DrivePulse: Car Companion

About

Turn your iPhone into the ultimate on-board computer for your car and motorcycle. DrivePulse logs your drives on its own, keeps an eye on your car's condition and, with an OBD2 adapter, reads what the ECU has to say. It all stays on the phone: no account, no server. Automatic trip logging No Start button. The app notices you're driving and saves the route on the map, duration, distance, estimated cost and the odometer reading at departure and arrival. The history keeps your spending and consumption month by month, and you can tag the places you visit often. Where you parked?? The car's position is saved when you get out, and the app walks you back to it. Two home screen widgets One shows the parking spot with the map tile and the street name. The other shows range, fuel level and health status without opening the app. Vehicle health One score instead of twenty numbers to interpret. Battery with history, so you know whether it will get through winter before you get stranded. Engine temperatures, thermal system, and on a diesel the particulate filter, with a warning while a regeneration is running and the full cycle history. OBD2 diagnostics Fault codes explained in plain words, not just the code. Every parameter your ECU exposes, with graphs over time. On VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault, Alfa and Ford it also reads values the standard does not cover: true oil temperature, grams in the particulate filter, exact litres in the tank. The app only reads. It never writes anything to the ECU: no clearing codes, no service resets, no diagnostic sessions. Fuel and running costs Real consumption read from the ECU, and range worked out from the actual litres. The app spots when you fill up and lets you log it with one tap. Every trip gets an efficiency score and the money saved, with levels, weekly missions and trophies. Efficiency only: speed is never rewarded. On an EV, consumption comes in kWh. Reminders and maintenance Reminders for insurance, road tax, inspection and service. A service logbook with the mileage and cost of each job, and the running total. Live dashboard Revs, power and torque in real time. CarPlay Start and end trips and check range and health from the car's screen. Live values appear only while the vehicle is stationary. More than one vehicle Car, motorbike and scooter: one profile each, with trips, consumption and diagnostics kept separate. With an adapter in each vehicle the app works out on its own which one you got into. Privacy No account, no servers, no ads, no tracking. Your location never leaves the phone. Automatic iCloud backup, which is still your own storage, and export to JSON or GPX whenever you want. Price Free for about fifteen trips or a week, whichever comes first. After that a single purchase unlocks everything for good. No subscriptions. Adapters You need a standard OBD2 Bluetooth Low Energy or WiFi adapter. Proprietary dongles like OBDeleven, Carly or Volkswagen's DataPlug only talk to their own manufacturer's app and will not work with third party apps, this one included.