
Sidecar: 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.
Sidecar is free, with paid power features like trip logging, historical vehicle diagnostics, and OBD scanning that support Sidecar'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 Sidecar community
Stay aware of real-time road conditions with Scout reports of hazards, police, construction and accidents made by other Sidecar 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 Sidecar'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 Sidecar'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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▶ Improved account management
When a vehicle was registered both as an offline vehicle and as part of a Connected Account, weird things would happen. Weird things should no longer happen. You can now also remove vehicles and accounts directly from the account's page.
▶ Expanded OBD support
Some vehicles respond to standard commands in non-standard ways. Sidecar now intelligently handles negotiating with those vehicles automatically, improving the likelihood of successful scan sessions.
▶ OBD Scanner stability
When a vehicle's VIN can't be detected, Sidecar re-attempts the handshake sequence a bit later. Prior to this release though, these reattempts were barging into the scan session with a big "OH YEAH!", obliterating scan session context and putting the scanner into an odd state that was often unrecoverable.
The handshake sequence now politely interrupts the parameter loop.
▶ Scan session debugging
Scan logs now record detailed session events, making it significantly easier to diagnose scaner problems during onboarding.
Full release notes:
- Added the ability to remove Sidecar vehicles/accounts from the account page.
- Fixed race condition i OBD signal loop that caused polling for signals in the middle of a handshake re-attempt, breaking both sequences.
- Fixed bug where Connected Account vehicles would incorrectly show up as not onboarded.
- Fixed bug where registering a vehicle as both an offline vehicle and through a Connected Account would result in undefined behavior.
- Fixed bug where tapping "Connected scanner" win the vehicle page would do nothing.
- Fixed bug where the Membership button didn't show the TestFlight notice.
- Fixed bug where the Terminal would not dismiss when the scanner disconnected.
- Fixed bug where the VIN handshake sequence could break signal polling and terminal initialization sequences. This specifically affected vehicles where the VIN cannot be automatically detected.
- Fixed bug where turning off BTLE or Wi-Fi connectivity would not disconnect the connection, resulting in a phantom connection to the scanner.
- Fixed bug where the vehicle page would display an error when Sidecar first launched.
- Modernize the Terminal UX to be more performant. This should address both the crasher and the hitches when opening and interacting with the terminal (i.e. opening Terminal should be stupid fast now)
- Scan logs now include session events to help with debugging weird scan sessions.
- Updated Polish translations.
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
- 188.3 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+: Quarterly $19.99
- ScanPlan: OBD & CarPlay only $4.99
- Sidecar+: Annual $79.99
- Park and watch $19.99
- ScanPass - 1 day $0.99
- Sidecar+ Lifetime $199.99
- ScanPass - 1 week $2.99
- ScanPlan Annual $49.99
- ScanPlan Quarterly $14.99
- Copyright
- © Clutch Engineering

