ASD60 vs Advancer AD20
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Comprehensive vehicle coverage
- Full system diagnosis
- Special functions
- Bluetooth wireless connection
- Portable design
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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.
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.
- OBD-II Diagnosis
- In-depth system check
- Live vehicle data monitoring
- Maintenance light reset
- Trip recorder
- Driving habits analysis
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ASD60 ships an update every 6 weeks, Advancer AD20 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASD60 | Advancer AD20 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.4 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 13.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 532 MB | 496 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 翔宇 金 | 深圳市云伽未来智能技术有限公司 |
Customer experience
ASD60
Advancer AD20
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
ASD60
No in-app purchases
Advancer AD20
No in-app purchases









