# APR Mobile — user reviews > 71 indexed App Store user reviews of APR Mobile by APR, LLC, rated 2.40/5 from 45 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apr-mobile/id745783884/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apr-mobile/id745783884.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 21 ## Is APR Mobile safe? APR Mobile has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for APR Mobile is 55 out of 100. This assessment is based on 45 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.4 out of 5. Of 45 App Store ratings, 31.1% point to a safe experience, 6.7% suggest some concerns, and 62.2% point to a risky experience. ## Is APR Mobile legit? APR Mobile is no longer available in the App Store. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for APR Mobile is 35 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Newest reviews (16 of 71) ### 3/5 — Crashes and disconnects *2020-07-22, version 1.0.24* I can’t seem to keep the dongle connected. If an app switches to foreground and I flip back to the APR app I can’t get it to reconnect to the car unless I turn off the car and unplug the dongle etc.. lots of trouble on the latest update with that. Also viewing logs causes lots of crashes and I can’t seem to load some historical logs in demo mode without crashing constantly. ### 3/5 — Mine doesn’t work *2018-11-29, version 1.0.23* I have it on my new RS7 and for some reason can’t get it to sink with my phone. Heard something about the app needs updating but who knows ... ### 2/5 — Not impressed *2018-11-26, version 1.0.23* Keeps failing to work. Connects to dongle but won’t let me put code in just says this car does not have.... ### 3/5 — It has potential *2018-04-04, version 1.0.21* Just bought the dongle for my APR tuned VW Golf R. Everything seems to work fine, except for reading fault codes... upon plugging in the dongle, I was alerted of “1 fault found”, but when I try to read the error, the app crashes. Any timeline on when this will be fixed? ### 2/5 — Buggy App *2018-04-03, version 1.0.21* I was really excited to get this app and dongle going but unfortunately there are bugs. Whenever I go to the fault codes section of the app, it crashes. ### 2/5 — Not worth the money *2018-03-31, version 1.0.21* 3/31/18 - LATEST UPDATE crashes when trying to view fault codes 👎 ___________________________ I bought into APRMobile early on. Read the teasers on golfmk6, and thought it was a really cool idea. Got the dongle and app for Christmas the first year it came out. And here it is 4 years later, and nothing has changed. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the maintenance updates and bug fixes. But, from a functional stand point, nothing has been added. So, if you have a VCDS cable, and don’t care about switching programs manually, save the money. ### 1/5 — New update not working.. *2018-03-26, version 1.0.21* Just did the update yesterday and tired it this morning and still now working as it should... cants see or delete fault codes. ### 1/5 — It crashed when I open it *2018-03-25, version 1.0.21* After updated 1.0.21 version, it crashed every time. I can't open it. My iOS is 8.4. I hope I can still stay at iOS 8 because I don't wanna go iOS 11. Please help. ### 4/5 — Never works *2017-11-01, version 1.0.17* I’ve had this product in my MK6 gti for a few weeks now. Everything about using the product has been a nightmare. First the app wasn’t available for two weeks, now finally the app is back but EMCS still doesn’t work, even after the update. It wont connect, when it does it says my car is throwing an unknown code, and it still has no idea what maps are loaded onto my ecu. ### 1/5 — EMCS still doesn’t work *2017-11-01, version 1.0.17* Update hasn’t achieved anything and still doesn’t work ### 1/5 — EMCS not enabled following latest update *2017-10-29, version 1.0.16* Title says it all. Since updating, iPhone connects to the dongle and app shows connected but no dice on reading the tune. App indicates EMCS not enabled. ### 1/5 — EMCS is not enabled on this car *2017-10-27, version 1.0.16* Everything worked fine until I updated the app and now getting the error and can’t switch programs. ### 4/5 — Very useful but there are some limitations *2017-10-25, version 1.0.16* I’ve had my APR Mobile since the week it came out. I’d say my favorite part about it is the diagnostics. I had an ignition coil fail randomly and I could easily determine which cylinder it was. Great for when you don’t have a laptop with you for VCDS or other diagnostic devices. I also like the data logging part but only to some extent. I have VCDS which can also data log but do many parameters at once. I also have Polar FIS which shows me all the important parameters at once on my MFD screen. Things I’m not a fan of: - Lack of user adjustability beyond program switching and EMCS features. Things I wish could be done but probably can’t happen for liability (understandable): - Enable/Disable features with TCU upgrade - Adjust launch control limit if you have TCU upgrade. Would come in handy for 3 setting LC - If exhaust burble came with future tune updates like the RS models or facelift MK7.5 Golf R/ 8V S3 get from factory, be able to enable or disable features like that. Verdict: Despite the small limitations of this program, I still would highly recommend this to anyone who doesn’t have OBD II readers or VCDS for diagnostics. It is a very useful tool for quick diagnostics and makes the EMCS features (if equipped in your tune) much easier to use over the cruise control buttons. ### 1/5 — Crashing *2017-05-10, version 1.0.14* App crashes upon going to the logging menu. 2012 VW Beetle, APR stage 1, worked fine until I tried to refresh the parameters. I have written several emails to APR and have gotten no resolution. Will be going with another app and dongle for logging and will sell the APR mobile. ### 1/5 — Just Crashes No Support *2017-03-10, version 1.0.14* App is useless other than for changing tunes. Always crashes when attempting to data log. Basically 50% of the advertised features do not work. ### 3/5 — Works 50% of the time. *2016-08-04, version 1.0.13* When it works, it works great. Always have issues with connection though. It'll always pop up the communicating with car message and not go any farther then that. No matter how many times I reset it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Junk *2024-05-25, version 1.0.24* Dongles are garbage, software is garbage. Waste of money and time. The last update to the software version was 5 YRS AGO! ### 1/5 — Can’t even connect *2023-08-08, version 1.0.24* I’ve tried so many times… with different methods.. still can’t connect. Total garbage ### 1/5 — New iOS 15 *2023-01-02, version 1.0.24* Any updates coming out? $300 for a dongle that doesn’t work properly. ### 1/5 — No longer Supported *2022-11-05, version 1.0.24* This product is no longer supported by APR. A total waste of money and time. Avoid buying the dongle. ### 1/5 — Warning, the apr dongle will not work if you bought it second hand. *2021-09-17, version 1.0.24* Just to let anyone know who’s looking to buy an APR dongle be sure to get it brand new! A second hand one will not work for your car if it’s already been registered to another vehicle. Lesson learned for a newbie 😢. Hey APR maybe you should charge a small fee to unlock these for people that have been duped 🤣 ### 1/5 — Didn’t work *2021-03-07, version 1.0.24* Just needs updating so it works again. Come on APR get it done. ### 1/5 — App crashes *2018-04-05, version 1.0.21* App doesn't work properly, crashes when reading the logs. Also, The interface could have been simplified in every aspect. Wouldn't recommend apr mobile instead of VCDS. Therefore, it raises the big question whether the ECU software is coded in the same careless way as this poor app, and should I expect engine failure soon ? Cheers ### 1/5 — New update last week causing crash *2018-04-05, version 1.0.21* APR Mobile is crashing when selecting engine code. Already emailed APR about this issue with no updates. Please APR get this fixed and I'll be happy to change rating again. ### 1/5 — App is crushing after latest update. *2018-03-30, version 1.0.21* App is crushing when checking fault codes ### 1/5 — Emcs *2018-03-30, version 1.0.21* Updated to version 1.0.21 now emcs doesn't work ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great add on *2018-04-07, version 1.0.22* I have had mobile for 2/3 years. Its awesome for clearing fault codes and for diagnostics. I’m able to run the car, data log and send outputs to my shop from anywhere. Only issues I’ve had are related to have a few app updates that have impacted functionality. That said, the APR team has been super responsive and they have done a killer job with bug fixes and support. ### 5/5 — EMCS is working *2017-11-02, version 1.0.18* EMCS ERROR is fixed. I had to uninstall app and unpair dongle then reinstall everything. Version 18 does work now. ### 5/5 — Not working *2017-11-02, version 1.0.18* Updated now and all up ant running thanks a lot APR!!! Top one! ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2017-11-01, version 1.0.18* The best app to compliment Your APR Software. You must also have the APR Mobile dongle but it’s relatively cheap for the additional features in my opinion. Keep up the good work APR. ### 5/5 — Great app *2016-05-28, version 1.0.13* Great product and app. Have no issues ### 5/5 — This app is SICK !! *2015-09-22, version 1.0.11* One more thing you need to update it again so it could work on the IOS.9.0 for the new iphone. Its not working at all. Thanks GOAPR. ### 5/5 — Great investment *2015-09-19, version 1.0.11* Great, basic functionality right now (the easy program switching and data logging). I mainly bought this because of what APR is planning in the future (digital gauges, vcds tweaks, and who knows what else)! Edit: I can't believe what I originally wrote in my initial review. What a waste of money. This project has been completely abandoned and I am hoping to remove APR software from my '13 Golf R as soon as possible. APR (as a company) has totally lost focus and touch with the community. Also this software doesn't work with IOS 9 (as of 18 Sep 2015). ### 5/5 — IOS 9.1 *2015-09-18, version 1.0.11* I love this app, it does everything I need it to do. However, since I upgraded my iPhone to the beta 9.1, this app won't even open up :( ### 5/5 — 2014 Audi RS5 *2015-09-05, version 1.0.11* To be fair this is an update to a past critical review of the app. Finally after the iOS update came through all but one of the apps configurations work and work as advertised. The exception is the car will still start despite the disable ignition option selected, other then that all is great. Now I'm waiting for the possibility of an analog gauge dashboard from the programmers which work make this the perfect tuner app. The tune itself was well worth the investment, the ease of changing tuner options from iPad/iPhone is the added bonus of this APR gem. ### 5/5 — Audi s7 4.0tt *2014-10-26, version 1.0.9* Since you updated the app for ios8 I still can't use the logging and the fault codes --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-28.*