Stockwave vs DEALERSCLOUD
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
DEALERSCLOUD
This business application allows users to perform many of the same functions as its online counterpart. It provides mobile access to key features of the Dealercloud SaaS platform.
- Mobile access to SaaS features
- Perform actions similar to online system
- Dealer management tools
- Business operations on the go
Read full descriptionHide full description
This app utilizes some components of our SaaS. Dealercloud SaaS gives users the power to complete most of the same actions as the DC online system.
Screenshots
Verdict
Stockwave and DEALERSCLOUD both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 42% of Stockwave's written reviews are positive against 0% of DEALERSCLOUD's. Stockwave also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 3). DEALERSCLOUD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Stockwave against 3.7 for DEALERSCLOUD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stockwave has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Stockwave's written reviews are positive against 0% of DEALERSCLOUD's.
Stockwave ships an update monthly, DEALERSCLOUD every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stockwave | DEALERSCLOUD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (31 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | vAuto, Inc. | DEALERSCLOUD |
Customer experience
Stockwave
DEALERSCLOUD
In-app purchases
Stockwave
No in-app purchases
DEALERSCLOUD
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Stockwave free?
Is DEALERSCLOUD free?
Which has better reviews, Stockwave or DEALERSCLOUD?
Do Stockwave or DEALERSCLOUD have ads?
Which is updated more often, Stockwave or DEALERSCLOUD?
Other comparisons















