Car Sensor vs OBD Mate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Car Sensor
This app connects to specific robotic car sensors, displaying real-time readings. It alerts users when sensor thresholds are exceeded, providing essential monitoring for compatible vehicles.
- Connects to Manoogian robotic car sensors
- Connects to similar Arduino sensors
- Displays real-time sensor readings
- Provides threshold warnings
- Supports 2016-2017 Manoogian cars
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Car Sensor connects to the 2016-2017 Manoogian robotic car's sensors and similar arduino sensors to provide the user with sensor readings and warnings if the sensor's threshold is reached.
OBD Mate
Diagnose vehicle faults and receive driving assistance using your smartphone or tablet. Connect via Bluetooth to read and clear error codes, monitor sensor data, and view custom dashboards for a better driving experience.
- Fault diagnosis
- Driving assistance
- Read and clear codes
- Freeze frame data
- O2 sensor monitoring
- Customizable dashboard
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The OBD assistant is a driving companion that can communicate with the vehicle terminal through Bluetooth using smartphones and tablets to complete functions such as fault diagnosis and driving assistance. It not only has rich and comprehensive vehicle detection and diagnosis functions such as fault code reading and clearing, freeze frames, battery voltage, gearbox, and performance testing, but also has a cool instrument panel and driving assistance functions, making driving more fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Car Sensor at 100% against OBD Mate's 9%. Car Sensor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8). OBD Mate's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (115 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Car Sensor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OBD Mate has 115 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Car Sensor's written reviews are positive against 9% of OBD Mate's.
Car Sensor ships an update every 32 months, OBD Mate every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Car Sensor | OBD Mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.8 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 9.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 365 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathew Yaldo | Autophix Tech Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Car Sensor
OBD Mate
In-app purchases
Car Sensor
No in-app purchases
OBD Mate
No in-app purchases
