Comparison

SmartCredit® vs Dealerwave

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

Head to head
About

SmartCredit®

Manage your credit score, money, and identity in one app. Get personalized plans to improve your credit, monitor for fraud, and understand your credit reports easily. Features include score tracking, a 120-day improvement plan, and tools to resolve financial issues.

Highlights
  • Credit score tracking
  • Personalized credit improvement plans
  • Credit monitoring
  • ID fraud insurance
  • Online information exposure monitoring
  • Credit report analysis
  • Money management
Features
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SmartCredit® Control your future credit score!™ SmartCredit® helps you control your credit score, money and identity in one place. Easily see what's helping or hurting your credit score and get a personalized plan to make it better, so you can qualify for loans with the best rates, as quickly as possible. SmartCredit® even safeguards the points you gain with credit monitoring and identity fraud insurance. KEY FEATURES: SCORETRACKER Easily track all your scores with simple charts or in-depth information. SCOREBUILDER® See exactly what's helping or hurting your credit score and get your personalized, 120-Day Plan to a better score. SCOREBOOST™ Discover how your spending strategies can unlock hidden credit points using our patented credit data science. PRIVACYMASTER® See where your private information is exposed online and request removal with one swipe. NEWLY DESIGNED 3B REPORTS & SCORES It's never been so easy to read and understand your TransUnion, Equifax and Experian credit reports. ACTION BUTTONS Remove credit reporting errors, identity theft and ask questions directly with your creditors using our patented Action Buttons. MONEY MANAGER All your online banking, credit cards and investments in one place, with Action Buttons to quickly resolve problems or ask questions with your financial institutions. $1 MILLION WHOLE FAMILY FRAUD INSURANCE Full coverage for your whole family, including pre-existing issues you did not know about. Free with your membership. Activation is required.

About

Dealerwave

This app streamlines compensation and performance management for automotive dealerships. It uses machine learning to test and predict the performance of pay plans and individuals, offering an intuitive user experience.

Highlights
  • Automated compensation management
  • Performance prediction
  • Pay plan testing
  • Machine learning analytics
  • Intuitive user experience
Features
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Our clients have for long had to deal with great deals of manual labor, errors and uncertainty as to how to manage compensation and performance in the Automotive dealer industry. In addition they have never had to opportunity to test, and predict the performance of any pay plan or individuals imaginable through machine learning of their own data. Dealerwave specializes the creation, testing, assignment and execution of pay plans in the automotive industry for any commissions based position at a dealership. In addition, Dealerwave trailblazes a new era of car dealership operations by developing a much-needed system with delightfully intuitive user experience using state-of-the-art technologies and services.

Screenshots

SmartCredit®3 screens
Dealerwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dealerwave at 100% against SmartCredit®'s 34%. Dealerwave also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). SmartCredit®'s advantage is ratings volume (155 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dealerwave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartCredit® has 155 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of SmartCredit®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Dealerwave's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartCredit® ships an update every 3 months, Dealerwave every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SmartCredit® versus Dealerwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartCredit®Dealerwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (155 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings155 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConsumerDirect IncDealer Automation Services, LLC

Customer experience

SmartCredit®

All ratings155 ratings
Positive58.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive33.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative64.2%

Dealerwave

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SmartCredit®

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App logs out immediately after login
  • App won't let users sign in
  • App crashes or closes unexpectedly
  • App doesn't recognize passwords or reset links
  • App keeps redirecting to the website
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  • App won't open or crashes upon opening
  • Login issues after app updates
  • App doesn't recognize created accounts
  • App locks users out after entering credentials
  • App doesn't allow adding accounts due to logout
  • App crashes and returns to login screen
  • App doesn't allow login through the app, only browser
  • App doesn't let users go in after signing in
  • App keeps asking to login after entering info
  • App doesn't open or crashes upon opening
  • App forces shut when trying to open

Requested features

8 requests
  • Fix the app so it doesn't redirect to the website
  • Allow cancellation through the app
  • Improve login functionality
  • Make the app usable without crashing
  • Offer a free trial
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  • Provide better customer support
  • Ensure credit score improvements are visible
  • Stop charging after cancellation

Dealerwave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartCredit®

No in-app purchases

None

Dealerwave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartCredit® free?
SmartCredit® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dealerwave free?
Dealerwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartCredit® or Dealerwave?
Dealerwave is rated higher. SmartCredit® averages 3.4 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while Dealerwave averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SmartCredit® or Dealerwave have ads?
Neither SmartCredit® nor Dealerwave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartCredit® or Dealerwave?
SmartCredit® ships an update every 3 months, and Dealerwave every 3 weeks. Most recently, SmartCredit® was updated on October 29, 2026 and Dealerwave on October 13, 2026.

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