CDK Service Mobile Desktop vs Digital Transactions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CDK Service Mobile Desktop
Streamline automotive service operations with a mobile solution for service advisors. Greet customers, scan VINs, create repair orders, and perform vehicle walk-arounds with photos and touch markups directly on an iPad. Enhance customer service and efficiency in dealership service departments.
- Customer greeting and VIN scanning
- Repair order creation and management
- Customizable vehicle walk-arounds
- Photo and touch markup for damage
- Customer and vehicle history access
- eSignature for authorization
- Paperless write-up
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Current CDK Service clients you’ve been upgraded! We are releasing the next evolution in CDK Service software with CDK Service Mobile Desktop, making it faster and easier than ever to take care of customers on the drive! CDK Service state-of-the-art mobile technology gets Service Advisors out from behind the counter to meet the needs of today's consumers. Service Advisors can greet customers at their vehicle, scan their VIN, and roll the appointment into an RO with a couple of taps on the iPad. No appointment? No problem. Just scan the VIN, enter the customers information and move on. Advanced DMS integration makes creating a new customer faster than ever before. Perform a customized vehicle walk around in the time it takes in most systems to retrieve customer information with our new application. Attach pictures of damage to the Repair Order, perform touch vehicle markup, note concerns, and even upsell services all on the iPad while your customer is still standing next to you. With access to customers and vehicle history, including any previously declined services, Service Advisors are equipped to provide the highest level of customer service. With CDK eSignature enabled when it's time to get authorization, customers simply sign the iPad. Paperless write up keeps you with your customer and their vehicle at all times. Faster, easier, and more profitable than anything ever seen in automotive fixed operations, CDK Service takes Automobile Dealership Service Departments to the next level.
Digital Transactions
Facilitates digital vehicle sales by enabling seamless interaction between dealerships and consumers, both in-store and remotely. Offers a contactless experience for the sales department, allowing for the sharing of transaction details and F&I menu displays.
- Digital vehicle sales
- Dealer-consumer interaction
- Contactless sales experience
- Share transaction details
- Display F&I menus
- Receive approvals
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Digital vehicle sales is the new normal in automotive retail. Tekion’s ARC digital transactions app promotes interaction between dealer and consumer in-store and remotely. Provide a contactless experience in your sales department. Share important transaction details, display F&I menus, receive approvals and so much more!
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Digital Transactions at 100% against CDK Service Mobile Desktop's 17%. Digital Transactions also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Digital Transactions holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of CDK Service Mobile Desktop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Digital Transactions's.
CDK Service Mobile Desktop ships an update every 3 months, Digital Transactions monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CDK Service Mobile Desktop | Digital Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (18 ratings) | 3.2 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CDK Global, Inc. | Tekion Cloud |
Customer experience
CDK Service Mobile Desktop
Digital Transactions
In-app purchases
CDK Service Mobile Desktop
No in-app purchases
Digital Transactions
No in-app purchases
Questions
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