Comparison

ASD60 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

ASD60

This diagnostic system connects to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth to provide comprehensive vehicle coverage and full system diagnosis. It offers various special functions tailored to user needs, all within a small, portable device.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive vehicle coverage
  • Full system diagnosis
  • Special functions
  • Bluetooth wireless connection
  • Portable design
Features
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ASD60 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 many cars, like VW, Mercedes, BMW and so on. 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

ASD601 screens
Advancer AD203 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Advancer AD20 at 14% against ASD60's 0%. ASD60's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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

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

ASD60 ships an update every 6 weeks, Advancer AD20 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ASD60 versus Advancer AD20: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASD60Advancer AD20
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.4 (62 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews13.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—62 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size532 MB496 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

ASD60

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Advancer AD20

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

Bugs and requests

ASD60

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Advancer AD20

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Cannot connect to scanner
  • Scanner tied to another account
  • Account creation issues (invalid email)
  • Device stops working after registration
  • Login timeouts
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  • Connection timeouts
  • Pairing issues (only once)
  • App crashes after iOS updates
  • App not working after iOS updates
  • App doesn't connect after iOS updates
  • App opens to nothing
  • Cannot login or register
  • Stuck on login/registration screen
  • Issue launching app on mobile network

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more languages, including Chinese
  • Improve information availability for various car models
  • Fix issues with iOS updates
  • Improve app layout and navigation
  • Increase text size and contrast
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  • Remember most recent fault scans
  • Remove unnecessary login requirements
  • Fix connection issues on mobile networks (4G/5G)

In-app purchases

None

ASD60

No in-app purchases

None

Advancer AD20

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASD60 free?
ASD60 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advancer AD20 free?
Advancer AD20 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASD60 or Advancer AD20 have ads?
Neither ASD60 nor Advancer AD20 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASD60 or Advancer AD20?
ASD60 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Advancer AD20 monthly. Most recently, ASD60 was updated on October 3, 2026 and Advancer AD20 on October 12, 2026.

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