Provision vs AutoAlert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Provision
This mobile app helps automobile dealerships manage their used vehicle inventory. It allows for precise stocking, appraising, pricing, and listing of vehicles, integrating with tools like CARFAX and retail pricing guides to boost profits.
- Stock, appraise, price, and list used vehicles
- Access retail pricing guide (rBook™)
- Integrates with CARFAX reports
- View third-party guidebook values
- Access auction vehicles
- VIN barcode scanning for quick decoding
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**NOTE: This app is for automobile dealerships only and requires an existing vAuto subscription. Please note, some third-party apps require an additional mobile subscription per device. With the vAuto Provision mobile app, stock, appraise, price and list your used vehicles more precisely than your competitors. Join thousands of top dealers nationwide who rely on this used vehicle inventory management solution to increase profits. With vAuto Provision, get access to: • Our exclusive, retail pricing guide – rBook™ • CARFAX reports • Third-party guidebook values • Auction vehicles For iOS versions - 15, 16, 17 and 18, vAuto provides the ability to snap a picture of the VIN barcode for quick decoding with your autofocus camera. If you would like more information on vAuto's products or would like to establish a new subscription, please call us toll free at 877-828-8614 or visit us online at www.vauto.com.
AutoAlert
This app connects dealership teams to customer opportunities and processes initiated through a data-mining platform. It allows users to manage tasks, access customer information, communicate with teams and clients, and track progress, all from a mobile device.
- Task management and assignment
- Customer information access
- Personalized offers and engagement tracking
- Team and customer communication tools
- Calendar and reporting management
- Document sending
- Training resources
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The AutoAlert app keeps dealership teams connected to customer-centric opportunities and processes initiated through AlertMiner, the industry’s #1 data-mining platform. Personalized to your specific role, AutoAlert allows you to see, complete, and/or assign and monitor tasks, access customer information (including personalized o ers and engagement), communicate with team members and customers, manage your calendar, review reports, send documents, and stay up-to-date with AutoAlert training. Strengthen and streamline your dealership communication and processes for an improved employee and customer experience, right from your phone or iPad, with AutoAlert!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AutoAlert at 4.1 against Provision's 2.9. AutoAlert also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). Provision's advantage is ratings volume (454 vs 39). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
AutoAlert holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Provision has 454 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Provision's written reviews are positive against 20% of AutoAlert's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Provision ships an update fortnightly, AutoAlert every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Provision | AutoAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (454 ratings) | 4.1 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.5% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 454 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | vAuto, Inc. | AutoAlert, Inc. |
Customer experience
Provision
AutoAlert
Bugs and requests
Provision
Reported bugs
5 issues- VIN scanner not working
- Camera freezing or taking random photos
- Photos not saving properly
- Constant crashes and errors
- Inability to log out and switch accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Add camera features like zoom, grid, and focus
- Optimize for iPad
- Improve photo quality and management
- Bring back ability to switch between dealerships
- Add in-app music playback support
AutoAlert
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Provision
No in-app purchases
AutoAlert
No in-app purchases
