BT1 vs OBD Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BT1
Decode your vehicle's Check Engine Light and check for recalls or service bulletins. Connect a compatible scanner to your device to gain insights into your car's health and avoid unexpected issues.
- Decode Check Engine Light
- Check for vehicle recalls
- Check for Special Service Bulletins
- Connects via Bluetooth or cable scanner
- Pairs with iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
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Calm Your Auto Woes! One in ten vehicles in the US have the Check Engine Light on. Is yours one of them? Was your vehicle one of the 20 million recalled in 2010? Simply connect our BT1 (Bluetooth) or GL1 (cabled) automotive scanner (sold separately) to your vehicle; pair with your iPhone or iPod touch, or iPad; and remove the risks, and surprises, from driving. - Decode the Check Engine Light - Check for vehicle recalls - Check for Special Service Bulletins Like having your own personal mechanic riding next to you!
OBD Home
This application connects to your vehicle via Bluetooth to provide diagnostic and monitoring functions. It allows for fault code reading and clearing, performance testing, and travel analysis, offering a comprehensive view of your car's health and driving habits.
- Fault code reading and clearing
- Instrument panel monitoring
- Performance testing
- Travel analysis
- Bluetooth 4.0/5.0 support
- High-speed data transmission
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OBD Home support V011 series products. OBD Home is a car diagnostic and monitoring application,support English,Español,Русский,日本語,中文. Through phone, use Bluetooth to communicate with the vehicle terminal to complete fault diagnosis and driving assistance functions. It has automobile detection and analysis functions such as fault code reading and clearing, instrument panel, performance test, and travel analysis. It also supports high-speed data transmission and has the advantages of low power consumption and ultra-power saving. caution: 1. Support the adapter that runs through Bluetooth 4.0/5.0. 2. The parameters supported by each vehicle are different, which has nothing to do with OBD Home, but is related to the vehicle control unit. 3. OBD Home for V011.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OBD Home at 2.9 against BT1's 2.4. OBD Home also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (50 vs 14). BT1's advantage is review sentiment (48% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
OBD Home holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 50 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of BT1's written reviews are positive against 32% of OBD Home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BT1 ships an update every 4 months, OBD Home every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | BT1 | OBD Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (14 ratings) | 2.9 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews — better | 31.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GoPoint Technology, Inc | Shenzhen Chaoyue Technology Development Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
BT1
OBD Home
Bugs and requests
BT1
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashes when scanning vehicle
- App crashes after 30 seconds
- App not working anymore
- Cannot select make/model
- App not updated for newer vehicles
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- App not compatible with newer IOS versions
- Initialization failed error
- Cannot install app on older devices due to iOS requirements
- Bluetooth device has trouble connecting
- App crashes upon setup
- Blank boxes for make/model selection
- App freezes and glitches
- App locks up when entering car data
- App crashes every time
- Cannot get past create account screen
- App crashes only once (user reported)
- Difficult or time-consuming to connect
- Http error when connected
- App crashes when connected
- Doesn't clear check engine light
- No data stream info
- App asks for vehicle info and searches recalls
- Less functions than cabled version
- Software too basic
- Does not clear codes or reset trouble lights
Requested features
8 requests- Update app for newer iOS versions
- Add more vehicle makes/models
- Improve fault code detection
- Add live data stream
- Firmware update for Bluetooth device
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- More detailed vehicle stats
- Constant data recording
- More advanced features
OBD Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BT1
No in-app purchases
OBD Home
No in-app purchases
