Niko EV vs Handlefree

Niko is a companion app for your Tesla: every control the car already has, plus the record it does not keep. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR CAR, IN FULL — AND FREE • Lock and unlock, frunk, trunk, charge port and windows • Next to the car, lock, unlock and climate go straight to it over Bluetooth • Climate: warm or cool the cabin before you get in, seat heaters, steering wheel, defrost • Charging: start it, stop it, set the limit, set the amps • Sentry mode, valet mode and speed limit • Where it is parked, with the address, on a map you can open • Tire pressures against the car's own targets, warranty, recalls and software version • Plan a trip from where the car is now, on what is actually in the battery — with the stops it would have to make, how long each one takes, and what you arrive on • Live battery readings: volts, amps, charge rate, time until full, and what a parked car quietly loses while it sits The controls are free. On Free, Niko can wake a sleeping car five times a day; Plus and Pro have no limit. NIKO PLUS — THE RECORD Your car keeps almost nothing. Niko watches while the app is closed, so there is something to look at when you open it. • Wake the car whenever you need to • Every trip from the last three months: distance, efficiency, and where it started and ended • Every charge from the last three months, and what it cost on your rate • A Live Activity for charging and climate, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Alerts that need watching between visits: charge started and finished, low battery at a level you choose, cabin ready, left unlocked, low tire pressure, a slow leak forming over days, service due, and software updates • Automations: rules that run while the app is closed • Up to two cars NIKO PRO — WHAT THE PACK IS DOING Everything in Plus, plus what your battery has done over time. • Every trip and charge, kept for good • Pack capacity, measured from charges Niko watched end to end, and how it has changed • Charge cycles • The S3XY Commander scanner, which reads the car's own CAN buses — the 12 V battery, every individual cell, the cooling loop — none of which comes from Tesla's API • The driving display: your iPhone shows your speed, the speed limit, turn signals, blind spot and more • Charging in the cheapest part of the night, on your rate • Up to five cars ON YOUR WRIST AND YOUR HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch app • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and Control Center controls • Siri shortcuts CAREFUL BY DEFAULT • Niko wakes your car only when it has to. A sleeping Tesla keeps its range. • Face ID or a passcode on the app itself • Passkeys and two-step verification on your Niko account • Fifteen languages Niko reads your car through your Tesla account, and acts on it with Tesla's own key — adding the key takes one tap, near the car, with the Tesla app installed. Subscriptions renew until canceled. Manage or cancel yours in your Apple account settings. Niko is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Tesla, Inc. Tesla, Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y are trademarks of Tesla, Inc.

Skip the handle. Handlefree opens the right door of your Tesla with one press. Unlatch your Tesla's driver door from the Action Button, a Shortcut, Control Center or your Apple Watch. Let a passenger in by releasing exactly their door before they reach for the handle. Open the frunk and trunk, close the powered trunk, and open or close the charge-port cover. Every press is one deliberate attempt, sent directly to your car over Bluetooth. Nothing waits in a queue to fire later, and nothing is retried automatically. Handlefree then tells you what actually happened: requested, accepted by the car, reported open, or unavailable. It shows how long the command took. • One control per door, each with a named confirmation, mapped to your steering side • Live door position while you stand beside your car, whenever the car reports it • Siri phrases, nine ready-made Shortcuts, plus fixed-door controls for Control Center and the Lock Screen (iOS 18+) • Two favorite controls right under the main button • Apple Watch app and complication, using your nearby iPhone • Holiday Mode pauses every command until you turn it off with Face ID or your passcode • An optional strong-signal check before sending Private by design: your key is created on your iPhone and stays in its device-only Keychain. No Tesla login, no Handlefree account, no server, no analytics or advertising SDK. Free forever: your driver door, locking and unlocking, Holiday Mode and every safety setting. Handlefree Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It unlocks passenger and rear doors, frunk, trunk, the charge-port cover and Apple Watch, and is shared with your family through Family Sharing. Try every Pro feature free for 7 days after you pair your car. Works with Tesla vehicles that support Bluetooth phone keys and current vehicle software; Model S and Model X built before 2021 do not. Confirmed on Model Y and Model 3. Pairing needs a key card that already opens your car, at the interior card reader; setup walks you through it in four steps and shows where the reader is. Each additional door or cargo action is tested once on your car before its shortcut is enabled. Use beside your parked car with the area around the door or cargo opening clear. Bluetooth range varies. A command acknowledgement does not prove physical movement. The frunk is closed by hand. Handlefree is an independent app by OneKapisch. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Tesla, Inc. Tesla, Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X are trademarks of Tesla, Inc.