WORLDPAC vs ALLDATA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WORLDPAC
Scan vehicle VIN bar codes using your iPhone or iPad camera to quickly find and order automotive parts for your shop. Transmit scanned VINs instantly to a desktop application for seamless workflow. Access a history of scanned VINs and manage outstanding orders with ease.
- VIN bar code scanning
- Automotive parts lookup
- In-app ordering
- Order management
- VIN history
- Scanner light
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As an independent automotive professional, use the WORLDPAC app to scan VIN bar codes with an iPhone® or iPad® camera, then find parts for pickup or delivery to your shop. Scanned VINs can be instantly transmitted to speedDIAL™, WORLDPAC's professional cross-platform desktop application. Key Features: - Accurate and fast VIN-specific scans - Look up parts using precise vehicle fitment - In-app ordering - View and manage outstanding orders - High-quality images - Scanner light for use in dark areas - VIN shared with all your speedDIAL™ computers - Optional manual VIN entry - VIN history with resend option - Customize after-scan actions A VIN bar code is found directly on most passenger vehicles, most often on the driver's door post. This app requires a valid WORLDPAC speedDIAL™ user ID and password. To become a WORLDPAC wholesale customer, apply at http://www.worldpac.com/acctapp/
ALLDATA
Access comprehensive OEM automotive repair and diagnostic data on your mobile device. Streamline inspections with photo documentation and generate detailed reports. Identify vehicle issues efficiently with built-in diagnostic tools for faster customer approvals and increased productivity.
- OEM repair procedures
- Diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs)
- Technical service bulletins (TSBs)
- Integrated inspection tools
- Photo documentation
- Live sensor data graphing
- Full-system scan reports
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ALLDATA Mobile App Content ALLDATA's Professional Automotive Repair and Shop Management Solutions at Your Fingertips ALLDATA delivers a complete integrated workflow solution for automotive professionals, combining repair and collision procedures, diagnostics, shop management, and vehicle inspections in one easy-to-use app. Access industry-leading OEM repair information, including maintenance procedures, technical service bulletins (TSBs), wiring diagrams, diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs), and ADAS information all from your mobile device. From vehicle intake to final delivery, ALLDATA helps keep your shop connected and your technicians productive. Diagnostic Intelligence combines AI-powered insights with trusted OEM repair information to help technicians solve complex problems faster. ALLDATA Shop Manager Essentials and Shop Manager Pro help manage customers, repair orders, scheduling, communication, and workflow throughout the repair process, while ALLDATA Inspections makes it easy to document vehicle conditions, capture photos and videos, and share recommended repairs with customers. ALLDATA Repair® & ALLDATA Collision® (Professional Subscribers) • Access detailed repair procedures, maintenance instructions, diagnostic information, TSBs, DTCs, ADAS, and more. • Get full mechanical procedures: TSBs, diagnostics by DTC code, parts & labor estimates, drivetrains, suspension, and more. • View over 300,000 interactive color wiring diagrams alongside OEM diagrams. • Receive dedicated support from the ALLDATA Library team for hard-to-find OEM information. For Collision Repair Professionals • View OEM procedures for sectioning, structural repairs, new materials, panel replacements, sensors, and more. • Access position statements, steel repairability guidelines, and adhesive guides. • Follow OEM-accurate procedures to improve repair compliance and liability protection. ALLDATA Shop Manager and Pro (Professional Subscribers) Manage customer information, repair orders, and vehicle history from virtually anywhere with ALLDATA Shop Manager. Shop Manager • Manage customer information and vehicle history. • Create and track repair orders. • Access shop information from virtually anywhere. • Keep daily operations organized and efficient. Upgrade to Shop Manager Pro for additional workflow management tools: • Appointment scheduling and calendar management • Two-way customer texting • Photo and video documentation • Work-in-progress tracking • Inventory management • Greater visibility into shop performance and daily operations ALLDATA Inspections (Professional Subscribers) Enhance your workflow with Inspections seamlessly integrated into ALLDATA Shop Manager. • Check in new or returning customers directly at the vehicle. • Choose from multiple inspection templates. • Attach photos and video to digital inspection sheets. • Perform detailed brake and tire inspections. • Flag necessary or upcoming services, boosting revenue opportunities. • Email inspections for faster customer approval.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: WORLDPAC at free against ALLDATA's subscription. WORLDPAC also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 10%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). ALLDATA's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 20 months). On price, ads, 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.
WORLDPAC ships an update every 20 months, ALLDATA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WORLDPAC | ALLDATA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (71 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews — better | 9.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WORLDPAC, Inc. | ALLDATA, LLC |
Customer experience
WORLDPAC
ALLDATA
User reviews
WORLDPAC
From 71 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 VIN scanner useful
- 👍 Good concept
- 👍 Great prices
- 👍 Fast shipping
- 👍 Convenient ordering
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Not user-friendly
- 🐛 Poorly designed for mobile
- 🐛 Autofocus for camera doesn't work
- 🐛 Looking up parts inconvenient
ALLDATA
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 VIN scanning helpful in shop
- 👍 Easier than website for phone use
- 👍 App is fantastic, user-friendly, quick, responsive
- 👍 Huge boost to garage
- 👍 Works like a charm on iPad Air 3
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely slow and unreliable
- 🐛 Expensive subscription for functionality
- 🐛 App does not support repair side
- 🐛 App crashes or closes instantly
- 🐛 Does not work on mobile devices
Bugs and requests
WORLDPAC
Reported bugs
134 issues- New 2.0 version is useless
- Doesn't work on iPhone
- Won't allow users to use the old version
- Not user friendly
- Autofocus for camera doesn't work
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- Looking up parts is very inconvenient
- Cannot click on the picture and view it
- Designed for computers not phones
- Does not open
- Not working on ios17
- App can only be used once then needs re-download
- App crashes after closing or leaving screen
- 4 years since last update
- Crash
- App has always been buggy
- Never works properly on Saturday or Sunday
- Only opens if app is deleted and re-downloaded
- Immediately shuts down when trying to open again
- Broken On IOS
- Does not work on IOS iphone 14
- Over 4 years since last update
- iPhone bugs
- Can't even place saved order
- VIN scanner very rarely works and is out of date
- No updates for 3 years
- No longer even opens
- Last supported iOS was 11
- App is not working anymore
- Stopped working on iOS devices
- Crashing after initial install
- Literally single use download
- Keeps crashing
- Phone is not working after update
- App no longer loads
- Crashes all the time
- No longer working
- Doesn't seem to be keeping up with iOS updates/support
- Crashes immediately on start up
- App keeps crashing
- Loads then kicks me out
- Doesn't work anymore
- After updating the app doesn't even work
- The only way to get it to work is to delete and reinstall
- Works only until you close the app
- Crashes back again
- Constantly crashes since last update
- Splash screen, then shuts down
- Works for one session then crashes the next time
- App crashes every time
- App crashes as soon as you open it
- Worked twice out of 100 tries
- App is going to get fixed for IPads?
- Open and crash after a second
- Crashes immediately
- Loading screen appears, then the app just shuts down
- Tried rebooting phone, uninstalling and reinstalling, but nothing works
- Keeps crashing
- App was recently updated and now only forcecloses
- App crashes on startup across all iOS platforms
- App does not even open
- Crashes immediately
- Before you could only pick a vehicle by entering the vin, but now the app crashes when trying to open
- Drop down menu no longer works
- Cannot get past the year to select a vehicle
- Menus do not work
- Drop down menus do not work
- App is useless
- Used to work great then iPhone updated
- None of the drop down menus will allow a selection now
- Order of vehicle history stores should be reversed
- Newest vehicles at the bottom not the top
- Worked on the older iOS but not on new one
- Cannot select year
- iPhone 6plus new ios
- Drop down menus not working
- Does not work with new iOS
- Impossible to select anything in the category section to pick a car
- Does not work on ios9
- Need update
- Can select parts from catalog
- Don't let you select from Year, Make & Model
- History section needs sorting from newest to oldest
- Have to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find a VIN
- Can't choose year, make, model after update to IOS9
- Drop down menu no longer works
- Makes this app useless
- Used to use this app all the time in the shop
- Easier than walking into the office to use the computer
- Now with iOS 9 and iPhone 6S the drop down menus no longer work
- Making the app useless to me
- Year make and model is not working
- Drop down menus on mobile app
- Can't choose a year
- Do you like making money
- Make it easy to use
- Let's get with the program
- Do not work
- Cannot select anything
- Last version did not even try it
- Previous version at least worked
- Can't pick year make model
- Fix it asap
- Drop down menus don't allow you to select after ios9 update
- Worked great before
- Doesn't work after ios9 update
- Drop down menus in catalog non op
- Worked fine on iPhone 5s but does not work on iPhone 6s
- Unable to order parts
- Not function properly
- Was all working well before update ios9
- After updated can't not pick year, make and model
- Need fix quick please
- Fix the drop down list for year make model
- Can't select cars
- Total Failure
- Does not work with new iOS
- Cannot select year make
- Selection of year model stop working
- After iOS update, world pac app is not working correctly
- Cannot select year model of the car
- Please fix
- Not able to choose year, make, model from catalog
- App does not let me select the year, make, model on the rolling menu when using the catalog
- Was working well with iPhone 4 but not working on iPhone 6 iOS 8
- App was great until the new iOS update
- Scanner doesn't work with new iPhone
- Scanner doesn't work anymore
- Used to work but now only shows a white screen
- Won't read vin numbers
- When ordering parts over the phone, there's always that possibility of either them misunderstanding you or just not choosing the right part to send you
- See all of the car info that is available in speeddial after a scan on my iPhone rather than having to walk across the shop
- Scanned a corolla and it showed up as a Nissan
- VIN was fine
- Sometimes shows "UNKNOWN" for new cars
Requested features
24 requests- Update the app
- More user-friendly interface
- Simpler and smoother rolling menus
- Allow use without turning the phone
- Update app for iOS compatibility
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- Fix app issues
- Update app after 4 years
- Update app after 3 years
- Update app after 2 years
- Update app for iOS 11+
- Update app for iPads
- Add ability to copy VIN to other software
- Add model and date/time to scan history
- Add part returns, core returns, defects to app
- Allow scanning of return/defect barcodes
- Add ability to scan items to return
- Add ability to look up purchase price/date
- Reorder history to show newest first
- More info in history list
- Turn off light and camera after successful scan
- Add km's and license plate to history
- Sort history from newest to oldest
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
ALLDATA
Reported bugs
29 issues- App opens and closes instantly
- App works on iPad but not mobile
- App crashes frequently
- Latest update prevents loading ALLDATA
- Login issues, access denied repeatedly
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- App won't start
- Only repair estimator and community icons visible
- Cannot log in, all access points in use
- Crashes in the middle of a relearn/reset job
- Login boots out immediately
- Back/previous screen button gone in landscape mode
- Help menu buttons not working
- Convert or Reference Repair buttons not working
- App requires internet connection 24/7
- Login on iPhone app doesn't link to subscription
- Auto logout after logging in
- Blank page after login
- App doesn't do anything
- Cannot find anywhere to access repair data after login
- Search function doesn't work
- App is strictly a data logger, not the full suite
- App doesn't seem to have any data
- Cannot access subscription using this app
- App interface glitchy and not smooth
- App has no service or repair information
- App doesn't give access to repair data subscriptions
- Cannot log in or access ALLDATA repair
- App crashes right after login
- App takes back to sign-in screen after terms and agreements
Requested features
9 requests- Offline usability for critical jobs
- Mobile-friendly website or app for repair info
- Ability to access repair info on the go
- App should be designed for phones, not just tablets
- Access to repair data on the phone
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- Mobile app for the site with full features
- App to read wire pinouts without printing
- Basic customer check-in functionality
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
WORLDPAC
No in-app purchases
ALLDATA
No in-app purchases







