Auto Lube Specs vs Auto Monkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auto Lube Specs
Access a comprehensive database of lubrication specifications for vehicles from the last 25 years. Find oil capacities, weights, drain plug torques, and fluid types for transmissions and transfer cases. Includes maintenance light reset instructions.
- Lubrication specifications for 25 years
- Oil capacity and weight
- Drain plug torques
- Transmission fluid specifications
- Transfer case fluid specifications
- Maintenance light reset instructions
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Auto Lube Specs contains lubrication specifications for almost the last 25 years, and will continue to add years and vehicles for user convenience. This app contains oil capacity, oil weight, drain plug torques, transmission fluids, transfer case fluids, and maintenance light reset instructions.
Auto Monkey
Get your car repaired conveniently at your home or office with vetted mobile mechanics. Services include oil changes, brakes, A/C, and more, with upfront pricing and a warranty.
- Mobile mechanic dispatch
- Upfront pricing
- 24-month/24,000-mile warranty
- Secure in-app checkout
- Wide range of repair services
- No cash transactions
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Car repair, reimagined. Auto Monkey sends vetted mobile mechanics straight to your driveway or office. From brakes and oil changes to A/C, suspension, and more—we fix it where you park it. Enjoy upfront pricing, a 24-month/24,000-mile warranty, and secure in-app checkout. No cash, no hassle, no waiting room coffee—except the coffee already brewed in your kitchen—just fast, reliable repairs done right. Auto Monkey approved mobile mechanics provides a range of light mechanic repair services including oil changes, brakes, suspension, alternator, starter motor, belts, tune-ups, radiator, A/C and heater issues, and more. All payments are made thru app's secure checkout process. No Cash Transactions. This provides safer, affordable, reliable car repair service experience. More online at www.theautomonkey.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Auto Lube Specs at 4.1 against Auto Monkey's 3.4. Auto Lube Specs also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Auto Monkey's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Auto Lube Specs holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 82 and 36 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Auto Lube Specs's written reviews are positive against 57% of Auto Monkey's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Auto Lube Specs ships an update every 12 months, Auto Monkey every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Auto Lube Specs | Auto Monkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (82 ratings) — better | 3.4 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rafter Circle Dot Development LLC | Auto Monkey, LLC |
Customer experience
Auto Lube Specs
Auto Monkey
Bugs and requests
Auto Lube Specs
Reported bugs
20 issues- App refuses to load until opened and closed multiple times
- App opens but won't load unless closed and reopened
- Defaults to liters, needs manual switch to quarts
- App is not updated enough on Apple devices
- Different oil fills for the same vehicle on Android vs. Apple
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- App takes a long time to open, requires multiple close/reopens
- App sometimes won't open at all
- App doesn't work and no updates
- iPhone version doesn't update past 2022
- Android has 2023, iPhone has 2022
- iPhone doesn't have 2023 and 2024
- App hasn't been updated in over a year
- App only goes up to 2022 on iPhone
- App only goes up to 2019 on iPhone and iPad
- App only shows up to 2019
- Cannot update the app, only goes up to 2019
- Apple SE phone does not have 2022 specs, friend's Droid does
- Incorrect specs
- Incomplete coverage
- Half of the vehicles selected give no information
Requested features
17 requests- Update for newer vehicle models (2023, 2024, 2025+)
- Add older car models (prior to 2000)
- Add oil filter information
- VIN scanner option
- Update for newer vehicles on Apple devices
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- Include 2023 and 2024 model years on iPhone
- Update app to cover 2020 - current 2023 vehicles
- Update for iPhone and iPad to show newer vehicles
- Update app to show vehicles beyond 2019
- Update app to show vehicles beyond 2022
- Add 2023 and 2024 year vehicles
- Add 2025+ models and some 2000s under models
- Update for newer vehicles
- Update app with cars until 2023 and faster opening
- Make older year cars an option
- Update for 2022 vehicles
- Update for newer years
Auto Monkey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Auto Lube Specs
No in-app purchases
Auto Monkey
No in-app purchases
Questions
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