Element Smart Driving vs AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Element Smart Driving
Transform your car into a connected vehicle by plugging in an adapter. Analyze driving habits for safety and efficiency, track fuel consumption, and monitor vehicle diagnostics. Enhance security with location tracking and remote control features.
- Driving Score & Feedback
- Detailed Driving Statistics
- Remote Engine Start/Unlock
- Real-time Diagnostics
- Car Location Tracking
- Geo-zone Notifications
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Element turns any car made after 1999 into a connected car, just plug in Element adapter into OBD-II port and start collecting and analyzing data your car generates while driving. • Driving Score Element analyses each ride and gives feedback on how to make your driving safe and efficient. • Driving Stats Get detailed statistics on fuel consumption, driving time, travel distances. • Remote control With installed Remote Control Module you can remotely start engine, unlock doors, open trunk, turn the lights on. • Diagnostics Real time data on fuel and battery levels, temperature inside the car, check engine codes. • Security Track location of your car, set usage geo-zones to get notified whenever the car leaves one. Element will send push notification whenever something is happening to your car, whether it's being towed away or someone is trying to break in. With installed Security Module you get world class satellite alarm and antitheft system.
AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0
Manage your car's anti-theft, security, and telematic features remotely via your smartphone. Monitor location, status, and control functions like engine blocking and remote start. Personalize your car's display and access multiple vehicles from one account.
- Car location monitoring
- Event feed display
- Alert notifications
- Car status monitoring (engine temp, voltage, fuel, mileage)
- Remote engine blocking and arming/disarming
- Scheduled remote engine start
- Multi-account and multi-car management
- Car personalization and dashboard customization
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Meet the new AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0 app designed for intelligent control of your car. We have retained all the familiar functionality of the previous version, but in a more advanced format, and also added a number of useful innovations. The AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0 app is a user-friendly and reliable tool to manage anti-theft, security and telematic features via your smartphone. Key features: - Monitors the car's location. - Displays the event feed. - Sends alerts. - Monitors the car's status: engine temperature, voltage of the on-board network, fuel, and total mileage. * - Allows the remote control of the car: engine blocking, arming/disarming. * - Allows you to set up the schedule of remote engine start. - Multi-account. Allows you to manage multiple cars and access other accounts via a single app. - Personalization. Allows you to choose the car's body and color for accurate display in the app and to customize the dashboard. - Offers advanced options of display on the map. * It depends on the car’s brand, model, and equipment. Looking forward to your feedback at support@author-alarm.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0 at 5.0 against Element Smart Driving's 1.7. Element Smart Driving's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Element Smart Driving has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Element Smart Driving's written reviews are positive against 36% of AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Element Smart Driving | AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Лаборатория Умного Вождения | AUTHOR-ALARM |
Customer experience
Element Smart Driving
AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0
In-app purchases
Element Smart Driving
No in-app purchases
AUTHOR CONNECT 2.0
No in-app purchases
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