Viecar vs ActiveOBD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Viecar
This app connects to your vehicle's ECU via Bluetooth to perform comprehensive diagnostics and health checks. It helps identify potential issues early, analyze fuel consumption, and track driving behavior for improved efficiency and safety.
- 360° vehicle physical examination
- Early detection of vehicle sub-health
- Historical fuel consumption analysis
- Driving behavior recording and analysis
- Bluetooth 4.0 dual-mode connectivity
- Low power consumption
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Viecar 4.0 is a "software + hardware" multi-functional, all-round vehicle high-tech car detection tool. It adopts Bluetooth 4.0 dual-mode design, perfectly supports iOS devices, supports high-speed data transmission, and has low power consumption and ultra-power saving. advantage. By connecting the car ECU computer interface to achieve 360° full vehicle physical examination, early detection of vehicle sub-health can also ensure that the vehicle is found to be faulty as early as possible during the warranty period, so as to timely deal with the relevant interests and protect the interests of the owner; Historical fuel consumption and other multi-dimensional fuel consumption analysis and evaluation, so that owners can save money and save money; can also record driving behavior, analyze vehicle condition data, propose improvements, timely correct bad driving habits, and enable drivers to use their own car more humane. .
ActiveOBD
This app functions as an OBDII scanner, offering specialized support for Subaru vehicles (MY2012+). It provides basic parameter readings for free, with a subscription unlocking advanced features like trouble code reading and data logging.
- OBDII scanning
- Subaru-specific support (MY2012+)
- CVT Oil Temperature reading
- AWD duty (%) parameter reading
- Trouble code reading (full version)
- Data logging (full version)
- Graphs building (full version)
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The OBDII scanner app with a special support of Subaru (MY2012+) make. It's the next-generation product based on our well-known "ActiveOBD for Subaru" app bringing its best features to iOS users. A compatible OBD adapter is required. Premium-level adapters supported (best speed and stability): - OBDLink MX+; - OBDLink CX; - vLinker MC+. Entry-level adapters supported (moderate speed, good stability): - Vgate iCar Pro Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE). Other adapters supported: - Viecar Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE), Vgate iCar Pro WiFi, Veepeak OBDCheck BLE+, KONNWEI. We do NOT support the majority of cheap ELM327 v2.1 clones. The basic free version already includes CVT Oil Temperature, CVT ratio and AWD duty (%) parameter readings and nice gauge screen ! Note: some of these parameters are inaccessible on some model ranges. The full version (subscription) includes extra parameters reading and features, such as graphs building, logging ("premium-level adapter" required), trouble codes reading. Note: for resource consumption optimization reason the data collection for graphs/logging activates upon accessing these functions and terminates with the current app session. Terms of Use (standard Apple Terms of Use / EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ActiveOBD at 45% against Viecar's 0%. ActiveOBD also leads on ratings volume (39 vs 1). Viecar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.0 vs 3.6). On price, ads and device support 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. ActiveOBD sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Viecar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Viecar holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveOBD has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Viecar's written reviews are positive against 45% of ActiveOBD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Viecar ships an update every 4 weeks, ActiveOBD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Viecar | ActiveOBD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.6 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Chaoyue Technology Development Co.,Ltd | Mykhailo Zolotarov |
Customer experience
Viecar
ActiveOBD
In-app purchases
Viecar
No in-app purchases
ActiveOBD
- Full Version Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Month







