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Car Auto Play: Connect & Sync

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5SKay VietNam Technology JSC · Utilities · Free · v2.3.2

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Review-rating drop
0.72

2025-Q1 3.00 → last 90 days 2.28, text reviews

Peak quarter
3.00

2025-Q1, text reviews

Last 90 days
2.28

text reviews

Store rating
4.23

all 12244 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.95

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$125k

#88 top-grossing, Utilities

store 4.23 · reviews 3.00 → 2.28 · gap 1.95 store 4.23 reviews 2.28

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 228 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2025-Q1: 3.00★ from 11 reviews 3.00 2025-Q1 2025-Q2: 2.45★ from 11 reviews 2025-Q3: 2.40★ from 25 reviews 2025-Q4: 2.59★ from 29 reviews 2026-Q1: 2.03★ from 36 reviews 2026-Q2: 2.41★ from 54 reviews 2026-Q3: 2.18★ from 55 reviews 2026-Q4: 2.14★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 2.14 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2025-Q13.00 11
2025-Q22.45 11
2025-Q32.40 25
2025-Q42.59 29
2026-Q12.03 36
2026-Q22.41 54
2026-Q32.18 55
2026-Q42.14 7

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Don’t waste your money

★ · v2.3.1 · Oct 12, 2026

Did not work at all. Support is non existent and Apple will not refund my money.

Lousy App

★ · v2.3.1 · Oct 10, 2026

You can't turn it off!

No funciona en la JAC T9

★ · v2.3.1 · Oct 5, 2026

Mi iPhone 15pro no funciona en la JAC T9

No sirve

★ · v2.3.1 · Oct 4, 2026

No está en mí vehículo

Worthless waisted money

★ · v2.3.1 · Oct 3, 2026

Followed prompts and did not connect to my vehicle. What a farse!

Dissapointed

★ · v2.3 · Sep 30, 2026

It doesnt work with tiguan 2023

No Support

★ · v2.0 · Sep 24, 2026

can’t change settings from metric to miles, pounds, Fahrenheit, etc. support does not respond to requests for help.

Why this app is trash

★ · v2.0 · Sep 20, 2026

Consumers should be able to try something on this trash app for free before they commit to a subscription

To hard to use

★ · v2.0 · Sep 17, 2026

In trying to use this app it’s to hard to use.

Doesn’t seem to work well at all

★ · v2.0 · Sep 13, 2026

Doesn’t seem to work well at all compared to Apple CarPlay. Disappointed

Help

★ · v2.0 · Sep 7, 2026

Is there a help line? Won’t show up on my dashboard 🤷🏻‍♀️

Not up to date

★★ · v2.0 · Sep 6, 2026

Terrible! It may be tic tac but the pic doesn’t show my car it shows wrong color wrong model. I would have thought this would be worth the money. Work on this app. There are other issues with it. I could write a book. (Feels like)

Tom

★★ · v2.0 · Sep 6, 2026

Tomarabo12345

Poor app

★ · v2.0 · Sep 4, 2026

Bought app after seeing info mercial for my F250 and it’s not working like I excpected

Sucks

★ · v2.0 · Sep 4, 2026

Basic

Can’t cancel

★ · v2.0 · Aug 31, 2026

You

R U kidding? $50 k + for a car and THIS is your excuse for software?

★ · v2.0 · Aug 23, 2026

First of all i get dunned to buy the premium version by my car and my phone Then the car can’t see my phone to run the basic one

CarPlay stopped working

★ · v2.0 · Aug 21, 2026

Same

Don’t like it!

★ · v2.0 · Aug 16, 2026

It’s useless. I still learning my new Jeep. For now this app offered me nothing.

This app sucks

★ · v2.0 · Aug 10, 2026

Big ZERO for this no-use, no-communication waste of time and money.

Cancel

★ · v2.0 · Aug 8, 2026

How do I cancel this there is no way and it doesn’t work in my car.

carplay app

★ · v2.0 · Aug 8, 2026

don’t get this App it doesn’t work I am canceling and asking for refund

Awful - Don’t use

★ · v2.0 · Aug 6, 2026

I downloaded this thinking it would help me get connected to my rental car but I ended up needing a cord. So I canceled my free subscription within the first day and it still went ahead and charged me. Clearly this is a bad app and even worse billing practices but also blame Apple as well.

False Advertising

★ · v2.0 · Aug 2, 2026

The app does not appear on your CarPlay screen as advertised. It looks cool on your phone but your dashboard remains the same as before

IN APP PURCHASE REQUIRED

★ · v2.0 · Aug 2, 2026

Can’t utilize features unless you purchase a subscription to the service.

The opportunity

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