FLASHEX vs Tune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FLASHEX
Customize your BMW's firmware with various options, including engine and transmission tuning. Monitor vehicle parameters, read diagnostic trouble codes, and flash pre-defined maps via OBD or WiFi. Supports a wide range of BMW models.
- Customizable firmware options
- Engine and transmission ECU re-flashing
- Real-time vehicle parameter monitoring
- DTC code reading
- OBD and WiFi flashing
- Datalogging capabilities
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FLASHEX is a complete tuning solution for your BMW vehicle. FLASHEX is a tool where you can configure a firmware of your vehicle with different nice options on your own. You can fully customize your vehicle as you wish. Connect your Apple iPhone or iPad tou your car and flash pre-defined OTS maps. Flashing is available over OBD using ENET or WiFi. Also you can monitor your vehicle's parameters, save it as datalogs for further investigation the behaviour of your vehicle, as well as reading vehicle DTC codes. You can configure next options: - Coolant target(well known "cold thermostat") - Overheating thresholds - Burbles(separatelly confort/sport mode) - Catalyst monitoring - Catalyst heating - Disable catalic-coated radiator sensor - Exhaust-flaps always open in sport mode - Startup roar - Configure speed limit - Etc. Also you can re-flash your auto-tranmission ECU. - Stage3 level - Gear Display in D-mode - Increased transmission Torque Limiter - Improved shifting in Comfort/Sport - Significantly improved shifting in Sport+ - Maximum performance in DTC and DSC OFF modes - No automatic upshift in M/Sport and M/Sport+ - Extended Launch Control torque limits - Ignition Cut-Off 3500rpm/200Nm - Etc. Supported vehicles: 1'F20/F21 2'F22/F23/G42 3'F30/F31/F34/F35/G20/G21/G28 4'F32/F33/F36/G22/G23/G26 5'F10/F11/F07/F18/G30/G31/G38 6'F06/F12/F13/G32 7'F01/F02/F03/G11/G12 8'G14/G15/G16 X3'F25/G01/G08 X4'F26/G02 X5'F15/G05/G18 X6'F16/G06 X7'G07 Z4'G29 Supra'J29 This list is approximate, on some markets date can differ. To be sure that your vehicle is support, pls connect FLASHEX app to your vehicle, and it will automatically identify if your vehicle supported or not. X-Drive is supported on all cars All performance power kit cars are supported. Disclaimer: For off-road use only.
Tune
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Tune-Up Connect turns your phone into the display and the logger for your car. It connects to two things at once: the ECU in your BMW, over a Wi-Fi OBD adapter or a wired ENET cable, and a GPS timing box over Bluetooth. You get live boost, air fuel ratio, ignition timing and temperatures at the rate your ECU can actually answer, and accurate speed from a 10 Hz GPS receiver at the same time. WHAT YOU CAN DO Live gauges. Pick the channels you care about and lay them out the way you want. Boost is drawn against the ECU's own boost target, so the gap opens up in front of you the moment something is off. Speed runs. 0 to 100 km/h, 0 to 60 mph, quarter mile, roll ons, braking distances. Timing comes from Doppler ground speed rather than from position differences, and every result carries the speed accuracy it was measured at, so you know whether to trust it. Combined logging. Record ECU channels and GPS into one session on one clock. That is what lets you see what the engine was doing at the exact moment the car was pulling. Shift beep. Set an rpm, get a single beep as you cross it, and watch the boost bar flash. Off until you turn it on. Upload. Sign in and send a recording straight to your tuning job, ready for your tuner to read. IF YOU TUNE WITH TUNE-UP Signing in pulls your jobs, your maps and every revision from Tune-Up Console. Pick the revision before you record, and the log reaches the shop already tagged with the car, the map and the revision it was made on. Comparing two revisions is then a matter of reading two logs rather than working out which log was which. When a new revision is added to your tune, the app notices and offers to record into that one instead. Everything above this section works without an account. The upload side is there for customers, not a requirement for using the app. WHAT YOU NEED A BMW with a compatible ECU, and either a Wi-Fi OBD adapter or an ENET cable to reach it. For timing, a Tune-Up Record, Dragy or RaceBox device. The app reads only. It never writes to the ECU and never changes your calibration. TRYING IT WITHOUT A CAR Open the Profile tab and switch on Demo mode. The app simulates a connected car and a connected GPS device, and every screen behaves exactly as it does on a real drive. SAFETY Start a recording before you set off, or let a passenger handle the phone. The timing features are meant for a closed course or a private road, not for public roads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: FLASHEX at 3 against Tune's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
| Parameter | FLASHEX | Tune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Ryzhov | Sitthichai Sirikajorn |
In-app purchases
FLASHEX
No in-app purchases
Tune
No in-app purchases









