Comparison

Xtime Engage 8 vs UpdatePromise Scan

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

Head to head
About

Xtime Engage 8

This mobile solution streamlines the automotive dealership service lane experience. It empowers service advisors with tools for rapid check-in, personalized recommendations, and efficient service management, aiming to boost repair order value and customer satisfaction.

Highlights
  • Rapid check-in process
  • VIN-specific maintenance recommendations
  • Integrated tire selling
  • Walk-around inspections
  • OEM recall management
  • Capture and market declined services
  • Payment processing
  • Schedule next service appointment
Features
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Xtime’s Engage is the industry’s leading mobile point-of-service solution for automotive dealerships. With instant access to quality information and a consistent write-up process, Engage gives Dealership Consumers a professional service lane experience while boosting repair order value and CSI. Service advisors are empowered with a rapid check-in process, VIN-specific maintenance recommendations, integrated tire selling, walk-around inspections, OEM recalls and capabilities to capture, market declined services, ability to take payment and schedule next service appointment. Engage utilizes the Xtime Cloud platform to provide accurate vehicle information such as factory service menus, dealer recommendations, and pricing and service and inspection history, right in the service drive.

About

UpdatePromise Scan

Streamline automotive service operations with a VIN scanner for quick customer and vehicle history lookups. Manage appointments, check-ins, and inspections efficiently from a tablet, all without leaving the service drive.

Highlights
  • Integrated VIN scanner
  • Accelerated customer searches
  • Vehicle history lookup
  • Manage appointments
  • Vehicle check-in
  • Multi-point inspections
Features
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UpdatePromise Scan is a Consumer Experience Management System (CEMS) Solution with integrated VIN scanner to accelerate customer searches, pulling up vehicle history and vehicle-specific parts during the Appointment, Vehicle Check-In and Multi-Point Inspection phases. Manage your RO’s from the customer’s Appointment to Payment Process all in one tablet. Better yet, without having to leave the service drive! FEATURES: - Scan a Vehicle’s VIN to search for a customer during the Vehicle Check-In stage for quick and accurate results. - Scan a Vehicle’s VIN to pull up customers’ vehicle history on a Vehicle Check-In. - If you are creating an appointment, you can also utilize the VIN scanner to search for customers - For technicians, scan the VIN when completing a found issue estimate to pull Vehicle-Specific Parts. - Continue your complete Consumer Experience workflow without having to leave the service drive: o Create an appointment or manage appointments o Conduct a Vehicle Check-In Safety Inspection with the customer o View appointment details during the Vehicle Check-In process o Complete or open the Multi-Point Inspection form HOW DOES IT WORK? - Login with your UpdatePromise credentials. - When completing an Appointment, Vehicle Check-In or Multi-Point Inspection, pull up your scanner at the top right corner or bottom left corner of your tablet. - Scan the customer’s vehicle for an accelerated Customer Search experience. - Continue with your workflow as usual, cutting down page loading times. This release introduces an optional integration with Meta AI Glasses, allowing automotive service technicians to capture inspection photos and video hands-free while performing vehicle walkarounds and multi-point inspections (MPI). Instead of holding a phone or tablet, a technician can wear the glasses and stream/record directly into UP Scan, where media uploads to the customer's repair order exactly as it would from the built-in device camera. How it works: With the Meta AI app installed and glasses paired, the user taps the glasses icon in UP Scan, registers the connection through the Meta AI app, grants connection permission, and connects their glasses. A toggle ("Use Glasses Instead of Camera") routes capture through the glasses, and a Preview screen displays a live stream to confirm the connection. Video is captured at 720x1280, 30 FPS. If no glasses are present, the app clearly displays "No active devices" and all standard camera functionality remains fully available — the glasses are an optional accessory, not a requirement.

Screenshots

UpdatePromise Scan3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UpdatePromise Scan at 3.5 against Xtime Engage 8's 2.9. UpdatePromise Scan also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 14%). 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

UpdatePromise Scan holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Xtime Engage 8's written reviews are positive against 29% of UpdatePromise Scan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xtime Engage 8 ships an update monthly, UpdatePromise Scan every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Xtime Engage 8 versus UpdatePromise Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXtime Engage 8UpdatePromise Scan
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (30 ratings)3.5 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews28.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better24
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB107 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperXtimeUpdate Promise

Customer experience

Xtime Engage 8

All ratings30 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

UpdatePromise Scan

All ratings24 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

None

Xtime Engage 8

No in-app purchases

None

UpdatePromise Scan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xtime Engage 8 free?
Xtime Engage 8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UpdatePromise Scan free?
UpdatePromise Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Xtime Engage 8 or UpdatePromise Scan?
UpdatePromise Scan is rated higher. Xtime Engage 8 averages 2.9 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while UpdatePromise Scan averages 3.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Xtime Engage 8 or UpdatePromise Scan have ads?
Neither Xtime Engage 8 nor UpdatePromise Scan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xtime Engage 8 or UpdatePromise Scan?
Xtime Engage 8 ships an update monthly, and UpdatePromise Scan every 6 weeks. Most recently, Xtime Engage 8 was updated on September 23, 2026 and UpdatePromise Scan on September 19, 2026.

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