Comparison

CDK Service Mobile Desktop vs UpdatePromise Scan

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

UpdatePromise Scan

Streamline automotive service operations with a VIN scanner for quick customer and vehicle history lookups. Manage appointments, check-ins, and inspections efficiently from a tablet, all without leaving the service drive.

Highlights
  • Integrated VIN scanner
  • Accelerated customer searches
  • Vehicle history lookup
  • Manage appointments
  • Vehicle check-in
  • Multi-point inspections
Features
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UpdatePromise Scan is a Consumer Experience Management System (CEMS) Solution with integrated VIN scanner to accelerate customer searches, pulling up vehicle history and vehicle-specific parts during the Appointment, Vehicle Check-In and Multi-Point Inspection phases. Manage your RO’s from the customer’s Appointment to Payment Process all in one tablet. Better yet, without having to leave the service drive! FEATURES: - Scan a Vehicle’s VIN to search for a customer during the Vehicle Check-In stage for quick and accurate results. - Scan a Vehicle’s VIN to pull up customers’ vehicle history on a Vehicle Check-In. - If you are creating an appointment, you can also utilize the VIN scanner to search for customers - For technicians, scan the VIN when completing a found issue estimate to pull Vehicle-Specific Parts. - Continue your complete Consumer Experience workflow without having to leave the service drive: o Create an appointment or manage appointments o Conduct a Vehicle Check-In Safety Inspection with the customer o View appointment details during the Vehicle Check-In process o Complete or open the Multi-Point Inspection form HOW DOES IT WORK? - Login with your UpdatePromise credentials. - When completing an Appointment, Vehicle Check-In or Multi-Point Inspection, pull up your scanner at the top right corner or bottom left corner of your tablet. - Scan the customer’s vehicle for an accelerated Customer Search experience. - Continue with your workflow as usual, cutting down page loading times. This release introduces an optional integration with Meta AI Glasses, allowing automotive service technicians to capture inspection photos and video hands-free while performing vehicle walkarounds and multi-point inspections (MPI). Instead of holding a phone or tablet, a technician can wear the glasses and stream/record directly into UP Scan, where media uploads to the customer's repair order exactly as it would from the built-in device camera. How it works: With the Meta AI app installed and glasses paired, the user taps the glasses icon in UP Scan, registers the connection through the Meta AI app, grants connection permission, and connects their glasses. A toggle ("Use Glasses Instead of Camera") routes capture through the glasses, and a Preview screen displays a live stream to confirm the connection. Video is captured at 720x1280, 30 FPS. If no glasses are present, the app clearly displays "No active devices" and all standard camera functionality remains fully available — the glasses are an optional accessory, not a requirement.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UpdatePromise Scan at 3.4 against CDK Service Mobile Desktop's 2.3. UpdatePromise Scan also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 17%). CDK Service Mobile Desktop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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

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

UpdatePromise Scan holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of CDK Service Mobile Desktop's written reviews are positive against 25% of UpdatePromise Scan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CDK Service Mobile Desktop ships an update every 3 months, UpdatePromise Scan monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CDK Service Mobile Desktop versus UpdatePromise Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCDK Service Mobile DesktopUpdatePromise Scan
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (18 ratings)3.4 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1825 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB107 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCDK Global, Inc.Update Promise

Customer experience

CDK Service Mobile Desktop

All ratings18 ratings
Positive27.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

UpdatePromise Scan

All ratings25 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative36.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

CDK Service Mobile Desktop

No in-app purchases

None

UpdatePromise Scan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CDK Service Mobile Desktop free?
CDK Service Mobile Desktop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UpdatePromise Scan free?
UpdatePromise Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CDK Service Mobile Desktop or UpdatePromise Scan?
UpdatePromise Scan is rated higher. CDK Service Mobile Desktop averages 2.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while UpdatePromise Scan averages 3.4 from 25 ratings.
Do CDK Service Mobile Desktop or UpdatePromise Scan have ads?
Neither CDK Service Mobile Desktop nor UpdatePromise Scan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CDK Service Mobile Desktop or UpdatePromise Scan?
CDK Service Mobile Desktop ships an update every 3 months, and UpdatePromise Scan monthly. Most recently, CDK Service Mobile Desktop was updated on October 29, 2026 and UpdatePromise Scan on October 29, 2026.

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