Comparison

AFCDealer vs Stockwave

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

Head to head
About

AFCDealer

Manage your automotive business on the go with this dealer mobile application. Conduct transactions, verify units, and access financial information like credit availability and payment receipts anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Schedule payments and curtailments
  • Verify vehicle units
  • Review payment receipts
  • Access real-time credit availability
  • View titles
Features
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Maximize the time spent managing your business from the palm of your hand! AFC On the Go is the premier dealer mobile application used to conduct business with Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC). Continue to grow your business with top features like: - Make or schedule payments or curtailments - Verify units - Review detailed payment receipts - Access real-time credit availability 24/7 - View titles Let’s connect: Visit our website: https://www.autofinance.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFCsocial/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AFC_Floorplans Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/automotive-finance-corporation/ Call us at: 888-335-6675

About

Stockwave

Streamline wholesale vehicle acquisition by simplifying auction sourcing. Quickly evaluate vehicles, access pricing guides, and get real-time bid guidance to make profitable decisions.

Highlights
  • VIN scanning for bid determination
  • Access to multiple price guides
  • Vehicle history reports
  • Auction condition report evaluation
  • Save vehicle notes
  • Navigate auction run lists
  • Real-time bid guidance
Features
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Stockwave is the latest innovation from vAuto for Wholesale Vehicle Acquisition. The Stockwave application will work for all existing vAuto clients that have a current AuctionGenius subscription or sign up for a new Stockwave subscription. Sourcing used car inventory at auction can drain time and money from a dealership. The searching and researching before the auction doesn’t always lead to the best buying opportunities. The bidding and buying process doesn’t always lead to profitable outcomes. Stockwave simplifies sourcing so much, you don’t have to spend time searching or researching - or waste money on the wrong bids again. The Stockwave mobile application is designed to aide in searching for Wholesale inventory from all major United States Automobile Auctions and for quickly evaluate the vehicles when at alive auction. Key Features: * Scan a VIN to quickly determine what to bid on a vehicle * Access price guides based on your current subscription such as MMR, KBB, Black Book, NADA, and Galves * Access Vehicle History Reports * Evaluate the Auction Condition Reports before you place a bid * Save Notes about each Vehicle to access your prior research * Navigate Auction Run Lists with ease while at the auction * Access real time bid guidance and profit projections Usage Requirements: * This app requires an active subscription with vAuto for AuctionGenius or Stockwave. * The VIN scanner requires access to your camera, and you can grant permissions by going to Settings -> Privacy -> Camera. * The VIN scanner requires an autofocusing camera. Some older Apple devices do NOT have autofocus cameras, so VIN scanning is NOT supported on those devices. * The Black Book and Galves price guides may require an additional subscription to access the data on a mobile device.

Screenshots

AFCDealer3 screens
Stockwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AFCDealer at 78% against Stockwave's 42%. AFCDealer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and rating (3.7 vs 3.5). 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

AFCDealer holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of AFCDealer's written reviews are positive against 42% of Stockwave's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AFCDealer ships an update weekly, Stockwave monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AFCDealer versus Stockwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAFCDealerStockwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (61 ratings) — better3.5 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings61 — better31
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAutomotive Finance CorporationvAuto, Inc.

Customer experience

AFCDealer

All ratings61 ratings
Positive67.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative27.9%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative16.9%

Stockwave

All ratings31 ratings
Positive61.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative32.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

AFCDealer

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App not working on phone
  • Will not login after verification
  • App just sits and spins forever on submit
  • Blank white screen
  • VIN scanner doesn't scan well
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  • Difficulty loading photos from phone

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Face ID for login
  • Better login page
  • Improve VIN scanner
  • Easier photo loading
  • Display number of the day on camera screen

Stockwave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AFCDealer

No in-app purchases

None

Stockwave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AFCDealer free?
AFCDealer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stockwave free?
Stockwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AFCDealer or Stockwave?
AFCDealer is rated higher. AFCDealer averages 3.7 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Stockwave averages 3.5 from 31 ratings.
Do AFCDealer or Stockwave have ads?
Neither AFCDealer nor Stockwave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AFCDealer or Stockwave?
AFCDealer ships an update weekly, and Stockwave monthly. Most recently, AFCDealer was updated on October 12, 2026 and Stockwave on October 10, 2026.

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