ANCEL vs OBD Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ANCEL
This app connects to your car via an OBD2 Bluetooth scanner to diagnose faults, read data like fault codes and sensor readings, and clear error lights. It also offers battery health checks, a customizable dashboard, and driving assistance features. Some models support special functions like maintenance resets.
- OBD2 Bluetooth scanner connectivity
- Fault code reading and clearing
- Frozen frame and sensor data display
- Battery health and voltage detection
- Customizable dashboard
- Driving assistance functions
- Special functions (maintenance reset, etc.)
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ANCEL can read data from car with the OBD2 Bluetooth Scanner. It has a powerful fault diagnosis function, which can read fault codes, frozen frames, oxygen sensors and other data, and provide fault explanations, which can be used to clear the codes and turn off the Malfunction Indicator Lamp. With the necessary battery detection function, you can use the mobile phone screen to click to check the health and voltage of your battery. It supports OBD2 full-mode diagnosis, and also have a customizable dashboard and some driving assistance functions. For some models of scanner, some special functions are also supported, such as maintenance reset, replacement of brake pads, and throttle reset, etc. It is a powerful and simple operation vehicle detection and driving assistance tool. Welcome to download and use it.
OBD Home
This application connects to your vehicle via Bluetooth to provide diagnostic and monitoring functions. It allows for fault code reading and clearing, performance testing, and travel analysis, offering a comprehensive view of your car's health and driving habits.
- Fault code reading and clearing
- Instrument panel monitoring
- Performance testing
- Travel analysis
- Bluetooth 4.0/5.0 support
- High-speed data transmission
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OBD Home support V011 series products. OBD Home is a car diagnostic and monitoring application,support English,Español,Русский,日本語,中文. Through phone, use Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth 4.0/5.0. 2. The parameters supported by each vehicle are different, which has nothing to do with OBD Home, but is related to the vehicle control unit. 3. OBD Home for V011.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OBD Home at every 3 weeks against ANCEL's every 2 months. OBD Home also leads on rating (2.9 vs 2.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
OBD Home holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 50 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of ANCEL's written reviews are positive against 32% of OBD Home's.
ANCEL ships an update every 2 months, OBD Home every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ANCEL | OBD Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (46 ratings) | 2.9 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews | 31.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 405 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OBDSPACE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD | Shenzhen Chaoyue Technology Development Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
ANCEL
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In-app purchases
ANCEL
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases








