MDL Mobile vs CarPraze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MDL Mobile
This app enables retail vehicle dealership staff to manage inventory and service vehicles using RFID, LPR, and Bluetooth technologies. It provides real-time event notifications, vehicle lot mapping, and integration with industry partners to enhance dealership operations and customer service.
- RFID, LPR, and Bluetooth vehicle tracking
- Assign RFID & Bluetooth tags to vehicles
- Push notifications for events
- Graphical mapping of vehicle lots
- Integration with industry partners
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The MDL autoMation Mobile app provides retail vehicle dealership staff with access to MDL's core functionality rendered by RFID, LPR and Bluetooth technologies (MDL Bloodhound). MDL mobile apps are designed to be flexible and easy to use. Push notifications of events keep you informed instead of having to call or walk around for status. Additionally this app gives any dealership employee the power to easily assign RFID & Bluetooth tags to service or inventory vehicles, thus increasing the number of tagged vehicles in their customer fleet and improving the overall functionality of their MDL system. This app also provides graphical mapping of vehicle lots for vehicle location and integration with MDL's partners such as AutoAlert, automotiveMastermind, TSD, and KeyPer Systems. --- About MDL autoMation™ (MDL) MDL is the country’s leader in providing total process improvement through Instant Guest Recognition & Messaging using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and License Plate Recognition technologies (LPR) through its Service Drive Concierge™ program. MDL’s Bloodhound™ Bluetooth beacon solution provides both Sales and Service departments with affordable vehicle location management. Dispatch Master effectively manages the movement operation of guest or inventory vehicles from any origin and destination point in a dealership. MDL systems are installed in leading U.S. dealerships enabling a ‘Ritz Carlton’ level of service, increased customer retention, improved CSI / SSI, and sales opportunities. MDL is fully integrated with leading industry partners in CRM, Sales Analytics, Service iPads, TSD Loaner Management, Tire Scan, Customer Loyalty, and Guest Messaging (CIM). ---
CarPraze
This app streamlines the pre-owned vehicle appraisal and remarketing process for dealerships. It centralizes decisions, reduces errors, and optimizes logistical choices for faster sales and cost savings.
- Centralized appraisals
- Logistical decision making
- Reduced errors
- Vehicle remarketing
- Cost minimization
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CarPraze is an end to end preowned system that allows dealerships to get centralized appraisals and logistical decisions for remarketing within a few minutes, while decreasing the number of common mistakes and errors. The individual dealer can keep the vehicle or the central trading desk buys it, then re-markets it to its own dealerships or preferred buyer networks, wholesalers or auctions. The system can be managed regionally or nationally thereby minimizing transportation & other associated costs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CarPraze at 100% against MDL Mobile's 0%. CarPraze also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). MDL Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
CarPraze holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MDL Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of CarPraze's.
MDL Mobile ships an update every 3 months, CarPraze every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MDL Mobile | CarPraze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MyDealerLot (MDL) | DealerXchange |
Customer experience
MDL Mobile
CarPraze
In-app purchases
MDL Mobile
No in-app purchases
CarPraze
No in-app purchases









