I've been using DashCommand with AppRadio for about 3 years without problem. Even after the iOS 8 update. :up:
What do you find is "garbage" about it? :scratchhead:
If you used torque then it’s pretty apparent. I’ve used both since I have both an android and iphone. Torque has better plugins and it is more flexible on how it data logs. One example of the plugin is something called Track Recorder. It records a video of your driving and will overlay the gauges on top of the video for future playback. That allows you to see and hear what’s going on while having reference to a video of your driving. Also it has other plugins like detonation detection and a few other nifty ones. It’s all part of the program that you can download.
Adding PID in Torque is better as well since the data range is preset and it allows you to choose from something like over 8 different types of gauges/graphs to output that data. DC only really has a handful and they are basically a rehash of the same type of gauge. Torque also allows you to connect over Bluetooth which has much faster data transfer rates compared to using DC on an iphone. In fact, there is so much latency between the wifi/iphone/DC combo that it renders it completely useless if you want real time data. I haven’t tried the $100 wifi dongles yet but using Torque on Android only requires a $10 dongle that you can get anywhere online. Torque also allows you to tailor the sample rate. I can set it to pull data every 0.1 second to 2 seconds. I have mine set to sample every 0.3 seconds. DC is set to 1 second and I don’t see any provision to change it.
DC has more graphical fluff so it looks “cool” but Torque is much more utilitarian and practical for more serious data logging. Torque also does not require you to pay extra to log PID from newer cars like say…a BRZ. They charge $10 per. Torque also allows me to view data that DC does not such as the name of the tune that I have currently flashed. Also I has a much better output display of the OBD readiness monitors.
The list goes on and on and I can probably list another 5-10 things but I’m about to head out on a department lunch.