Car Scanner ELM OBD2 vs Pilot Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Car Scanner ELM OBD2
Monitor your car's performance, diagnose engine issues, and view sensor data in real-time. Customize your dashboard with gauges and charts, and reset fault codes. Supports a wide range of vehicles and offers advanced features for specific car brands.
- Real-time sensor data
- OBD fault code reading and resetting
- Customizable dashboard with gauges
- Extended PID support
- Mode 06 test results
- Emission test readiness check
- Acceleration measurement tool
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Check what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more! Car Scanner is a vehicle / car performance / trip computer / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU. Car Scanner gives you a bunch of unique features: 1) Layout your own dashboard with the gauges and charts you want! 2) Add custom (extended PIDs) and get information, that was hidden from you by car manufacturer! 3) It can also show and reset a DTC fault code like a scantool. Car Scanner includes a huge database of DTC codes descriptions. 4) Car Scanner allows you to read free-frames (sensors state when DTC is saved). 5) Now with Mode 06 - you can get ECU self-monitoring test results. Helps you fix your car and helps keep repair costs down! 6) Check if your car is ready for emission tests. 7) Check all of the sensors at one screen 8) Car Scanner works with any vehicle that uses the OBD 2 standard (most vehicles built after 2000, but can work for vehicles as far back as 1996, check carscanner.info for more details). 9) Car Scanner includes a lot of connection profiles, that gives you some extra features for Toyota, Mitsubishi, GM, Opel, Vauxhal, Chevrolet, Nissan, Infinity, Renault, Dacia, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, BMW and many others. 10) Car Scanner dashboard includes a HUD mode, that you can use to project data to your windshield. 11) Car Scanner provides a tool for very accurate acceleration measurments (0-60, 0-100, etc.) 12) Car Scanner can be used as a trip computer and can show you fuel consumption statistics! 13) For cars of the VAG group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat), built on the MQB and PQ26 platforms, encoding functions are available - setting hidden parameters of the car. 14) And one more thing - Car Scanner provides the widest variety of features for FREE across the App Store. The app requires a Wi-Fi or or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) OBD2 ELM327 compatible adapter (device) to work. ELM327 devices plugs into the diagnostics socket in the car ang gives your phone access to car diagnostics. Recommended adapters brands: Kiwi 3, Viecar, V-Gate, Carista, LELink, Veepeak. If you buy one of the cheap china OBD2 ELM327 adapters from ebay / amazon, then make sure it’s not marked as v.2.1. This adapters are supported, but they have lot’s of bugs. PLEASE NOTE: Vehicle ECUs vary in the amount of sensors supported. This app can’t show you something, that is not provided by your car. Attention "bad" adapters! We faced the problem, that some adapters (often cheep Chinese clones), can’t connect to the smartphone or the car. Some of them can even make your car engine work unstable, often lost connection, increase time lag when reading data. So, we recommend you to use genuine ELM327 or recommended adapter brands. Car Scanner ELM OBD2 is free but to unlock all the features, a one-time purchase or a subscription is required. Under no circumstances will the developer of this application be held responsible for incidents resulting from the use and/or interpretation of the data in the application. If you have any issues, you can always contact developer using Settings - Contact developer in the app or just send email to wp_soft@outlook.com Car Scanner ELM OBD2 for iOS Terms of use can be found at https://www.carscanner.info/ios-tos/
Pilot Check
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Nueva App Pilot Check Potencia tu taller con la nueva aplicación de Pilot. Diseñamos y desarrollamos una nueva app destinada a los Asesores de servicio, para que puedan, desde el celular, ingresar los autos al taller, hacer seguimiento del estado del vehículo, mantener informado al cliente en las distintas etapas en la que se encuentre su vehículo y muchas funcionalidades más. La App está totalmente adaptada para que el Asesor de servicio pueda volcar toda la información que sea necesaria desde que el veh’culo ingresa o egresa; como check list adaptadas a cada taller, imágenes, registrar comentarios, configurar notificaciones en los distintos estados del vehículo, tomar la firma del cliente para registrarla de forma electrónica. Alguna vez creíste tener en tu teléfono celular toda la información de los vehículos que ingresan a tu taller. Así mismo, tener la posibilidad de informar constantemente, por ese medio, al cliente? Conocemos el ritmo de trabajo que usualmente tiene un taller y muchas veces no es posible volcar toda la información necesaria en un papel, es por ello, que te queremos ayudar a automatizar tus procesos y potenciar tus recursos, todo por medio de una App. Esta aplicación te acerca la posibilidad de tener disponible toda la información y estar en contacto con tus clientes a través de tu smartphone. Es 100% gratuita y, si ya tienes activo el módulo de citas del taller puedes comenzar a usarla ahora mismo!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pilot Check at none against Car Scanner ELM OBD2's 5. Pilot Check also leads on ads (none vs shown). Car Scanner ELM OBD2's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price and device support 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. Car Scanner ELM OBD2 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 6 months. Pilot Check asks for nothing beyond the download.
Car Scanner ELM OBD2 ships an update every 5 days, Pilot Check every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Car Scanner ELM OBD2 | Pilot Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanislav Svistunov | Pilot Solution CRM |
Bugs and requests
Car Scanner ELM OBD2
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to connect to certain vehicle models
- Incorrect fuel economy calculations
- Sensor data not updating properly in some cases
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more vehicle profiles
- Improve CarPlay integration
- Allow custom dashboard templates
- Add option to automatically save data logs
- Expand sensor coverage, especially for transmissions and ABS
Pilot Check
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Car Scanner ELM OBD2
- Car Scanner Pro (6 months)$3.996 Months
- Car Scanner Pro (1 year)$4.991 Year
- Car Scanner Pro (low price)$6.99
- Car Scanner Pro (mid price)$6.99
- Car Scanner Pro (forever)$7.99
Pilot Check
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Car Scanner ELM OBD2 free?
Is Pilot Check free?
Do Car Scanner ELM OBD2 or Pilot Check have ads?
Which is updated more often, Car Scanner ELM OBD2 or Pilot Check?
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