Small polish release. We only ask you to rate DealShield after a scan that actually finds something — and only once. No pop-up after a clean scan, and never while you are looking at a purchase screen. You can rate DealShield anytime from Settings.

PHOTO ANALYSIS (optional) — let the AI read your contract photos directly. It's the most accurate scan yet, even when a photo is tilted, shadowed, or a little blurry. You're asked once before your first scan, and you can change your answer anytime in Settings. Prefer not to send photos? The scanner keeps working exactly as before, sending cleaned-up text only. Long contract sheet? Shoot it in halves — top first, then bottom. The scanner reads them as one document. Also in this update: • A newer, sharper AI model reads your contract • Fixed: deal screens could be dragged sideways • Clearer guidance on the scan pages screen

New: the 30-Day Deal Pass. Buying a car is a one-time event, so now you can pay once instead of subscribing. $19.99 gets you 30 days of everything in Pro — unlimited contract scans, Live Coach, Compare Deals, and PDF reports — then it simply ends. No auto-renewal, nothing to cancel. The weekly and yearly plans are still there if you'd rather subscribe.

Sharing now leads somewhere. Send someone your deal card or a report and it carries a link to DealShield, so they can look it up instead of hitting a dead end. Also corrected the web address printed on the share card.

“Leave a review” now opens the App Store directly — right where the stars are, no dead end. Plus small fixes under the hood.

Live Coach gets sharper ears. The coach now spots when a conversation is actually about a lease and switches itself to lease coaching mid-session — money factor, cap cost, residual and mileage instead of APR — even if you forgot to set the deal type. Tactic alerts are deduplicated so one dealer move shows one card, past sessions can now be saved to a deal from Recent Sessions, the recording notice is a natural human voice, and we fixed a crash when reopening a past session.

Live Deal Coach now speaks lease. Start a session in Lease mode and the coach watches for lease-only tactics — money-factor markup, cap-cost padding, a thin residual, mileage traps, and cash-down pressure — and hands you the exact line to say back. Log the money factor, cap cost, residual and mileage as they're quoted and the numbers carry into your saved deal. Plus reliability polish across the deal tools.

Leasing? You can now enter your lease terms by hand — cap cost, rent charge, residual — and get a real lease score without scanning a contract. Comparing a lease against a loan now shows the right numbers on both sides (money-factor APR-equivalent, due-at-signing). Plus: clearer alerts if a save ever fails, smarter market-price checks, and hardened on-device redaction of personal details before cloud analysis.

This update fixes an issue that could keep the Pro upgrade options from appearing for some new users, plus performance improvements and polish throughout.

Behind-the-scenes improvements for a faster, smoother experience.

Negotiation Mode — a live Dynamic Island & Lock Screen companion that tracks the dealer's offer against your target, market, and walk-away price. Glance down at the desk and adjust their number without unlocking your phone. Instant Read — an on-device AI first look at your scanned contract that flags padded fees in seconds. Powered by Apple Intelligence; your paperwork never leaves your iPhone. Plus fixes and polish throughout.

• Your first contract scan is now free — no account needed • New: Car Lookup — safety ratings, recalls, and market price for any car • Scan a VIN with the camera to auto-fill vehicle details • Add a photo of your vehicle to each deal • New tools: Warranty & GAP evaluator and After You Sign checklist • Market Check now surfaces cheaper comparable listings near you • Live Coach: clearer session controls and an optional record-with-screen-off setting • Faster, more accurate add-on price detection plus dozens of fixes

• Sharper contract scanning — more accurate fee and add-on detection, with better handling of digital PDFs and multi-page contracts. • Smarter deal score — now reflects dealer add-ons, documentation fees above your state's cap, and the vehicle's real MSRP. • Leases read correctly — money factor, residual, and due-at-signing are now labeled right. • Stronger privacy — personal details are removed from contracts before any cloud analysis. • Reliability and polish fixes throughout.

Stability and polish under the hood. - Live Coach is more reliable — fixed an audio-session issue that could cause the mic to silently fail to start on some devices after granting permission. - Subscription errors now show clear, actionable messages (network issue, region restriction, payment method needs an update) instead of a generic system error. - Deal Score tightened — small APR overages above market now adjust the score in line with what the issues list flags. No more "issues list says yellow but the score didn't move." - Lease Analyzer: removed a double-count on unexplained capitalized costs that could over-penalize legitimate fees.

Faster scans, sharper details. - Contract scans now finish in seconds, not minutes — perfect for catching issues right at the dealer's desk - More reliable when tapping Analyze in rapid succession - Market price is now consistent across every screen showing the same deal - APR display sharpened to 2-decimal precision throughout, matching what's in the finance contract

DealShield got smarter at lease deals and faster at scoring contracts. - New: Lease Analyzer detects gross cap cost issues, money factor APR, residual value, mileage allowance, and rent charges - New: Negotiation Report PDF — generate a branded buyer's packet for any deal and share it with your spouse, your bank, or the dealer - Faster contract scans powered by the new Gemini 3 model - Contract Scanner now flags every fee against live market data - Year-format and small UX fixes

v1.0.2 — major upgrades across every screen since 1.0: • Live Coach — pause/resume, speaker toggle, bookmark moments, auto-AI on red-flag tactics, tactic glossary • Contract Scanner — native VisionKit camera, Spanish OCR, page editor, raw-text search, scan images saved to deals, lease vs purchase analysis • My Deals — pull-to-refresh, sort/filter/search/swipe-to-delete, duplicate, market-drop alerts, notes per deal • OTD Calculator — state picker auto-fills tax + doc fee, presets, side-by-side scenario comparison, save as deal • Compare Deals — side-by-side PDF report, swap A↔B, recent comparisons, "Why this wins" explanation • Add-Ons Detector — Save-to-Deal, custom keywords, inline price editor, share results, OCR shortcut • Before I Sign — per-deal checklists, custom items, pre-fill from deal data, branded PDF, reminders, state-specific items • Dealer Report — cleaner findings list with deduped rule-engine and AI insights Plus accessibility improvements, App Store compliance updates, faster contract scans, and 20+ bug fixes.