AMBEST vs Rand McNally Wireless DashCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AMBEST
Manage your reward and shower points with this app designed for cardholders. Register your card, check your balance, and use it as a digital card. Easily find AMBEST locations.
- Track reward points
- Track shower points
- Register card
- Check balance
- Digital card functionality
- Find AMBEST locations
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For all AMBEST card holders, this is the perfect app to help you keep track of your reward points and shower points. In addition to registering your card and checking your balance, you can also use this app as a digital card. You can see all AMBEST locations too!
Rand McNally Wireless DashCam
Wirelessly sync video and photos from your dash cam to your smartphone. Review, organize, and share your captured footage easily through the app's intuitive interface. Access live video feeds and remotely control recording functions.
- Wireless video and photo sync
- Live video feed viewing
- Remote recording control
- Video and photo organization
- Social media sharing
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The companion app lets you sync your DashCam 500 and download video and photos to your smartphone through a built-in Wi-Fi® connection. And with the press of a button, share your treasured picks via social media or email. Key Features: • View a live video feed on the dash cam or on a smartphone via the companion app. • Pause, record, and delete videos on the dash cam, remotely through the app. • Use the app’s organization screen to sort videos and photos, emergency incidents and memories. • Share images and photos quickly on social media, in an email or text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AMBEST at 3.0 against Rand McNally Wireless DashCam's 1.7. AMBEST also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 60 months). Rand McNally Wireless DashCam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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.
AMBEST holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rand McNally Wireless DashCam has 110 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of AMBEST's written reviews are positive against 4% of Rand McNally Wireless DashCam's.
AMBEST ships an update every 4 months, Rand McNally Wireless DashCam every 60 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AMBEST | Rand McNally Wireless DashCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (20 ratings) — better | 1.7 (110 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews — better | 4.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 110 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 60 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AM Best | Rand McNally |
Customer experience
AMBEST
Rand McNally Wireless DashCam
Bugs and requests
AMBEST
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rand McNally Wireless DashCam
Reported bugs
26 issues- Camera dates only go up to 2025
- App crashes
- Cannot connect to Wi-Fi
- Videos won't play on iPhone
- Camera freezes when accessing videos
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- App says connected but cannot download videos or change settings
- No live feed, cannot access settings
- App shortcut on phone requires going back to App Store
- App freezes or doesn't talk to dash cam
- Nothing loads in the app
- Time zone stuck on Hawaii
- App freezes constantly
- Geolocation not working
- Unit overheats and shuts down
- Back and Edit tabs require multiple touches
- App doesn't recognize larger memory cards
- App doesn't interact with cam anymore
- App doesn't work with newest iOS
- Not recording or saving anything
- Video lags while watching from phone
- App freezes, doesn't load, downloading takes forever
- App frozen, cannot do anything
- Cannot connect to the app
- Dash cam won't stay connected to phone
- Firmware update caused screen to go white
- Select and delete features don't work properly
Requested features
9 requests- Update the app for newer iPhones
- Allow viewing videos off the camera from the device
- Add USB-C connector option
- Add option for plugging into USB port
- Add speed display
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- Add unit number display
- Live feed from camera while away from truck
- Ability to delete all memory at once
- Fix touch controls for back and edit buttons
In-app purchases
AMBEST
No in-app purchases
Rand McNally Wireless DashCam
No in-app purchases
