Smartphone automotive applications?

I refuse to use the word APP, so there.

What, auto wise, is out there for a Galaxy S4?

G meters?

Junkyard locator?

OBDII reader?

Can you give me applications and what they do? Or what they cost, if at all?

Torque and a Bluetooth adapter work great for me. Love it.

Also, theres various other applications for g-meters and such, but other than digihud for a gps speedo I haven't found a practical use. I do love Google maps though, and history here.

Dynolicious, etc.

Waze for traffic, aCar for recording maintenance, Torque for OBD2 stuff, GasBuddy for finding cheap fuel.

So I take it torque is an OBDII reader?

Appleseed wrote: So I take it torque is an OBDII reader?

Torque is an app that can read information from a Bluetooth obdii reader. It can read codes, clear codes, and display any information that the ecu can access (rpm, water temp, airflow, afr, emissions info, etc.)There is a base version that is free as well as a pro version for a few dollars that adds a few features. Try the free one first but you will probably end up getting the pro version eventually.

You will need to get a Bluetooth obdii reader. The link below is the one I have and it has worked great in several cars. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008U1MOM8/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1410055802&sr=8-2

Other than torque, the only car related apps I use regularly are fuelLog and racechrono.

Torque is good. I also like OBDLink, as it can do stuff like access mode 06

I agree with most of the post here. i run Torque and almost all of the addons for it. great app and with the extra PIDs available there isn't much you can't read on newer cars.

The real question is: Has anyone given enough of a damn to make an OBDI reader?

If you run MegaSquirt, there's TunerStudio available for it that will connect to a Bluetooth serial adapter or the MS3 built-in Bluetooth.

I've not heard of anything that does OBD1, but they have a decent search function in the Google Play store do you might find something.

Interesting. I haven't used any OBDII reader apps yet but I would definitely be curious to try one on my '15 Mazda6. There's been a much of debate on some of the Mazda6 forums as to whether or not running Premium in these cars gets better performance or mpg instead of running 87 octane and I'd love to see some real data to back that up. JDM and euro cars are programmed to run on premium and get a modest power increase because of it while US spec cars are programed for 87 regular.

Appleseed wrote: The real question is: Has anyone given enough of a damn to make an OBDI reader?

they would have to make a whole bunch of them, since everyone used different setups, with different plugs from each manufacturer, which may have changed from year to year... and sometimes they were different within a manufacturer on a given model year- my 84 Regal T Type and every other turbocharged Buick made from 84 to 87 uses the same plug but with the pins in a different location from every other GM for some stupid reason..

I use Torque for OBDII stuff with a cheap ELM dongle. Works great for me.

I own but don't often use TrackMaster because the GPS in the phone isn't good enough and I own an AIM Solo so... never bothered to get an external GPS to use with my phone.

I use RaceMonitor for seeing live timing/scoring lap data on a race weekend. It's especially great for endurance racing but also good to see where you qualified without having to wait for race control to print results. It's also good to follow friends when I'm not able to go to the track that weekend.