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Old January 1st 19, 11:27 PM posted to comp.mobile.ipad,comp.mobile.android,rec.autos.tech,sci.electronics.repair
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Default Merry Christmas! OBDII Android/iOS freeware recommendations

On 1/1/2019 7:45 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

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> OBD Fusion is rated 4.7 out of 5 by 4820 people on the iOS App Store.


Don't you love the footnote on their web site: "Generic ELM327 Bluetooth
adapters are not compatible with OBD Fusion for iOS. This is a
limitiation of iOS, not OBD Fusion."

But it does look like a good app. Glad to see that 4820 users have rated
it, and that it got such a high rating. OTOH, Torque Pro has a 4.5
rating, and 55,575 ratings and more than a million downloads. Could be
because OBD Fusion is more than 2x the price. $5 seems to be the price
point where people will not think about the cost of an app.

Still wondering why iOS doesn't allow the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile
(SPP). SPP is used by a huge number of industrial devices which can't
have apps on iOS which is a shame.
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