OPENLANE Canada vs Lexen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OPENLANE Canada
This app is a unified wholesale marketplace for sourcing and purchasing vehicles. It allows users to list and bid on cars through various auction formats, manage inventory, and arrange payments and transportation.
- List and bid on cars anytime, anywhere
- 45 Minute Active Auctions
- Weekly Simulcast Sales with Live Auctioneers
- Bid/Buy DealerBlock Inventory
- Industry compliant appraisals
- Source vehicles faster with filters and saved searches
- Negotiate with other dealers
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Introducing OPENLANE, the all-new unified Canadian wholesale marketplace, bringing together the best of ADESA and TradeRev. The OPENLANE mobile app lets you list and bid on cars anytime, anywhere. It’s now easier than ever to source and purchase your next vehicle, using the same auction formats you’re already accustomed to. Bid and buy the way you want, when you want. - 45 Minute Active Auctions - Weekly Simulcast Sales with Live Auctioneers - Bid/Buy DealerBlock Inventory The OPENLANE app features: - Quickly inspect your vehicles and launch your own auctions, anytime - Simple, intuitive, quick and accurate industry compliant appraisals - Access the freshest franchise trades from thousands of dealers across Canada - Source vehicles faster with sticky filters, saved searches and universal watchlist - Negotiate with other dealers to close more deals, faster - Arrange payment and transportation all within the app - Stay on top of your game with configurable email and mobile push notifications - Manage all your previous purchases from the palm of your hand - A full support team to ensure your success in your whole business - Features to make wholesale easier, so you can be more successful
Lexen
This app helps car dealerships streamline the process of pricing used vehicles and reviewing inventory. It offers real-time web syncing for team collaboration, VIN scanning, customer management, and detailed appraisal analytics. Users can also manage inspections, present offers, and communicate with team members.
- Streamlined vehicle appraisal process
- Real-time web syncing for collaboration
- VIN scanner with accurate decoding
- Customer management and appraisal history
- Inspection artifact capture (photos, notes)
- Offer presentation and tracking
- Appraisal-level team messaging
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Lexen enables car dealerships to price used vehicles, to review inventory, and to review appraisal analytics. It syncs with the web in real-time, which facilitates collaboration between sales staff and appraisers. App users enjoy these features: - Consistent process for every appraisal - VIN scanner and accurate decoding (even for Canada) - Customer management including appraisal history - Inspection artefacts including pictures, notes, and vehicle history - Appraisal data review and verification - Offer presentation, printout, and tracking - Appraisal-level messaging with team members - Notifications when user action is required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lexen at 50% against OPENLANE Canada's 9%. Lexen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). OPENLANE Canada's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 26 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
OPENLANE Canada ships an update every 10 days, Lexen every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OPENLANE Canada | Lexen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (58 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 9.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nth Gen Software Inc. | Lexen Systems Corp |
Customer experience
OPENLANE Canada
Lexen
In-app purchases
OPENLANE Canada
No in-app purchases
Lexen
No in-app purchases









