AirDrive System vs Dauntless OBD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirDrive System
Configure and customize your vehicle's performance instrumentation system. This app pairs with a hardware module to wirelessly transmit vehicle data to gauges, allowing for custom backlighting, alarms, and data visualization.
- OBDII based plug-n-play instrumentation
- Wireless data transmission to gauges
- View available vehicle data (PIDs)
- Pair data with AirDrive gauges
- Customize gauge backlighting
- Set visual alarms and warning points
- View minimum and maximum recorded values
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The AutoMeter AirDrive System Configuration App puts you in control of your AirDrive Instrumentation System. The AutoMeter AirDrive System is the most advanced OBDII based plug-n-play perfromance instrumentation solution in the market. This highly engineered system delivers the best in instrumentation accuracy, ease of installation, and user configuration. The AirDrive System eliminates the need to install sensors by repurposing sender data that is already present on your vehicle by wirelessly transmitting this data from your vehicle (through the OBDII port) to AutoMeter's Award Winning AirDrive gauges. The free AirDrive System Configuration App enables you to easily see what vehicle data (PID's) is available from your vehicle, and then it helps you effortlessly pair that data with the appropriate AutoMeter AirDrive gauge. The app then lets you fully customize the look and functionality of your AirDrive gauges. You can select custom backlighting colors, visual alarms and warning points, and see minimum and maximum values recorded for each gauge on your system. Each AirDrive Control Module (which plugs into our vehicles OBD II Port) interfaces with your AirDrive System Configuration App and can drive up to three separate gauges. Because all vehicles are different and utilize different communication protocols, we High Recommend that you verify your vehicle’s compatibility with this advanced technology system by downloading the app and using the integrated compatibility tool to verify that your vehicle is covered and which gauges will function in the plug-n-play mode. The thousands of vehicles we’ve interacted with (this list keeps growing!) are displayed in the configuration utility in the preview mode along with the available PIDs for those vehicles so you can easily se if your vehicle and gauge are covered. The availability of a PID from your vehicle for a gauge that you would like to add your system is an excellent indicator that this system should work in plug-n-play mode on your vehicle. The full application is unlocked as soon as it is paired with the AutoMeter AirDrive Module. The AutoMeter AirDrive Configuration App puts you in control of your system.
Dauntless OBD
Configure your DauntlessOBD device wirelessly. Access vehicle data streams, diagnostic trouble codes, and manage firmware updates. Requires a DauntlessOBD device for full functionality.
- Wireless pairing
- Firmware updates
- Vehicle data streams
- Diagnostic trouble codes
- Device configuration
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Official configuration app for the DauntlessOBD device. This app will help you with wireless pairing, firmware updates, and common vehicle data streams and diagnostic trouble codes. A DauntlessOBD device from Dauntless Devices LLC is required to use this app. Other devices are not supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dauntless OBD at 100% against AirDrive System's 0%. Dauntless OBD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). AirDrive System's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dauntless OBD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of AirDrive System's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dauntless OBD's.
AirDrive System ships an update every 6 months, Dauntless OBD every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirDrive System | Dauntless OBD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Auto Meter Products, Inc. | Dauntless Devices LLC |
Customer experience
AirDrive System
Dauntless OBD
In-app purchases
AirDrive System
No in-app purchases
Dauntless OBD
No in-app purchases
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