Comparison

iCar Link vs BT Car Audio

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

Head to head
About

iCar Link

Control your car's audio system directly from your phone. Adjust settings, browse media, and manage playback with an intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Control car player functions via mobile
  • View car player information
  • Intuitive radio interface
  • USB/SD media playback with ID3 tags
  • Fast Bluetooth music browsing
  • One-button car player switch
  • Adjust car player sound effects
Features
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iCar Link is an application that supports mobile phones to control the car player and view car player information. The function of the car player button can be realized by the mobile phone, and the information of each function of the car player can be viewed. Special feature: 1. The radio interface is beautiful and simple, easy to operate; 2. USB, SD player interface is intuitive and convenient, with ID3 information at the same time; 3. The bluetooth interface is convenient and fast, the song list can play the required songs at will.; 4. Support mobile phone one-button switch car player, support mobile phone to adjust car player sound effects, easily experience various functions.

About

BT Car Audio

Control your car's Bluetooth player with this app. Adjust light colors, radio stations, music playback, and audio settings like volume, treble, and bass. It offers a convenient interface for managing your car's audio system.

Highlights
  • Light color control
  • Radio station management
  • Bluetooth music playback
  • U disk/TF card song selection
  • AUX audio input control
  • Independent volume adjustment
  • Treble, bass, and balance control
Features
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This app is applied to The Car Bluetooth player. Through ble Bluetooth communication protocol, it can control the light color of the system, Radio station control, Bluetooth music playing control, U disk, TF card, song selection control, AUX Audio input control,etc. In addition, independent volume control can adjust the main volume of the system,the treble volume, the bass volume, and front and rear balance. Rich interface functions make it very convenient to operate the car Bluetooth player.

Screenshots

iCar Link4 screens
BT Car Audio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iCar Link at 3.7 against BT Car Audio's 2.3. iCar Link also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 10%). On price, ratings volume, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCar Link holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of iCar Link's written reviews are positive against 10% of BT Car Audio's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iCar Link versus BT Car Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCar LinkBT Car Audio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequency—Every 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.39.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志林 刘鹏 姜

Customer experience

iCar Link

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

BT Car Audio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%

In-app purchases

None

iCar Link

No in-app purchases

None

BT Car Audio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCar Link free?
iCar Link is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BT Car Audio free?
BT Car Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iCar Link or BT Car Audio?
iCar Link is rated higher. iCar Link averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while BT Car Audio averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do iCar Link or BT Car Audio have ads?
Neither iCar Link nor BT Car Audio shows ads.

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