Comparison

Openlane.eu vs Mehanko

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Openlane.eu

This app facilitates used car wholesale by connecting OEMs, fleet owners, wholesalers, and dealers with buyers across Europe. It offers a robust online marketplace to streamline transactions, reduce risk, and improve transparency. Users can bid on vehicles in real-time, search extensively, and receive important auction notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time bidding on vehicles
  • Extensive vehicle search filters
  • View car images and damage info
  • Access auction costs and transport options
  • Real-time auction event notifications
  • Multi-language support
Features
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OPENLANE Europe, a business unit of global vehicle remarketing and technology solutions provider OPENLANE (NYSE: KAR), makes used car wholesale easy for its customers so they can be successful. The company seamlessly connects OEMS, Fleet owners, wholesalers, and dealers with buyers in more than 50 countries across Europe. Its robust online car marketplace reduces risk, improves transparency and streamlines transactions. The app - available in 20 languages - allows to place bids on vehicles at various auctions and follow up on auctions in real-time . Users can search for vehicles using criteria such as make and model, price range, mileage range, registration date, body type, fuel type, transmission type. Also car images, equipment details, damage info, auction costs and transport options can be viewed. Finally, users can choose to get real-time notifications about the most important auction events. Note: To use the app a valid account at openlane.eu is needed. To register, please visit www.openlane.eu and click “Register”.

About

Mehanko

Features
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Stop losing track of repairs in notebooks and messages. Mehanko is the app for running a car repair shop - for independent mechanics and teams of up to 10 people. Work orders, clients, vehicles, documents and scheduling, always on your phone. KEY FEATURES • A team in one shop - Invite mechanics and your bookkeeper with a code. The owner handles the subscription, mechanics do the work, the bookkeeper sees the documents. Assign a repair to a colleague and they get a notification. • Voice commands - Tap the mic and say what you would type: "New repair for Novak, Octavia, oil change, due tomorrow" or "What is overdue today?". The app shows what it understood and saves only when you confirm. • Works offline - Repairs, clients and vehicles are there without a signal. Changes are sent when the connection is back. • Work orders - Create a repair, pick a vehicle, add a description, due date and photos. Track progress through statuses: active, waiting, done. • Documents - Estimate, work order with the customer's signature and work report as PDF. The invoice is e-SLOG XML that imports into your bookkeeper's software; send a month of documents in one tap. • Dictation and scanning - Dictate the job description; photograph the licence plate or VIN and the vehicle opens with its full history. • Suggested line items - The job description becomes draft line items, priced from your own past jobs on the same model and make. • Notifications - A repair assigned to you, handover in 2 hours, a repair on hold too long, finished repairs without an invoice and a morning summary. • Clients & vehicles - Contacts, vehicles with make, model, year, licence plate and VIN. Call or message (SMS, WhatsApp) straight from the app. • Calendar, search and history - Plan repairs by date, find anything in a second, every repair keeps its full history. • Several shops on one account, two devices at a time, light and dark theme, Slovenian and English. PLANS Solo (1 person), Ekipa (up to 5 people) and Servis (up to 10 people), each with a free bookkeeper seat. All features in every plan. Start with a free 14-day trial, no credit card required. Pay yearly and get 3 months free. Mehanko is not a certified cash register and does not perform fiscal verification of invoices. SUPPORT Need help? Write to us from the app or at info@mehanko.si. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://mehanko.si/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://mehanko.si/en/privacy

Screenshots

Openlane.eu4 screens
Mehanko4 screens

Verdict

The call

Openlane.eu and Mehanko are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Openlane.eu ships an update every 6 weeks, Mehanko monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Openlane.eu versus Mehanko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenlane.euMehanko
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews1.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOPENLANE EuropeDevisium d.o.o.

In-app purchases

None

Openlane.eu

No in-app purchases

None

Mehanko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Openlane.eu free?
Openlane.eu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mehanko free?
Mehanko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Openlane.eu or Mehanko have ads?
Neither Openlane.eu nor Mehanko shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Openlane.eu or Mehanko?
Openlane.eu ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mehanko monthly. Most recently, Openlane.eu was updated on October 16, 2026 and Mehanko on October 24, 2026.

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