Autophix vs Advancer AD20
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autophix
This application provides comprehensive vehicle diagnostics, allowing users to read and clear error codes, view live data streams, and perform maintenance resets. It supports full OBD2 diagnostic modes and offers a dashboard for monitoring vehicle performance. Diagnostic data can be saved and shared.
- Read and erase diagnostic trouble codes
- View live data streams
- Perform maintenance resets
- Support for special functions (e.g., brake pad replacement)
- Full OBD2 diagnostic mode
- Save and share diagnostic data
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Autophix is a whole car inspection APP. Supports basic functions such as read codes, erase codes, read data stream, version information, and special functions such as maintenance reset, replacement of brake pads, and throttle reset. OBD2 supports full diagnostic mode, and has a cool dashboard. Support the saving and sharing of diagnostic data.
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 rating: Autophix at 3.8 against Advancer AD20's 2.4. Autophix also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Advancer AD20's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Autophix sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Advancer AD20 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Autophix holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 62 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Autophix's written reviews are positive against 14% of Advancer AD20's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autophix | Advancer AD20 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (27 ratings) — better | 2.4 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 13.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 351 MB | 496 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Autophix Tech Co., Ltd | 深圳市云伽未来智能技术有限公司 |
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Autophix
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Advancer AD20
No in-app purchases
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