Comparison

autoniq® VIN Scanner vs AutoRevo Inline

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

Head to head
About

autoniq® VIN Scanner

This app provides automotive professionals with real-time vehicle pricing and evaluation data from trusted industry sources. It offers VIN scanning, market reports, vehicle histories, and auction inventory access to aid in strategic purchasing and pricing decisions.

Highlights
  • VIN Scanner (Text, Barcode, QR Code)
  • Expert Pricing Guides
  • Trusted Market Reports
  • Detailed Vehicle Histories (CARFAX/AutoCheck integration)
  • Auction Inventory Access
  • Simulcast Integration
  • Save Photos, Notes, and Selections
Features
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*For Automotive Professionals Only* autoniq is your source for vehicle pricing and evaluation, offering real-time market data and valuable insights from industry trusted sources. You’ll get comprehensive information in a clear, easy-to-use interface at affordable prices. EXPERT PRICING GUIDES - View reliable and independent data from industry leaders such as Black Book®, Galves®, J.D. Power®, and Kelley Blue Book® to help make strategic purchasing and pricing decisions. TRUSTED MARKET REPORTS - Evaluate market trends with detailed transaction data from Manheim Market Report®, ADESA CarValue™, and Pipeline Market Report™. DETAILED VEHICLE HISTORIES - Get seamless integration with CARFAX® and AutoCheck® for comprehensive vehicle history reporting, using your existing accounts (CARFAX or AutoCheck account required). AUTONIQ ALL-INCLUSIVE SELECTIONS - Enhance your car-buying with autoniq's top products: autoniq Profit Guide™, Retail Index®, and Market Report®. Gain smarter insights for better decisions. AUCTION INVENTORY - Access to inventories from over 500 auction locations, along with available photos and condition data. Browse upcoming inventory and navigate quickly through runlists for MANHEIM®, Edge Pipeline™, ADESA®, CarMax®, OVE®, SmartAuction®, and many more. Evaluate vehicles, add them to lists, and add your own notes and photos, all in one place. Get unlimited evaluations and access to over 300,000 vehicles on average with an autoniq subscription. SIMULCAST INTEGRATION - In simulcast sales, autoniq® delivers a competitive edge. Our real-time pricing keeps you synced and perfectly timed for the fast-paced auction action. VIN SCANNER: autoniq’s VIN Scanner reads TEXT, BARCODES, and QR CODES, so you can easily get accurate information on the spot whether it's at the auction or on the lot. FIND and filter vehicles at upcoming auctions. SAVE your own photos, notes, and selections in the Price Evaluator. TRACK and ORGANIZE your evaluated cars with wishlists that suit your business needs. CUSTOMIZE, EXPORT, and PRINT book sheets for customers and lenders. SHARE evaluations with your contacts by text or email. They don’t need an account to view shared vehicles. LINK your account with others’ at your dealership to view lists and notes made by your team. EASY AND AFFORDABLE – autoniq is designed for the automotive professional and displays all key vehicle data on one page, no tabbing required. No need to download additional software or hardware. And best of all, it won’t break your budget. autoniq is a subscription based service and provides monthly and annual options. Email customer service at support@autoniq.com or call (866) 482-8421 Monday – Friday between 8am and 6pm ET.

About

AutoRevo Inline

This business tool integrates customer data, social profiles, and lead attribution to streamline automotive sales. It offers inventory management, trade appraisals, and direct communication channels for enhanced customer engagement and deal closure.

Highlights
  • Customer data and social profile integration
  • Lead attribution by advertising channel
  • Real-time trade appraisals with vehicle valuation
  • Integrated inventory management and merchandising
  • Direct messaging from Facebook platforms
  • Digital business cards and one-tap messages
  • Real-time language translation for customer communication
Features
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PLEASE NOTE: This app is a tool within the AutoRevo platform and requires an AutoRevo account. For more information please call 972-715-8600. inLine Messaging & Inventory Management HOW IT WORKS *CustomerID - Get important information when that customer calls or texts you. Real Name, Adress, Age range, and more!* *Customer Social Profiles - Put a face with that conversation! Inline searches the web for social signals and will match the customer up with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more!* *Lead Attribution - Assign Numbers directly to your advertising channels and see what advertising sources are working and which ones are not! *Trade Appraisals - when a customer sends you a VIN number execute that trade on the spot! Get vehicle values from NADA, Blackbook, CARFAX, and the Inline market pricing tool. *Integrated Inventory: Real-time inventory allows you to not only attach a customer to a vehicle but will also allow you to cross-sell your inventory! *Google’s GSuite integration- Send and Receive photos and documents from your computer or your google drive! *ShowUp - Schedule appointments with all available sales personnel on the fly! Increase your show rates with a couple of easy clicks. (Coming Soon) *QuickDesk - Help the customer build confidence in the buying process by giving them the “Out the door” price with TT&L. (Coming Soon) *Facebook Messenger - Inline Text allows the dealer to get direct messages off of their Facebook Business page, Facebook Marketplace, and Facebook Ads! (Coming Soon) *Vehicle Deposits- With our Square integration, you can now send a customer a deposit request! Customers will be able to leave you a deposit on a Credit card, Google Pay, or Apple Pay!* *OneTap Messages - Replying can be a bit cumbersome and sometimes you are short on time. Inline Text allows you to set up personal and configurable messages that require just OneTap. Saving time and helping you close deals quicker. *Digital Business Card - Allow your customers to put a face with your name. The digital business card with all your contact information is sent with the click of a link. The Vcard is sent through SMS and lets customers add you right to their phone. *Real-Time Language Translation - You can now have text conversations with your customers in 100 Languages! Inline utilizes Google's translation API to bring you one of the most powerful translation services available! Inventory Management- Either scan the VIN or manually book out a passenger vehicle to get pricing data and a Carfax report. You will then have the ability to take photos, merchandise, and have it on your live website in minutes. Managing your inventory has never been easier. You will have the ability to accept and decline eBay offers, answer leads, send paperwork, and mark vehicles sold. PLUS, have the ability to get live book values and pricing data for any vehicle in your inventory. Key features include: - Works with iPhone (7 or higher) - Run CARFAX reports instantly - Add new inventory with Chrome VIN decoding - View and search your current inventory - Integrates with Black Book and NADA - Take and upload unlimited photos from your mobile device - Take a guided photo tour to help stage your vehicle - Have the ability to receive and answer leads - Track and store with an appraisal list ABOUT AUTOREVO AutoRevo is an industry-leading provider of Automotive websites and inventory management tools for dealerships marketing and selling cars online. AutoRevo has also added inLine Text to our product suite! AutoRevo offers a full suite of services including custom website design, search engine optimization (SEO), Craigslist tools, eBay Motors integration, inventory management, lead management, competitive market-pricing tools, and more. AutoRevo is aligned with the auto industry’s leading e-commerce sites, including, Facebook, Craigslist, AutoTrader.com, Cargurus, Cars.com, Google, CARFAX, and many more

Screenshots

autoniq® VIN Scanner4 screens
AutoRevo Inline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AutoRevo Inline at 3.7 against autoniq® VIN Scanner's 2.3. AutoRevo Inline also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). autoniq® VIN Scanner's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (109 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, 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

AutoRevo Inline holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: autoniq® VIN Scanner has 109 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of autoniq® VIN Scanner's written reviews are positive against 25% of AutoRevo Inline's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

autoniq® VIN Scanner ships an update monthly, AutoRevo Inline every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
autoniq® VIN Scanner versus AutoRevo Inline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterautoniq® VIN ScannerAutoRevo Inline
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (109 ratings)3.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings109 — better6
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAutoniq, LLCAutoRevo

Customer experience

autoniq® VIN Scanner

All ratings109 ratings
Positive30.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative65.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative64.0%

AutoRevo Inline

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

autoniq® VIN Scanner

Reported bugs

76 issues
  • Newest update makes it impossible to scan
  • Pauses music when scanning VIN
  • Deletes appraisals after days/hours
  • Goes off mostly on auction days
  • Never works
Show 71 more
  • Overcharges credit card
  • Newest version seems worse than ever
  • App has issues
  • Bids went south with over bids
  • NADA was not working
  • App is not working for a week
  • Won't take sign in info
  • Customer service advice didn't fix it
  • New update ruined the app
  • Designed for their own engineers
  • Functions are gone
  • New version is junk
  • Gives a blank screen
  • Won't scan
  • Does NOT work 90% of the time
  • New system isn't worth 1 star
  • Scanner needs fixing
  • Numbers are too small
  • App has been completely modified and ruined
  • Update broke entering VINs
  • No response from support
  • New update does not scan properly
  • Keeps turning angles in wrong ways
  • Older version was better
  • Garbage update
  • Can't scan on iPhone 8
  • Recent changes need to be reversed/corrected
  • Added several steps to the process
  • Added delays to the process
  • Share feature doesn't work
  • No Carfax report came out
  • Delete and reinstall didn't fix it
  • Always down or something
  • Terrible during auction time
  • New update is worse than ever
  • Constantly crashes
  • Run list is buggy
  • Saved vehicles lists are no longer sortable
  • Server goes down multiple times per week
  • Cannot book a vehicle
  • Cannot navigate through filtered items after going back
  • Goes through directly to the whole lane list
  • App was perfect, now virtually unusable
  • Everything is hard to book
  • Not in order
  • Doesn't match KBB
  • Don't show prices of each add
  • New update is useless for sharing
  • Server Access Error
  • Always down during auction times
  • Technical difficulties everyday
  • Bad service
  • Server error timed out on auction day
  • App crashes constantly
  • Cannot bid because app is crashed
  • Server is down on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
  • App has been locking up lately
  • Scanner stopped working
  • Can't find register section
  • Only login page
  • Takes me straight to login with no option to start new account
  • App crashes sometimes
  • Keep getting "Server Access Error" message
  • Scanner does not work if you try to scan the VIN plate
  • App is in serious need of an update
  • Took away the copy VIN option
  • Took away the free options for non subscribers without warning them
  • Free app requires payment
  • Not free at all
  • Pay for a free app
  • Free doesn't mean free anymore

Requested features

17 requests
  • Fix the scanner
  • Make scanner numbers bigger
  • Bring back the old version
  • Add ability to save username/password
  • Add Touch-ID/Face ID support
Show 12 more
  • Make app compatible with Apple Watch
  • Allow multiple users to be logged in
  • Improve scanner for VIN plate
  • Add free VIN decoder within the app
  • Make app compatible with Apple Watch
  • Add ability to save Username!
  • Add Touch-ID support or the ability to save username/password
  • Make it automatically save login info with Face ID
  • Make it where a few people can be logged in
  • Improve scanner for VIN plate
  • Free VIN decoder would be awesome within the app
  • Bring back the copy VIN option

AutoRevo Inline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

autoniq® VIN Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

AutoRevo Inline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is autoniq® VIN Scanner free?
autoniq® VIN Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AutoRevo Inline free?
AutoRevo Inline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, autoniq® VIN Scanner or AutoRevo Inline?
AutoRevo Inline is rated higher. autoniq® VIN Scanner averages 2.3 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while AutoRevo Inline averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do autoniq® VIN Scanner or AutoRevo Inline have ads?
Neither autoniq® VIN Scanner nor AutoRevo Inline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, autoniq® VIN Scanner or AutoRevo Inline?
autoniq® VIN Scanner ships an update monthly, and AutoRevo Inline every 6 months. Most recently, autoniq® VIN Scanner was updated on October 16, 2026 and AutoRevo Inline on October 1, 2026.

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