
Sidecar: Automotive assistant 17+
Navigation, OBD, & car widgets
Fearless design, LLC
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Your personal automative assistant. A powerful OBD scanner with integrated CarPlay widgets, Shortcuts, and iCloud sync support. Now includes turn-by-turn navigation in CarPlay.
Want to beta test Sidecar and get two months free? Visit http://sidecar.clutch.engineering/beta/ to learn more.
Sidecar is designed specifically for Apple platforms and with privacy and data security in mind. It's your car, your data, your journey.
No connected services on your car? No problem: use an OBD scanner + iCloud sync to see your offline car data on your Apple Watch, iPad, and widgets.
The app works best in combination with an OBD scanner and/or a Connected Account (Beta). Without either, you can still pull NHTSA recall notices for your vehicle and track trips.
Get 30 seconds of OBD scanning for free. Extend this time by purchasing ScanPasses for either 24 hours or 7 days, or by purchasing a subscription.
## Privacy and security
- All data is stored on your device and never sent to third party servers. If you use iCloud sync, your data will be stored on your personal, encrypted iCloud database accessible only to you.
- Sign in with Connected Accounts (Beta) uses OAuth industry standards for authentication.
## OBD scanner
- Use a connected OBD scanner to read real-time data from your vehicle.
- Requires a separate purchase of an OBD scanner.
- Manage your OBD scanners from CarPlay.
- View live OBD parameters from CarPlay.
- Over 70 standard OBD-II parameters supported for most vehicles since 1996.
## Trip logger
- Explore your neighborhood and beyond with CarPlay support and a historical trip overlay.
- Automatic trip logger using on-device intelligence; just enable it and drive.
- Capture battery and/or fuel economy automatically with a connected account or OBD scanner.
- Optimized for all-day use without being a drain on your phone's battery.
## Integrations
- Widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch, including: vehicle state, tire pressure, range, fuel history, trip logs
- Live activities while charging EVs
- Lock your car with Siri (requires Connected Accounts (Beta))
## Maintenance minder
- NHTSA recalls pulled automatically for your vehicle.
- Identify upcoming maintenance tasks on your vehicle with Connected Accounts (Beta).
## Community
- Report and discuss issues occurring with your vehicle with other vehicle owners.
- Contribute to the growing set of open source OBD vehicle parameters.
## Document storage
- Organize your documents in a digital glovebox.
- On-device document scanning helps you organize your documents.
## Sign in with Connected Accounts (Beta)
- Supported accounts: Porsche, Toyota, Tesla.
- Sign in with Connected Accounts (Beta) allow you to remotely access your vehicle's data and perform remote commands such as locking your car.
- As a beta feature, availability may change over time.
Unlock all features with a subscription. Subscriptions come with a free trial period.
Need help? Have feature requests? Reach out at support@electricsidecar.app
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
What’s New
Version v2.3.6
We're rapidly accelerating the vehicle onboarding flow and are launching the ability to get notified when your car is onboarded.
Sidecar+ subscribers can now see their vehicle range directly on the map, making it easier to plan trips with confidence. To support this, each vehicle now has a Buildout page for setting max range and fuel tank size; setting these values will allow Sidecar to estimate your car's range.
You can now view business hours for places and see if you'll arrive before closing time. This data comes from OpenStreetMaps, with the ability to suggest place details coming soon!
CarPlay is more customizable with a new option to automatically hide map controls when not in use. Find this in Settings > Map preferences > Tap to reveal.
Support added for Honda Accord, BMW i3s, and Volkswagen Polo. And yes, by popular demand, you can now set a forklift as your app icon :D
A new fuel-gauge stabilizer has been added to Sidecar, reducing random fluctuations in gas tank readings.
Several bugs have been fixed including CarPlay connectivity issues with iOS 18.5, improved VIN decoding for the GAC Hyptec, and resolved freezing problems related to iCloud backups.
Ratings and Reviews
Runs better than perfectly
This is exactly what I was looking for, and better!
I was tired of installing multiple apps to track things that I wish apple maps did standard. So many times have I installed an app just to forget to open it while driving, or manually connect OBD2 scanner to get battery percentage.
This does all that perfectly. Took a few drives without even thinking about opening it and everything was tracked flawlessly!
Now with the future plans of navigation in app, this just got so much better than I ever wanted!
Shout out the developer Jeff who is insanely active across multiple platforms and goes above and beyond to make sure it works for everyone!
Really neat concept and great execution
The concept of CarPlay widgets that this app displays and uses is amazing. It’s a shame that widgets aren’t built into CarPlay by default because they really are incredibly useful and makes CarPlay a lot more unique to each person and less bland. I’m writing this review at a time when this app is essentially brand new and I can say that in its current state it’s blown me away.
Awesome app
Just started playing around with this app after seeing it on instagram. Ordered a scanner to further play with it and get real time information for my Silverado. Interested to see what the developer has in store in terms of future features and integration!
App Privacy
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
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Fearless design, LLC
- Size
- 145.3 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © Clutch Engineering
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Sidecar+: Full access $6.99
- ScanPlan: OBD & CarPlay only $4.99
- Sidecar+: Quarterly $19.99
- Sidecar+: Annual $79.99
- ScanPass - 1 day $0.99
- ScanPlan Annual $49.99
- ScanPlan Quarterly $14.99
- ScanPass - 1 week $2.99
- Sidecar+: 6-Month $39.99
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.