Comparison

VinSolutions vs Dealerwave

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

Dealerwave

This app streamlines compensation and performance management for automotive dealerships. It uses machine learning to test and predict the performance of pay plans and individuals, offering an intuitive user experience.

Highlights
  • Automated compensation management
  • Performance prediction
  • Pay plan testing
  • Machine learning analytics
  • Intuitive user experience
Features
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Our clients have for long had to deal with great deals of manual labor, errors and uncertainty as to how to manage compensation and performance in the Automotive dealer industry. In addition they have never had to opportunity to test, and predict the performance of any pay plan or individuals imaginable through machine learning of their own data. Dealerwave specializes the creation, testing, assignment and execution of pay plans in the automotive industry for any commissions based position at a dealership. In addition, Dealerwave trailblazes a new era of car dealership operations by developing a much-needed system with delightfully intuitive user experience using state-of-the-art technologies and services.

Screenshots

VinSolutions4 screens
Dealerwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dealerwave at 100% against VinSolutions's 6%. Dealerwave also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). VinSolutions's advantage is ratings volume (594 vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Dealerwave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VinSolutions has 594 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Dealerwave's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VinSolutions ships an update weekly, Dealerwave every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VinSolutions versus Dealerwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVinSolutionsDealerwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (594 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings594 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVinSolutions, LLCDealer Automation Services, LLC

Customer experience

VinSolutions

All ratings594 ratings
Positive22.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative72.7%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive6.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative83.3%

Dealerwave

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Dealerwave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VinSolutions

No in-app purchases

None

Dealerwave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VinSolutions free?
VinSolutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dealerwave free?
Dealerwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VinSolutions or Dealerwave?
Dealerwave is rated higher. VinSolutions averages 2.1 out of 5 from 594 ratings, while Dealerwave averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do VinSolutions or Dealerwave have ads?
Neither VinSolutions nor Dealerwave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VinSolutions or Dealerwave?
VinSolutions ships an update weekly, and Dealerwave every 3 weeks. Most recently, VinSolutions was updated on October 16, 2026 and Dealerwave on October 13, 2026.

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