
Pelican: Automotive assistant
Navigation, OBD, & car widgets
Free · In‑App Purchases
The most personal CarPlay driving experience for any car, whether it's a 1999 Toyota Camry or a 2025 Ford F-150.
No ads.
No tracking.
No data sold to insurance companies.
Pelican is free, with paid power features like trip logging, historical vehicle diagnostics, and OBD scanning that support Pelican's full-time development.
▶ More than just a navigation app
Reduce context switching by customizing your experience with widgets on the map.
Widgets like real-time vehicle data (via OBD), music, weather, compass, speed limit, and more can all be added with the customizable widget editor.
▶ A real-time map connected to the Pelican community
Stay aware of real-time road conditions with Scout reports of hazards, police, construction and accidents made by other Pelican drivers.
▶ Speed limits even while cruising
Whether you're navigating or cruising, see the current speed limit with the CarPlay widget. When navigating, see the weather at your destination with the weather widget.
▶ Powerful, real-time vehicle data
Turn your offline car into an online car using iCloud sync and Pelican's powerful OBD scanner. Sync your vehicle state to your Apple Watch for free.
▶ Know how far you can go before you go
See your range outline on the map with Pelican's range overlays.
▶ Privacy and security
All data is stored on your device and never sent to third party servers. If you use iCloud sync, your data is stored on your personal, encrypted iCloud database accessible only to you.
▶ Control your vehicle remotely
Tesla and Volvo accounts are fully supported, with Porsche, Toyota, and Polestar accounts available in closed beta. To join the beta, email support@clutch.engineering.
▶ All your cars, anywhere you want
Personalize your lock screen, home screen, Apple Watch, and CarPlay with vehicle widgets.
Need help? Have feature requests? Reach out at support@clutch.engineering
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Sidecar is now Pelican. Same app, same features, new identity.
Here's what's new in this release.
▶ Track fuel, charging, and maintenance
Keep a timeline of fuel fill-ups, charging sessions, and notes for each vehicle. Track costs, quantities, and attach scanned receipts, all in one place.
▶ Document scanning for everyone
Scan invoices, insurance cards, parking tickets, and more with no membership required.
▶ Redesigned settings
Settings has been completely reorganized into a clear, hierarchical layout.
▶ "Not a trip"
Long-press a journey in the logbook and select "Not a trip" to hide misidentified trips. Hidden trips are excluded from your Rearview statistics, place visit counts, and quick destination predictions.
▶ More quick destinations
Pin up to four frequent places on the logbook and CarPlay dashboard, up from two.
▶ OBD scanning notification
Get notified when OBD scanning begins. Enable it in Settings > Notifications.
▶ More older vehicle support
Pelican now supports scanning vehicles that use the ISO 14230 (KWP2000) protocol, enabling communication with older vehicles that predate CAN bus.
▶ Smarter vehicle identification
Pelican now optimizes its handshake sequence based on the vehicles you drive most frequently, getting you scanning faster.
▶ Deletable scan sessions
You can now delete scan sessions from the Logbook tab.
▶ Background database migrations
When a database migration is needed after updating, the app now shows a progress indicator instead of appearing frozen.
Bug fixes:
- Improved handshake sequence error handling during initial vehicle communication.
- Simulated vehicles are no longer synced to iCloud.
- Improved BMW model identification for additional trim variants.
- Fixed crash in CarPlay caused by concurrent navigation updates.
- Fixed crash when OBD sensor data contained NaN values from certain vehicle sensors.
- Fixed crash in the widgets extension on launch.
- Fixed crash in notification handling when called from a background thread.
- Fixed bug where the OBD scanner could attempt to auto-connect before the app was fully configured.
- Fixed bug where toggling "Avoid Tolls" could leave a stale cached route, requiring an app restart to take effect.
- Fixed bug where BTLE scanners at the edge of Bluetooth range would rapidly connect and disconnect in a loop.
- Fixed bug where scanner status showed "Disconnected" when the device had never been connected.
The developer, Fearless design, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Fearless design, LLC
- Size
- 174.3 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Sidecar+: Full access $6.99
- Sidecar+: Annual $79.99
- Sidecar+: Quarterly $19.99
- ScanPlan: OBD & CarPlay only $4.99
- ScanPass - 1 day $0.99
- Sidecar+ Lifetime $199.99
- Park and watch $19.99
- ScanPass - 1 week $2.99
- ScanPlan Annual $49.99
- ScanPlan Quarterly $14.99
- Copyright
- © Clutch Engineering

