OBDLink (OBD car diagnostics)

- June 9, 2017

Everyone

Communication

( 5,889)

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Description

***The OBDLink app exclusively works with these adapters***
- OBDLink LX Bluetooth
- OBDLink MX Bluetooth
- OBDLink Bluetooth
- OBDLink MX Wi-Fi
- OBDLink WiFi
- OBDLink SX USB (with Android 3.1 or newer)
***The app will NOT work with any other brand of OBD adapter.***

Turn your phone or tablet into a full-fledged diagnostic scan tool: read diagnostic trouble codes, clear the "Check Engine" light, check emissions readiness, estimate fuel economy and much more!

Key features:

- Check and clear diagnostic trouble codes
- Read freeze frame data
- Display real-time data (over 90 parameters!)
- Customizable dashboards
- Emissions readiness for each US state
- Fuel economy MPG, l/100km or km/l calculation
- Multiple trip meters
- Log data to CSV format (compatible with Excel)
- Retrieve vehicle information including VIN number and calibration ID
- Oxygen Sensor Results (Mode $05)
- On-board Monitoring Tests (Mode $06)
- In-performance Tracking Counters (Mode $09)
- GPS tracking - plot vehicle parameters on a map in real-time
- Full diagnostic report that can be e-mailed
- English and Metric units
- Free unlimited updates
- Ad-free

Reviews

3.9

5,889 total

5 2,884

4 1,306

3 551

2 320

1 828

Giles Wilson

Great app to use with the obd link mx fast and reliable connection quick code reading of dtc also the live data stream works well. Anyone that is having problems with these adaptor's are using clone's.

John Bailey

App is rather buggy. It won't let me enter my VIN number and doesn't auto-populate my car info, which would be helpful since I don't know much about cars (mine is a 2000 Honda Civic). My biggest complaint is the horrid, ugly Holo UI from 2013. Update it to material design already!

Stanley Filipiak

Getting Bluetooth connection on my 2000 F-250 with the 7.3L diesel takes a bit. Temperature gauge always shows zero though dash gauge shows temp. Anyone else run into this?

Eddie M

It's the best of the best! The obx scanner is the best Bluetooth scanner I have ever used hands down. Must buy from Amazon. To get best deal. Menu button has been fixed! Thanks guys! Love the new performance section also! Keep up the good work!

Tim Harman

This app is great. The key of course is that it only works with proper OBD hardware, not the terrible clones that most people use. Great details, excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic abilities. Spend a bit extra on a quality dongle and this software.

John J Bright

when it actually connects, and you can manage to get the correct vehicle info in it appears to work fine. Spending ten minutes to regain a connection while it cycles pass keys because it dropped it somehow is ridiculous, constantly having to input the correct information is a pain. Not sure what the issue is I've uninstalled and reinstalled, updated etc etc. now it's just trash.. the blue driver I got works better has more info and always has a connection. these are a convince for me so I dont have to drag out the scan tool and be cabled. I like being able to quick check through the phone and go from there. tried a couple different phones a tablet and half a dozen cars sometimes ok, never great and seems always a hassel on one end or another, wasted money.. uninstalled and the link is trashed..

User reviews

Giles Wilson June 11, 2017

John Bailey June 9, 2017

Stanley Filipiak June 25, 2017

Getting Bluetooth connection on my 2000 F-250 with the 7.3L diesel takes a bit. Temperature gauge always shows zero though dash gauge shows temp. Anyone else run into this?

Eddie M June 22, 2017

Tim Harman June 9, 2017

John J Bright June 12, 2017

J Simoda June 26, 2017

Took longer than reasonable to fix permission issues, but otherwise good tool.

Brian Davies June 22, 2017

Good functionality with this app. I don't use the performance functions, just the scan functions ie code reading, mode $06, data streams etc. Love the report feature, as it gives me the info I need to start diagnosing, all in one place!

Barry Dick June 24, 2017

Nice app. Find and resets codes. Easy to troubleshoot and repair engine problems.

Ke Fe June 18, 2017

App will reach 100% on install but will not complete installation to make it useable. Makes the App and the ODB link worthless

June 10, 2017

Overall it's good. I think I found a bug though. When you change to kph the performance time is 0-60 kph, it should be 0-100 kph which is equivalent to 62 mph.

June 20, 2017

Not easy to setup but It works well and efficiently.

John Reese June 11, 2017

Haven't fully explored it but it works for what I've tried so far.

sr kseries June 9, 2017

Thank you!

George Chappell June 21, 2017

Works

Avery Tjossem June 8, 2017

Iv been looking for an app that supports diesel engines and i have found it just had to choose the fuel calculation method and had to try all 3 of them but i have found it i have a 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 cummins and it tells me everything i wanted to know! And on top of it i think its the best app that looks the best and the most organized and to me thats a big factor! BEST OBDII APP!

Ed pollitt May 23, 2017

when I follow connection instructions the menu for bluetooth the app won't connect and the app menu is not the same as illustrated so I cannot connect via blue tooth , and there is no support phone # for advice. Whats up with that? If I could get it working I would probably like it .

Dani Sierra March 19, 2017

I think this app is great! I've been using this alongside Torque for a couple years now. Everyone keeps comparing this to Torque. Torque is better suited for tuning, logs customization and advanced operations. This app's "no nonsense" design makes it easy to quickly run diagnostics. I can pull codes and check readings on a whim, and I often do. I don't wanna have to setup every vehicle I plug my Mx to just for battery voltage. I highly recommend this for the sake of simplicity.

calansvc March 26, 2017

If there was any information on how to actually use this app (where are the log files stored? How do you start/stop logging?), and it didn't have the goofy registration... it would probably be pretty nice. It pops up a dialog saying I have to register before I can continue using it (really? it is free software), but I have no WiFi connection in the car. It also says I don't have to be connected to register; but with the tablet in the house and a good WiFi connection...there is no menu entry to register it. Brilliant.

Val Yel March 18, 2017

Good, but unstable. Freezes every 10-20 minutes. More customizable features would benefit it greatly: e.g. analog gauges could be not just full circle, but semi-circle. Templates are saveable, but NOT loadable!!! Why should I save a beautiful gauge template if I cannot use it again for other gauges????

Hangman G April 22, 2017

I love having control of my vehicles maintenance & possible issues. This app coupled w/ the ODB device is superb in understanding the issues involved & I don't have to depend on a mechanic to be honest. In fact, I am now weeding out the dishonest mechanics w/ this. It's excellent.

David Ward March 15, 2017

Like I of the othèr posters mentioned this update literally makes the ODBLink LX practically worthless. The previous version allowed resetting the codes with the engine off but with the vehicle moving. Additionally the app no longer resets pending codes. This update is a useless piece of crap.

Brian Dossett March 8, 2017

App no longer allows to clear codes while 'in motion" and it used too. I find myself using other devs apps now like torque because they don't restrict features based on motion.

Mark Hunt March 24, 2017

With the update you must now unplug and replug the device every time you want to connect. It's a pain and so I don't use this much anymore. Earlier: Too bad I updated since I wanted to export a dashboard but now the other device cannot import it (and cannot update). Building all those gauges SUCKS but then I just wasted 6 hours trying to import. Things are a bit clumsy to access such as the trip meters. I would think the MPG on the dashboard should be resettable right there. The graphs numbers are super tiny and you can't open files later on the tiny graph limiting usefulness. Dashboard will leave your phone dead battery in 2hours even plugged in.

David Chapman May 15, 2017

Groovy app that allows you to monitor all of your vehicles sensors, view and customize data points in real-time as well as generate reports that can all be auto synchronized with a Dropbox account. A few other excellent diagnostic tools. Really in-depth and useful product and software

Alvin Brinson March 8, 2017

Fuel mileage is consistently significantly wrong. To the app's credit, nobody has been able to properly calculate the mpg on the Fiat 500.

Mike Sauder June 8, 2017

Good idiot light resource, no more taking to auto shop without knowing what the actual problem is. Good way to test auto shops' truthfulness.

Charles Hockenbury June 5, 2017

This app goes along with the adapter OBDii Bluetooth adapter for your vehicle. It has helped both my cars so much, and is very handy when your car is dealing with false positives

Jordan Wilmot May 12, 2017

Absolutely love this thing. Had a check engine light and directed me to a gas leak. 5 stars

Peter Ahern May 20, 2017

Cool app. I on the at coast. Above water level but GPS mode says I am at -16 feet of altitude. Strange. Hoping that the automotive readings are more accurate.

Horacio Zetina April 5, 2017

Well very helpful app definitely recommend i live in California so it help me a lot check cars and dont have to care wired obd 2 this is perfect

Clair Wethy April 23, 2017

Works great. A lot of info to help narrow down issues and i can reset codes

Michael N March 14, 2017

Short of being able to activate lights or power windows it's been good for what I need and watching the mileage.

Eric Mckinley May 24, 2017

Awesome app that can really save you money at the repair shop. Also you can log trips that graph parameters you choose which can help you with MPG,etc. Really depends on year and make of car, the newer the better

HELLRAISEHR March 16, 2017

Got the mx and couldnt be happier. The ability to update firmware is great. Keep up the great work.

Eric Schuler April 20, 2017

The app is free, but you have to buy their "special" cable for $80 to use it. Doesn't work with standard cable.

logan morris April 7, 2017

Great tool! Works as advertised! Tons of custom options and loads of data! Synced perfectly with track addict track app. Good stuff!

Rafael Sampaio June 7, 2017

The recovery utility saved my OBDLink MX after a update failure

Marshall Agnew May 28, 2017

Best thing I ever bought for my car. No problems with this product.

Neil Curtis April 26, 2017

Great app seems stable and data logging is great. Would be good if I could record filling up as well but as an obd2 app it's excellent.

What's New

- Added performance calculations for 1/4 mile and 0-60 mph track times. These are available on the new performance page that you can access by swiping left on the main page.

- Added an option to the vehicle editor that can be used to calibrate the speed read from the vehicle.

- Made improvements to connection reliability.