OBD Mate vs Mini OBDII
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Mini OBDII
This app connects to your vehicle via Bluetooth or WiFi to perform diagnostics and monitor driving. It reads and clears fault codes, analyzes performance, and tracks your travel data. Supports multiple languages and high-speed data transmission.
- Fault code reading and clearing
- Instrument panel monitoring
- Performance testing
- Travel analysis
- High-speed data transmission
- Multi-language support
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Mini OBDII is a car diagnostic and monitoring application,support English,Español,Русский,Deutsch,Français,日本語,中文. Through iPhone and iPad, use Bluetooth/WiFi to communicate with the vehicle terminal to complete fault diagnosis and driving assistance functions. It has automobile detection and analysis functions such as fault code reading and clearing, instrument panel, performance test, and travel analysis. It also supports high-speed data transmission and has the advantages of low power consumption and ultra-power saving. caution: 1. Support the adapter that runs through WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. 2. The parameters supported by each vehicle are different, which has nothing to do with Mini OBDII, but is related to the vehicle control unit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mini OBDII at 3.4 against OBD Mate's 1.8. Mini OBDII also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 9%) and iOS requirement (11 vs 13.0). OBD Mate's advantage is ratings volume (115 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Mini OBDII holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OBD Mate has 115 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of OBD Mate's written reviews are positive against 38% of Mini OBDII's.
OBD Mate ships an update every 5 weeks, Mini OBDII every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OBD Mate | Mini OBDII |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (115 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.4% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 365 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Autophix Tech Co., Ltd | Shenzhen Chaoyue Technology Development Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
OBD Mate
Mini OBDII
In-app purchases
OBD Mate
No in-app purchases
Mini OBDII
No in-app purchases
