Connected Lot vs CarCutter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connected Lot
Easily capture and upload photos of vehicles directly from your mobile device. Add new vehicles by scanning VINs or entering information manually. Quickly publish images to websites and advertising platforms to reduce time to market.
- Capture vehicle photos on mobile
- Add vehicles via VIN scan
- Manual vehicle data entry
- Publish photos to websites
- Publish photos to third-party advertising
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CDK is proud to present its most recent mobile application Connected Lot. Your dealerships will now have the ability to take and upload photos of vehicles directly from a mobile device. Simply select the vehicle and start capturing photos. Don’t have that vehicle in your inventory? No problem, add the vehicle in a flash by scanning its VIN or entering the information manually. Allow us to help you decrease your time to market by conveniently and quickly publishing photos to your websites and third party advertising.
CarCutter
This app uses AI to quickly create professional vehicle photos for dealerships, OEMs, and marketplaces. Its guided capture and workflow features ensure consistent, high-quality images ready for immediate use.
- AI-powered vehicle photography
- Intuitive guidance system for capture
- Shotlist and Sequence workflow features
- Image preview and inventory management
- Automatic DMS integration
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CarCutter is the AI-powered app for dealers, OEMs and marketplaces that makes vehicle photography fast and professional. Capture car photos in just a few minutes with CarCutter’s intuitive guidance system, which ensures correct angles and coverage in every image. The Shotlist and Sequence features streamline the capture process, keeping your workflow organized and efficient. Preview enhanced images in the App, or log into the CarCutter Hub to view your full inventory in detail. Processed images are automatically sent to your DMS, ready for use immediately. With CarCutter, car photography is fast, consistent, and easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CarCutter at 48% against Connected Lot's 0%. CarCutter also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Connected Lot's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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.
CarCutter holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CarCutter has 51 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Connected Lot's written reviews are positive against 48% of CarCutter's.
Connected Lot ships an update every 5 weeks, CarCutter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connected Lot | CarCutter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 3.1 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 47.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CDK Global, Inc. | DIFFUSELY Austria GmbH |
Customer experience
Connected Lot
CarCutter
In-app purchases
Connected Lot
No in-app purchases
CarCutter
No in-app purchases
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