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OBD2 Expert 4+
ScanTool, Simulator & Bridge
Michael Lauer
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
OBD2-Expert is the new competent solution for vehicle diagnostics and monitoring.
=== The Highlights ===
A) Reveal vehicle problems before visiting the garage.
B) Load vehicle status files and try the functionality of the app.
C) Share your vehicle status with others and discuss solutions.
D) For developers: Use this app as BTLE-OBD2-ScanTool instead of an expensive hardware simulator.
E) For learning: Use this app as BTLE/WiFi Bridge and inspect the protocol communication.
=== The Details ===
A) Reveal vehicle problems before visiting the garage.
Connect an OBD2 WiFi or BLE adapter to your vehicle and select it from the app. View the current sensor data. Load the diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) and inspect the freeze frame data from when the error occured. The component monitoring can tell you about potential problems by showing contiguous and non-contiguous monitors as well as a detailed analysis of mode 6 diagnostics (if supported by your vehicle). If you can fix your vehicle yourself, reset the saved DTC.
B) Load vehicle status files and try the functionality of the app.
Tired of buying promising apps that don't work? Try this app for free by loading a vehicle status file instead of connecting it to an adapter.
C) Share your vehicle status with others and discuss solutions.
With this app, you can capture the state of your vehicle including all DTCs and sensor data – either for later diagnostics or to share with other people.
D) For developers: Use this app as BLE-OBD2-ScanTool instead of an expensive hardware simulator.
Are you developing an OBD2-ScanTool and not having access to dozens of vehicles with their protocols? This app can work as a BLE-OBD2-ScanTool adapter, sparing you the cost of a professional hardware simulator.
E) For learning: Use this app as BTLE/WiFi Bridge and inspect the protocol communication.
If you want to learn about the OBD2 protocol communication, you can use your BTLE dongle and bridge it via WiFi to another OBD2 app (this requires an iPad Pro where you can run two apps side-by-side or another physical phone or tablet).
=== Supported Bluetooth hardware ===
Please note that this App will _not_ work with Bluetooth 2.x or 3.x adapters! This is a hardware limitation which can't be changed. Many very cheap BTLE OBD2 adapters are not Bluetooth 4.0, so please be aware of that.
=== Closing Note ===
OBD2-Expert is not a oneshot project. We want to support and continually develop this app. Hold your breath for exciting coming features. Please use the Support-URL to communicate your feedback to us!
What’s New
Version 1.3.2
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
* Improved compatibility with (more or less) ELM327-compatible adapters.
* Better performance: Now 30% less data traffic due to a more compact transfer syntax.
* In some rare cases during setup the App claimed that a WiFi controller wasn't recognized, although it was already identified.
Ratings and Reviews
App not work
I buy the 6£ subscription and the app it’s keep shut down
Had to buy feature. But doesn’t record anything
Bought it so I can track diagnostics and sensor values, but doesn’t let you record values to a file, and doesn’t show the errors on my dashboard (which I know there are) and other free apps do show them including official dealers.
Very basic app, and the paid features you can get for free on other apps on the App Store.
Better free software out there
I got this as I wanted to see the o2 sensor values as shown in one of the images but I cannot view them.
App is glitchy with connecting to the adapter(I’m using the WiFi adapter) and seems a little thin.
It’s only picking up 2 DTC’s although I know there are others( I plug my computer into the car running FORScan and that shows me everything).
App has potential but it’s unfortunately a let down as it stands.
You cannot do anything on it until you’ve made a purchase too which is daft, at least a 24 hour trial would be worth it’s weight in gold if indeed it was a robust app.
Thankfully I only paid £2.99 for it.
Hopefully the developers can sort it out, until then I’d look into other apps.
App Privacy
The developer, Michael Lauer, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.
No Details Provided
The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.
Information
- Provider
- Michael Lauer
- Size
- 17.7 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, German
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2016-2017 Dr. Lauer Information Technology
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- All Features £5.99
- Operation Mode ScanTool £2.99
- Operation Mode Bridge £0.99
- Operation Mode Simulator £4.99