Stockwave vs DCS Spin 360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
DCS Spin 360
This app helps car dealerships create professional 360-degree spin videos of vehicle exteriors and interiors. These immersive visuals can be used on dealership websites and online advertising platforms to showcase inventory.
- Create 360 exterior spins
- Create 360 interior spins
- Showcase dealership inventory
- Enhance online listings
- Easy to use interface
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DCS Spin 360 makes it easy for Car Dealers to create stunning Spins of both the Exterior and Interior of Dealership automobile inventory for placement on Dealership Websites and other online advertising websites.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DCS Spin 360 at 88% against Stockwave's 42%. DCS Spin 360 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Stockwave's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 9). 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.
DCS Spin 360 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Stockwave's written reviews are positive against 88% of DCS Spin 360's.
Stockwave ships an update monthly, DCS Spin 360 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stockwave | DCS Spin 360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (31 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | vAuto, Inc. | Dealer Car Search |
Customer experience
Stockwave
DCS Spin 360
In-app purchases
Stockwave
No in-app purchases
DCS Spin 360
No in-app purchases
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