20 January 2011
MyCarBudget does not support driving faster than the speed limit nor driving in a reckless manor. Please obey your local road traffic rules.
With that out of the way, Dynolicious is the first automotive performance meter available for the iPhone designed to measure the performance characteristics of your vehicle. No external wires or equipment are necessary, just slip the iPhone into its cradle and go!
So what can you measure?
- 0-60 Acceleration
- Other Speed Tests (0-10 MPH through 0-100 MPH in 10 MPH increments)
- 1/4 Mile Elapsed Time
- 1/4 Trap Speed
- Elapsed Time and Trap Speed for standard intervals (60′, 330′, 1/8 Mile, 1000′)
- Lateral G’s (current and peak)
- Braking G’s (current and peak)
- Horsepower (wheel and/or estimated crank)
- Friction Circle (max G’s in 16 directions)
- Downloadable Timed Run Graphs
- Downloadable Skidpad Graphs.
Once you have entered your vehicles information, the accelerometers inside the iPhone sense vehicle movement and translate it into real-time data. So if you are interested in the performance of your beasty car, or your everyday family wagon and want to compare it to what your friends drive, this is one great app. Best of all the reviews seem to be very positive, particularly regarding its accuracy.
Minimum requirements: ANY iPhone or iPod touch (Dynolicious does not require GPS or a network connection). iPhone OS 2.2 or greater
The Dynolicious also comes in a Blackberry version. Visit the Dynolicious website for more.