Comparison

Grip OBD vs Motroxia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Grip OBD

Features
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Grip turns your iPhone into a real in-car instrument cluster and diagnostic tool. Pair a standard ELM327 OBD-II Bluetooth adapter and watch your engine come alive with a premium, tach-grade dashboard. LIVE DASHBOARD โ€ข Fast, beautiful radial gauges โ€” RPM, speed, throttle, engine load, coolant, battery voltage and more โ€ข 17 live parameters, fully customizable โ€” choose which gauges and tiles you see โ€ข Metric or imperial, your call PERFORMANCE TIMER โ€ข Time a full-throttle pull straight off your car's speed signal โ€ข 0โ€“60 mph, 0โ€“100 km/h, eighth and quarter mile with trap speed, and top speed โ€ข Live splits, a speed-vs-time graph, and saved runs with personal-best tracking TRIP LOGGING โ€ข Record every channel while you drive โ€ข Review RPM and speed graphs, session peaks, distance โ€ข Export any trip to CSV to dig in on your computer TROUBLE CODES โ€ข Read the diagnostic trouble codes behind your check-engine light (Mode 03) โ€ข Plain-language descriptions for common codes โ€ข Read-only and safe โ€” Grip never clears or writes anything to your car OBD CONSOLE โ€ข Send raw ELM327/OBD-II commands and see the responses โ€ข Great for tinkering and learning the protocol TRY IT WITH NO HARDWARE โ€ข Demo mode emulates a live ECU, so the entire app works before your adapter arrives Everything runs on your device. Grip collects no data and transmits nothing to the internet. Compatible with common ELM327 Bluetooth adapters (OBD, ELM, Vgate, Viecar, VLink and similar).

About

Motroxia

Features
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Motroxia turns your iPhone into a real-time car dashboard using an OBD2 adapter (ELM327). Key features - Live readouts for RPM, coolant temp, speed, battery voltage and more - Fully customizable meter layouts with analog and digital gauges - Standard PIDs (Mode 01) and extended PIDs (Mode 22) supported - Custom PID support for advanced users - English and Japanese supported What you need - An ELM327-compatible Bluetooth (BLE) OBD2 adapter - A vehicle with an OBD2 port Drive safely and do not operate the app while driving. Motroxia Premium โ€” subscription information - Motroxia Premium (Monthly): 1 month, auto-renewing - Motroxia Premium (Yearly): 1 year, auto-renewing - Motroxia Premium (Lifetime): one-time purchase, does not renew Premium unlocks unlimited meter pages and gauge widgets, the Custom PID editor, layout export/import, and removes all ads. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hdbench.github.io/motroxia-privacy/

Screenshots

Grip OBD4 screens
Motroxia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grip OBD at none against Motroxia's 3. Grip OBD also leads on ads (none vs shown). Motroxia's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Motroxia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Grip OBD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Grip OBD versus Motroxia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrip OBDMotroxia
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNEKTARIOS SIGALASKazuhiko Yamada

In-app purchases

None

Grip OBD

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Motroxia

Subscriptions2
  • Motroxia Premium (Monthly)$0.491 Month
  • Motroxia Premium (Yearly)$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Motroxia Premium (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is Grip OBD free?
Grip OBD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Motroxia free?
Motroxia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grip OBD or Motroxia have ads?
Motroxia shows ads; Grip OBD does not.

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