Comparison

VinSolutions vs OPENLANE US

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

VinSolutions

Manage customer interactions, appointments, and tasks on the go. This app provides a streamlined interface for sales teams to stay connected with customers and opportunities, enabling efficient management of leads, calls, and inventory from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • Appointment calendar management
  • Streamlined task management
  • Salesperson and Manager dashboards
  • Customer and opportunity tracking
  • Lead and call logging
  • Inventory search and filtering
  • Customer and vehicle information capture via camera
Features
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Never leave your customer's side by taking the full power and potential of VinSolutions everywhere you go. The VinSolutions mobile app puts all activities and opportunities in the palm of your hand. The latest VinSolutions mobile app brings a fresh, streamlined interface for managing various activities, allowing your team to focus on the customer anytime, anywhere. Features: • New appointment calendar view for users to view and manage upcoming sales appointments. • New streamlined interface to manage and complete daily tasks more efficiently. • See tasks and activities quickly with Salesperson and Manager dashboards. • Stay in touch with customers and opportunities anytime, anywhere. • Start showroom visits, create customer notes, appointments, leads and log customer calls – all in the palm of your hand. • Receive push notifications for CRM alerts to stay on top of urgent tasks. • Use your phone’s camera to quickly add customer and vehicle information. • Search and filter through inventory from anywhere on the lot. • New API framework for added speed and stability.

About

OPENLANE US

This app connects wholesale dealers for buying and selling used vehicles. It offers a digital marketplace for sourcing and selling inventory with various sale types and AI-enhanced features for damage detection and condition reports.

Highlights
  • Wholesale used vehicle marketplace
  • Seamless buying and selling
  • Multiple sale types (auction, marketplace, absolute sale)
  • AI-enhanced damage detection
  • Detailed condition reports
  • Complimentary AutoCheck reports
Features
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The OPENLANE app brings together buyers and sellers in the preferred US marketplace for wholesale used vehicles. Wholesale dealers can seamlessly switch between buying and selling all within one consolidated and easy to navigate app, making dealer to dealer car sales easier than ever before. OPENLANE’s digital marketplace offers a fast, easy and transparent way to sell and source used and fresh vehicle inventory—anytime, anywhere. We bring together the leading OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions to match the right buyer with the right car at every price point. We give you the power to buy or sell your way with OPENLANE’s variety of sale types. Whether you prefer the fast-paced action of the standard online dealer auction format, the flexibility and variety of OPENLANE’s marketplace or the certainty of Absolute Sale, OPENLANE has a sourcing or selling solution for you. The OPENLANE Marketplace offers sellers strong results with 110% of book value on average across all price bands, often in less than a day. Thanks to the wholesale industry's first AI-enhanced damage detection feature and the most robust search and filtering capabilities on the market, buyers are able to source inventory faster and with more confidence than ever before—all with the industry’s most competitive fees. OPENLANE condition reports feature: - An easy-to-read layout to quickly determine if the vehicle has issues - Visual Boost AI™, an AI-enhanced exterior detected damage visualization - Easy-to-read scan codes with Code Boost IQ, engine noise audio files, photos and more - Complimentary AutoCheckⓇ on all listings Find all the buyers, all the sellers and all the vehicles right now on the OPENLANE app.

Screenshots

VinSolutions4 screens
OPENLANE US4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OPENLANE US at 3.0 against VinSolutions's 2.1. OPENLANE US also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 6%). VinSolutions's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (551 vs 102). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OPENLANE US holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VinSolutions has 551 ratings behind it against 102, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of VinSolutions's written reviews are positive against 25% of OPENLANE US's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VinSolutions ships an update weekly, OPENLANE US every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
VinSolutions versus OPENLANE US: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVinSolutionsOPENLANE US
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (551 ratings)3.0 (102 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.2% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings551 — better102
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB55 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVinSolutions, LLCBacklotCars, Inc

Customer experience

VinSolutions

All ratings551 ratings
Positive23.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative72.4%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive6.2%
Neutral10.6%
Negative83.2%

OPENLANE US

All ratings102 ratings
Positive48.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative48.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative72.2%

Bugs and requests

VinSolutions

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Camera unable to scan licenses on newer phones
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent data sync between mobile and desktop
  • Login issues and random log-outs
  • Unreliable push notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to attach photos and signatures in emails
  • Improve iPad support and landscape mode
  • Integrate text messaging and call logging
  • Enhance customer search and lookup capabilities
  • Provide more customization options

OPENLANE US

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VinSolutions

No in-app purchases

None

OPENLANE US

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VinSolutions free?
VinSolutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OPENLANE US free?
OPENLANE US is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VinSolutions or OPENLANE US?
OPENLANE US is rated higher. VinSolutions averages 2.1 out of 5 from 551 ratings, while OPENLANE US averages 3.0 from 102 ratings.
Do VinSolutions or OPENLANE US have ads?
Neither VinSolutions nor OPENLANE US shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VinSolutions or OPENLANE US?
VinSolutions ships an update weekly, and OPENLANE US every 6 days. Most recently, VinSolutions was updated on September 23, 2026 and OPENLANE US on September 23, 2026.

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