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Car Scanner includes a huge database of DTC codes descriptions.\n4) Car Scanner allows you to read free-frames (sensors state when DTC is saved).\n5) Now with Mode 06 - you can get ECU self-monitoring test results. Helps you fix your car and helps keep repair costs down!\n6) Check if your car is ready for emission tests.\n7) Check all of the sensors at one screen\n8) Car Scanner works with any vehicle that uses the OBD 2 standard (most vehicles built after 2000, but can work for vehicles as far back as 1996, check carscanner.info for more details). \n9) Car Scanner includes a lot of connection profiles, that gives you some extra features for Toyota, Mitsubishi, GM, Opel, Vauxhal, Chevrolet, Nissan, Infinity, Renault, Dacia, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, BMW and many others.\n10) Car Scanner dashboard includes a HUD mode, that you can use to project data to your windshield.\n11) Car Scanner provides a tool for very accurate acceleration measurments (0-60, 0-100, etc.)\n12) Car Scanner can be used as a trip computer and can show you fuel consumption statistics!\n13) For cars of the VAG group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat), built on the MQB and PQ26 platforms, encoding functions are available - setting hidden parameters of the car.\n14) And one more thing - Car Scanner provides the widest variety of features for FREE across the App Store.\n\nThe app requires a Wi-Fi or or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) OBD2 ELM327 compatible adapter (device) to work. ELM327 devices plugs into the diagnostics socket in the car ang gives your phone access to car diagnostics.\nRecommended adapters brands: Kiwi 3, Viecar, V-Gate, Carista, LELink, Veepeak.\nIf you buy one of the cheap china OBD2 ELM327 adapters from ebay / amazon, then make sure it’s not marked as v.2.1. This adapters are supported, but they have lot’s of bugs.\nPLEASE NOTE: Vehicle ECUs vary in the amount of sensors supported. This app can’t show you something, that is not provided by your car.\n\nAttention \"bad\" adapters! We faced the problem, that some adapters (often cheep Chinese clones), can’t connect to the smartphone or the car. Some of them can even make your car engine work unstable, often lost connection, increase time lag when reading data.\nSo, we recommend you to use genuine ELM327 or recommended adapter brands.\n\nCar Scanner ELM OBD2 is free but to unlock all the features, a one-time purchase or a subscription is required. \n\nUnder no circumstances will the developer of this application be held responsible for incidents resulting from the use and/or interpretation of the data in the application.\n\nIf you have any issues, you can always contact developer using Settings - Contact developer in the app or just send email to wp_soft@outlook.com\n\nCar Scanner ELM OBD2 for iOS Terms of use can be found at https://www.carscanner.info/ios-tos/","facts":{"developer_id":1259933622,"developer_url":"http://carscanner.info","first_released":"2017-08-12T07:24:03Z","support_url":"http://carscanner.info/","privacy_url":"http://carscanner.info/privacy-policy/","website_url":"http://carscanner.info/","app_version":"2.2.33","release_notes":"Connection profiles database update.\nBug fixes.","rating_current_version":4.79946,"rating_count_current_version":32961,"star_counts":[539,178,678,2564,29002],"genres":["Utilities"],"languages":["BG","HR","CS","EN","FR","DE","HU","IT","JA","KO","FA","PL","PT","RU","ZH","ES","SV","TR","UK"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-20T09:02:11.693Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-20T09:02:11.693Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T02:55:51.889Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-13T20:16:52.008Z","placed_at":"2026-10-10T04:13:02.942Z","scored_at":"2026-10-21T07:22:13.881Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Reads live car sensor data and OBD2 fault codes through an ELM327-compatible Wi-Fi or Bluetooth LE adapter.","what_is":"Car Scanner ELM OBD2 is a Utilities app that connects to a car's OBD II port through a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) adapter. It shows real-time sensor data on a customizable dashboard, reads and resets DTC fault codes, and includes a trip computer with fuel consumption statistics. A vehicle's ECU may not provide every sensor the app can display.","good_for":["Reading and clearing OBD2 fault codes before a repair","Monitoring live sensor data on a custom dashboard","Measuring 0-60 or 0-100 acceleration times"],"pricing":"Car Scanner ELM OBD2 is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.","faq":[{"q":"Do I need extra hardware?","a":"Yes. The app requires a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) OBD2 ELM327-compatible adapter that plugs into the car's diagnostics socket. Recommended brands named are Kiwi 3, Viecar, V-Gate, Carista, LELink and Veepeak."},{"q":"Will it work with my car?","a":"It works with vehicles using the OBD 2 standard, most built after 2000, and possibly as far back as 1996. 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