The display can be set to be always on
- Voice reporting can be turned off
Ski Buddy requires a device with GPS to work correctly. It will not work on the iPod touch or wi-fi only iPads.
Ski Buddy Plus for IOS
Ski Buddy Plus has all of the features described above for Ski Buddy, and includes the additional features:
Plus Features:
Plus Features:
- Expanded reporting in Ski Mode. Top speed, average speed, distance, vertical, and duration are reported for each run.
- A new Ski Statistics display has been added which provides viewing of cumulative values for duration, distance and vertical, and overall top speed and average speed across all runs. In addition this display allows viewing of the stats for each individual run.
- Runs can also be viewed on Google Maps. Markers show the locations of the run top speed and run finish. Pan and zoom are supported, as are normal, satellite, hybrid, and terrain views. Google Maps shows ski lifts and runs for many ski resorts.
- Customizable screen colors
- Female voice added, so you can choose either male or female voice.
- Suppress Repeats option which prevents speed and altitude values from being spoken if they are the same as the previously spoken value.
- Music tab gives access to built-in music player so you can easily play background music
- Runs in background and with the screen locked
- Start/Stop button added so you can stop Ski Buddy Plus and prevent battery drain when you are done using it
Ski Buddy for Windows Phone
Summary: Talking speedometer, odometer, altimeter, and clock.
Ski Buddy speaks speed, odometer, altitude, and time values at user selectable intervals. In Ski Mode, Ski Buddy will track your top speed on your way down the run, and then will speak it while you are on the lift heading back up the mountain. This app is ideal for skiing, cycling, and any sport where it is more convenient to get your speed information audibly through your earphones rather than visually by looking at your display screen. It also works well for those times when you just need a conventional speedometer app. Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported, and there is an option to override the normal display timeout to keep the display always on.
Features:
Ski Buddy speaks speed, odometer, altitude, and time values at user selectable intervals. In Ski Mode, Ski Buddy will track your top speed on your way down the run, and then will speak it while you are on the lift heading back up the mountain. This app is ideal for skiing, cycling, and any sport where it is more convenient to get your speed information audibly through your earphones rather than visually by looking at your display screen. It also works well for those times when you just need a conventional speedometer app. Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported, and there is an option to override the normal display timeout to keep the display always on.
Features:
- Metric and imperial units are supported
- 24-hour and 12-hour time formats are supported
- Speed is spoken every 5 or 10 units (e.g. every 5mph or 10mph)
- Odometer is spoken every 1, 5 or 10 units
- Altitude is spoken every 100, 200 or 500 units
- Time is spoken every hour, half hour, or quarter hour
- Top speed on each run is automatically spoken
- The display has large, easy to read numbers for use in the car or other vehicle
- Speed, top speed, odometer, altitude, GPS coordinates, and time are displayed
- A GPS status indicator shows when you have a good GPS fix
- Portrait and landscape orientations are supported
- Convenient slider bar volume adjustment
- The display can be set to be always on
Ski Buddy Plus for Windows Phone
Ski Buddy Plus has all of the features described above for Ski Buddy, and includes the additional features:
Plus Features:
Plus Features:
- Expanded reporting in Ski Mode. Top speed, average speed, distance, vertical, and duration are reported for each run.
- A new Ski Statistics display has been added which provides viewing of cumulative values for duration, distance and vertical, and overall top speed and average speed across all runs. In addition this display allows viewing of the stats for each individual run.
- Runs can be viewed on a map. Markers show the locations of the run top speed and run finish. Pan and zoom are supported as are road and aerial views.
- Customizable screen colors
- Option to Suppress Repeats. When this option is set, speed and altitude values will not be spoken if they are the same as the previously spoken value.
- Option to run in background mode and with the screen locked



































