Crown Service Request vs FD CANnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crown Service Request
Manage your forklift fleet's uptime with this app. Request service, rent equipment, and receive real-time status updates via push notifications. Easily locate your local dealer for support.
- Service request initiation
- Equipment rental
- Real-time push notifications
- Local dealer locator
- Fleet uptime management
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When it comes to your forklift fleet, it’s all about uptime. Whether you need responsive service or are just looking to rent the equipment you need, count on the Crown app to get the process started anytime, anywhere. Push notifications provide timely updates on the status of each service request. You can also find your local Crown dealer with ease. Crown Equipment Corporation is one of the world’s largest material handling companies, with a reputation for award-winning line of forklifts, automation and fleet management technologies supported through a global service and distribution network spanning more than 80 countries. http://www.crown.com.
FD CANnect
This app provides comprehensive diagnostics for CAN bus control systems. It allows users to pull telegrams from CAN Open 2.0B networks, log traffic on standard vehicles, and parse inputs, outputs, and control parameters when using the FDCANnect block.
- CAN Open 2.0B diagnostics
- J1939 support
- Vehicle traffic logging
- Input/output analysis
- Control parameter adjustment
- Radio diagnostics
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FDCANnect is a comprehensive diagnostics app for anyone with a CAN bus control system. Utilizing the universal nature of a controller area network, users can pull telegrams off of any CAN Open 2.0B network (including J1939). If users are connected to a standard truck, bus or off-highway vehicle they will be able to log all traffic. If users are implementing the FDCANnect block, they will be able to parse through inputs, outputs, radio communications and control parameters. A full list of control options is below. - Radio Diagnostics - Advanced Diagnostics - Analog I/O - Digital I/O - Output Bumping - Parameter Adjustment - Log Data If an FD Advanced Diagnostics option is implemented on a connected system, the AD control option will be available without any additional hardware or software requirements beyond a gateway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FD CANnect at none against Crown Service Request's shown. FD CANnect also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Crown Service Request's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FD CANnect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crown Service Request has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Crown Service Request ships an update every 2 months, FD CANnect every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crown Service Request | FD CANnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crown Equipment Corporation | Flodraulic Controls |
Customer experience
Crown Service Request
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In-app purchases
Crown Service Request
No in-app purchases
FD CANnect
No in-app purchases
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