Comparison

Xtool Anyscan vs Advancer AD20

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

Head to head
About

Xtool Anyscan

This smart diagnostic system connects to your iPhone or iPad to provide on-demand vehicle diagnostics. It offers comprehensive coverage for a wide range of car makes and includes full system diagnosis with various special functions.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive vehicle coverage
  • Full system diagnosis
  • Special functions
  • Small and portable
  • Bluetooth wireless connection
Features
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Anyscan is a smart diagnostic system on demand working with iPhone or iPad. It combines the XTOOL Company’s vast vehicle coverage, strong diagnostic functions and many special functions. It has following features: 1. Comprehensive vehicle coverage, covers most American, Asian, European and Australian cars. 2. Full system diagnosis, with many special functions available based on users' needs. 3. Small and easily portable. 4. Bluetooth wireless connection.

About

Advancer AD20

This app connects to a smart OBD dongle to provide vehicle health checks, diagnosis, and real-time monitoring. It helps identify fault codes, analyze driving habits, and offers maintenance reminders for enhanced driving safety.

Highlights
  • OBD-II Diagnosis
  • In-depth system check
  • Live vehicle data monitoring
  • Maintenance light reset
  • Trip recorder
  • Driving habits analysis
Features
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Advancer Smart OBD Dongle (AD20/AD20 Pro) is a smart diagnosis terminal that communicates with your iOS devices via BT 5.0. With the Advancer app, AD20 provides services like vehicle health check, diagnosis, driving habits analysis for car owners. Help the vehicle owner to check at any time whether the vehicle is out of order, display the cause of the fault and maintenance suggestions, monitor the status of the vehicle in real time and alert the safety hazards early to ensure your driving safety 1)OBD-II Diagnosis Advancer AD20 can read and categorize the fault codes (DTCs) that storage inside the vehicle ECU via standard OBD-II protocols. 2)In-depth Check In-depth check function allows you to do thorough check on vehicle systems like engine, powertrain, brakes, steering, safety, infotainment and so on, which helps owners to know the health condition of the car clearly and provide safe and comfortable driving experience on travels. Note: In-depth check on all systems is only supported on AD20 Pro; AD20 supports in-depth check on engine only. 3)Live Data When the car is started, Advancer will provide and demonstrate detailed vehicle status like battery voltage, engine revolution speed, coolant temperature, engine load, fuel trimming and so on. This will help you to get the real-time working conditions of the car. 4)Maintenance Light Reset Reset the maintenance counter and turn off the maintenance light after finishing maintenance. For your driving safety, make sure you have followed the manual when doing maintenance to your own car. Note: Maintenance light is a reminder set by car manufacturer, which reminds drivers to do maintenances when needed. When the reminder is on, the car will show info on the dashboard screen, or simply shows a light. 5)Trip Recorder When driving, Advancer will record the index like average speed, fuel consumption, mileage, max engine revolution speed, max coolant temperature and shows them on the app. This will help you to know vehicle status and fuel consumption info on the entire trip. 6)Driving Habits Monitor With the G-sensors inside Advancer, all the sharp turns, emergency brakes and sudden accelerations will be recorded and shown on the app after analyzed. This function will provide data support if you are willing to improve your driving skills.

Screenshots

Xtool Anyscan4 screens
Advancer AD203 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Xtool Anyscan at 2.9 against Advancer AD20's 2.4. Xtool Anyscan also leads on review sentiment (35% vs 14%). Advancer AD20's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Xtool Anyscan holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 62 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Xtool Anyscan's written reviews are positive against 14% of Advancer AD20's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xtool Anyscan ships an update every 4 weeks, Advancer AD20 monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Xtool Anyscan versus Advancer AD20: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXtool AnyscanAdvancer AD20
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (83 ratings) — better2.4 (62 ratings)
Positive reviews34.7% of reviews — better13.9% of reviews
Number of ratings83 — better62
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB496 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer翔宇 金深圳市云伽未来智能技术有限公司

Customer experience

Xtool Anyscan

All ratings83 ratings
Positive41.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative49.4%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive34.7%
Neutral14.0%
Negative51.3%

Advancer AD20

All ratings61 ratings
Positive29.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative62.3%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive13.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Xtool Anyscan

No in-app purchases

None

Advancer AD20

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xtool Anyscan free?
Xtool Anyscan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advancer AD20 free?
Advancer AD20 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Xtool Anyscan or Advancer AD20?
Xtool Anyscan is rated higher. Xtool Anyscan averages 2.9 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Advancer AD20 averages 2.4 from 62 ratings.
Do Xtool Anyscan or Advancer AD20 have ads?
Neither Xtool Anyscan nor Advancer AD20 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xtool Anyscan or Advancer AD20?
Xtool Anyscan ships an update every 4 weeks, and Advancer AD20 monthly. Most recently, Xtool Anyscan was updated on September 22, 2026 and Advancer AD20 on September 17, 2026.

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