OBD Dash: Car Scanner & Gauges

DnG Software

In-app purchases

About this app

Turn your phone, tablet or car radio into a live dashboard and code reader. OBD Dash shows what your engine is doing in real time, explains fault codes in plain language and tracks every trip.

No adapter yet? Demo mode lets you try every screen first.

WORKS WITH YOUR ADAPTER
• ELM327 adapters over Bluetooth Classic, Bluetooth LE or Wi-Fi, with pairing inside the app
• USB cable adapters through USB OTG (FTDI, CH340, CP210x, PL2303)
• OBDLink and other STN adapters, including Ford MS-CAN and GM SW-CAN
• Raw CAN adapters such as WiCAN, CANable and Macchina (SLCAN or RealDash)

LIVE DASHBOARD
• Swipeable pages of gauges you arrange by dragging, with full and half height tiles
• Over 100 values: RPM, speed, boost, temperatures, fuel trims, battery and more
• Calculated values: fuel rate, instant and average economy, range and power
• Ready-made Diesel page: DPF load, regeneration, DPF pressure, exhaust temperatures and AdBlue
• Automatic day and night theme, and phone, tablet and car radio layouts
• Home screen widget with connection status and key values

FAULT CODES AND CHECKS
• Read and clear stored, pending and permanent codes
• Over 9,000 generic and 5,600 maker-specific code descriptions, offline
• Advice for every code: how urgent it is and the likely causes
• "Would it pass an inspection?" using USA, California, warning-light-only or strict rules
• Readiness monitors, freeze frame and ECU details
• VIN decoder: maker, country, year and check digit offline, plus model and engine from the free NHTSA database

TRIPS AND FUEL ECONOMY
• Drive, trip and tank totals for distance, fuel, economy, time and cost
• Fuel use calibrated from your real fill-ups
• Drive history and an economy chart
• L/100km, km/L or mpg, metric, UK or US units

CAR RADIOS
• Opens when the car starts, waits before connecting if you choose, and stays out of the way of the reverse camera

ALSO INCLUDED
• Live data list with min and max, and a terminal
• Full backup and restore, to move everything to a new device
• 45 languages

PREMIUM: ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
One purchase unlocks everything below on every device on your Google account. Try it in Demo mode first.

• Unlimited dashboard pages and extra gauges: thermometer, classic C/H, warning light, tilt, G-ball, histogram, eco score, clock and buttons
• Module scan: read and clear codes in ABS, airbag, transmission, body and other modules on CAN vehicles
• Health check report with a 0-100 score as a PDF, great for checking a used car
• Battery and charging test, including the cranking dip
• Learns what's normal for your car and warns when a reading drifts
• Code history and on-board test results (mode 06 and mode 05)
• Custom PIDs with formulas, and about 220 ready-made PID sets covering over 190 makes and models, including EVs and hybrids
• CAN monitor for raw CAN adapters
• Live graphs and CSV logging, log charts and log replay on the map
• GPS route coloured by speed, KML and GPX export, speedo check and driving events
• Performance timing: 0-100 km/h, 0-60 mph, rolling times, 1/4 mile and braking
• Dyno power and torque curves, and a GPS lap timer
• Alerts with sound, voice and vibration
• Floating gauges over other apps, HUD mirror mode and a shift light
• Live values in any browser on your Wi-Fi or hotspot
• Maintenance reminders and a drive logbook with business trips
• Hands-free start when your phone joins the car's Bluetooth
• Adapter check (clone test and speed test) and multiple car profiles

WHAT YOU NEED
• An OBD2 adapter (ELM327, OBDLink/STN, USB cable or raw CAN)
• A vehicle with an OBD2 port: most petrol cars from 1996 (USA), 2001 (Europe) and 2006 (Australia), and most diesels a few years later
• Android 8.0 or newer

Available values and codes depend on your vehicle. The inspection check is a guide only.

Please set up your dashboard before you drive and don't use your phone while driving. Performance and lap timing are for closed roads and tracks only.

What’s new

Initial