# DriveBuy Dealer — Vehicle recon for dealerships > Vehicle recon for dealerships (iPhone/iPad app by DriveBuy LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drivebuy-dealer/id6810295897 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [DriveBuy LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6810296259) - Category: Business, Productivity - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 35 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-13 - Data updated: 2026-10-24 ## What is DriveBuy Dealer? DriveBuy Dealer puts your entire reconditioning pipeline in your pocket. Built for the people who actually move the cars — service managers, technicians, detailers, inspectors and recon coordinators — it replaces the whiteboard, the group chat and the walk to the back lot with one shared, live view of where every vehicle stands. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See the whole pipeline at a glance. Bottlenecks, average time in recon, units on hold, and what is aging past ten days — updated as the work happens, not at the end of the week. • Follow every vehicle through every phase. Transit, initial photos, inspection, estimate, approval, parts, emission check, detail and QC, each with its own queue and its own count. • Work a vehicle without leaving the screen. Start and complete phases, log time, add notes and photos, raise an issue, and see the full activity history on one page. • Approve and estimate on the spot. Review estimate lines, approve or decline them, and keep the shop moving instead of waiting for someone to reach a desk. • Track parts and sublet. What is ordered, what is on the shelf, what the vendor still owes you, and which vehicle it is holding up. • Run inspections on the phone. Structured checklists with photo capture, so the findings arrive attached to the vehicle rather than on a piece of paper. • Find any unit instantly. Search across stock number and VIN, filter by phase, status or age, and sort the way you actually think about the lot. • Keep the team in sync. Per-vehicle chat, notifications when something needs you, and inventory audits that tell you what is really on the lot. BUILT FOR THE JOB Photos come from the camera. Locations come from the vehicle. Scanning a VIN beats typing seventeen characters standing in the sun. Everything is designed to be used in a service lane, one-handed, in daylight — not at a desk. ACCOUNT REQUIRED DriveBuy Dealer is a companion to the DriveBuy reconditioning platform and requires an account provided by your dealership. It is not a standalone consumer app, and there is nothing to buy inside it. If your store is not yet using DriveBuy, contact your management or visit our site. ## Is DriveBuy Dealer safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess DriveBuy Dealer. ## Is DriveBuy Dealer legit? DriveBuy Dealer has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for DriveBuy Dealer is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.33 — 2026-10-22 Additional services now carry a Concern, Cause and Correction, like repairs. • Write the concern when you price a service — Request Approval waits for it • Add or edit a service's cause and correction from the services list and on every later stage, where the repair order allows it • Edit Service shows the write-up too ### 1.0.32 — 2026-10-20 Shop fees can be changed after the estimate is sent. • Pick up the Pen on the estimate and tap Shop Supplies or Disposal Fees to turn a fee on or off, change who pays or change its amount • Works on Pending Approval, Ready for Pickup and View Estimate, where the repair order allows it • Collecting from a service contract offers Charge only for companies set up to be charged ### 1.0.31 — 2026-10-17 Repair orders follow more of the web's rules, and the camera now reads the odometer and the vendor's invoice for you. Estimates and approvals • Finalize needs only the concern; cause and correction are optional • Editing approved work asks the customer again only when it ends up customer pay • Send to Parts when only services were approved, and see why when it can't be sent • Request Authorization waits until every additional service is priced Services and closing • Work services like repairs: the Stamp marks them done, the Pen edits them • A service can carry a part • Close RO reads the odometer off the dash with the camera Sublets • The vendor's invoice, its number and files, on the job's card • The repair order's header shows the stock number, with copy Workbench • Add Invoice reads the vendor's invoice on Sublet, Emission Check, Transit and Weights: scan it or pick a photo or PDF, and the cars it names are ticked for you; check them, then Clip • Each car shows its invoice files; deleting one that several cars share says so first • Post opens with the car's invoice files • A retail sublet shows the advisor's invoice ### 1.0.30 — 2026-10-16 Repair orders now follow the new service flow: walk around the car first, then ask the customer. Walk-around and authorization • Walk around the car with its own checklist, then finish and print it • Request the customer's authorization once the walk-around is done • RO Initiated and Walk-Around statuses show on the list and in the filter Estimates and repairs • Add additional services, price them, or remove them • Write each repair's concern, cause and correction • Pick a sold sublet's taxable condition; its tax follows it • Finished estimates, parts, inspections and walk-arounds open as they stood Payments and pickup • Collect from the customer's answer to the estimate, before pickup • Collect asks for Odometer Out and whether the customer is picking up • Collect is hidden once nothing is owed and no service contract is involved • Print a copy for each person Messages and history • The activity log reads as a conversation; open any event in place • Type @ in a text to add a placeholder Lists and reports • Filter repair orders by sold in the last 30 days or unpaid service contract • Clear several GL posting errors at once Smoother loading • Pages load in their own shape instead of a spinner • The card at the bottom slides up once its details are ready ### 1.0.12 — 2026-10-11 Edit approved repairs and a repair order's vehicle, skip inspections, and work parts from View Parts. • Edit or withdraw an approved repair in In Progress or at pickup; what can't change says why • Edit the vehicle from the pencil atop a repair order • View Parts orders, receives and returns parts like Pending Parts • A repair awaiting the customer stays in view at pickup • Each line needs a payment type to be finalized • Internal-Post Sale needs a stock number • Skip inspections when allowed ## Apps similar to DriveBuy Dealer | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [ReconPro](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reconpro/id1434400903) | 2.6 (50) | Free | Business | | [SB Bullion.](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sb-bullion/id6711344946) | 4.0 (1) | Free | Business | | [HomeGuard](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homeguard/id1593258426) | 3.5 (11) | Free | Business | | [CreativeTime Employee](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/creativetime-employee/id1489623977) | 2.6 (5) | Free | Business | | [Worksuite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/worksuite/id1473933050) | 2.0 (3) | Free | Business | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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