May 13, 2025
Free Dashware Alternative for GPS Video Overlay (2025)
Dashware is no longer available. Here are the best free alternatives for overlaying GPS speed, map, and heart rate gauges on your cycling or running videos.
Dashware was a free tool from GoPro that let cyclists and runners overlay GPS gauges — speed, heart rate, elevation, map — on their activity videos. It was widely used and genuinely good. GoPro discontinued it in 2022, and it no longer runs on modern Windows or macOS.
If you're still looking for a Dashware replacement that's free, browser-based, and doesn't require a software install, this guide covers your options.
What Dashware Did
- Loaded a video file alongside a GPS/data file (GPX, FIT, CSV, ANT+)
- Let you position gauge widgets (speed, HR, map, elevation, power) anywhere on the video
- Synced data to video using a timestamp alignment tool
- Rendered the output as a new video with gauges burned in
The workflow was straightforward and the output quality was good. Its main limitation was that it was Windows-only and eventually stopped working on modern systems.
The Best Free Dashware Alternatives in 2025
1. Stamptivity Overlay (Browser-Based, Free)
Stamptivity Overlay runs entirely in your browser — no install, no account. Load your video and a GPX or FIT file, drag gauge widgets where you want them, sync with the time offset slider, and export.
What it covers:
- Speed, heart rate, elevation, cadence gauges
- Moving map with GPS route trace
- Elevation profile chart with moving cursor
- Free repositioning — drag any gauge to any position
- Time offset control for aligning video and GPS
- Export to MP4
What's different from Dashware:
- Browser-only, so no install and works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
- No ANT+ real-time recording (post-ride editing only, like Dashware's primary use case)
- Desktop browser required (not mobile)
Best for: cyclists and runners who want a free, no-install tool for post-ride video overlays.
2. Garmin VIRB Edit (Free, Desktop)
Garmin's VIRB Edit software supports video overlay with GPS data, and it's free. Originally built for Garmin's own VIRB action cameras, it also accepts standard GPX files and works with footage from any camera.
Download: Garmin VIRB Edit
Available for Windows and macOS. Interface is more complex than Dashware but the output quality is good.
3. RaceRender (Windows, Free Tier)
RaceRender offers a free version that supports GPS overlays. The paid version removes watermarks and unlocks more gauge types.
4. GoPro Quik (Free, Limited)
If you shot on a GoPro Hero 8 or newer, GoPro Quik can display the built-in GPMF telemetry (GPS speed, G-force) as an overlay. The gauge styles are preset and can't be moved freely, and quality drops on longer clips — but it's zero-effort for basic speed displays.
Migrating Your Dashware Workflow to Stamptivity
If you used Dashware with GPX files from a Garmin, Wahoo, or Strava, the Stamptivity Overlay workflow is nearly identical:
| Dashware step | Stamptivity equivalent |
|---|---|
| Load video file | Drop video into video pane |
| Load data file (GPX/FIT) | Drop GPX or FIT into GPS zone |
| Add gauge widgets | Click gauges in the panel to add them |
| Align GPS to video | Drag the time offset slider |
| Render | Click Export |
The main difference is that Stamptivity runs in a browser tab rather than as a desktop application.
Tips for Getting the Best Results
- Heart rate from a chest strap (in your GPX/FIT file) gives much smoother HR gauge animation than optical HR from a watch
- Time alignment: press play, find a moment you can identify precisely (starting to move, reaching a junction), and adjust the offset slider until the map dot matches
- For GoPro footage specifically, see the GoPro GPS overlay guide — GoPro records its own GPS data that you can extract to GPX and use as the sync source
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