OBD Home vs Pixely Glow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OBD Home
This application connects to your vehicle via Bluetooth to provide diagnostic and monitoring functions. It allows for fault code reading and clearing, performance testing, and travel analysis, offering a comprehensive view of your car's health and driving habits.
- Fault code reading and clearing
- Instrument panel monitoring
- Performance testing
- Travel analysis
- Bluetooth 4.0/5.0 support
- High-speed data transmission
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OBD Home support V011 series products. OBD Home is a car diagnostic and monitoring application,support English,Español,Русский,日本語,中文. Through phone, use Bluetooth to communicate with the vehicle terminal to complete fault diagnosis and driving assistance functions. It has automobile detection and analysis functions such as fault code reading and clearing, instrument panel, performance test, and travel analysis. It also supports high-speed data transmission and has the advantages of low power consumption and ultra-power saving. caution: 1. Support the adapter that runs through Bluetooth 4.0/5.0. 2. The parameters supported by each vehicle are different, which has nothing to do with OBD Home, but is related to the vehicle control unit. 3. OBD Home for V011.
Pixely Glow
Create doodles and animations with powerful drawing tools. Share your creations and download community assets in a vibrant creative hub. Customize LED display effects like brightness, color, and speed.
- Doodle and animation creation tools
- Real-time playback on device
- Community sharing of designs
- Downloadable community assets
- Customizable LED display effects
- Adjustable brightness, color, and speed
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1、涂鸦与动画创作 内置强大的创作工具，用户可以在APP中自由绘制涂鸦、制作动画。通过简单的操作，轻松将自己的创意下放到设备中进行实时播放。 2、社区素材共享 Pixely为用户提供了一个创意社区，用户可以在社区中分享自己的设计作品，也可以下载其他用户分享的涂鸦、动画素材。 3、自定义设置 用户还可以对LED设备的显示效果进行细致调整，如亮度、颜色、速度等。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OBD Home at 2.9 against Pixely Glow's 2.3. OBD Home also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). 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.
OBD Home holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OBD Home has 51 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of OBD Home's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pixely Glow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OBD Home ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixely Glow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OBD Home | Pixely Glow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (51 ratings) — better | 2.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Chaoyue Technology Development Co.,Ltd | SCREEN IV. PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
OBD Home
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In-app purchases
OBD Home
No in-app purchases
Pixely Glow
No in-app purchases
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