DashCAN Apex OBD
Plug it in. One box. Does it all.
The Apex OBD plugs into your car's OBD port. No wiring, no tools, no knowledge needed. Then it times your laps and runs, estimates your HP, logs the engine, runs your live dash and puts the data on your video, all through one free app.
Expected to ship: December 2026. Free shipping, 14-day right of return, 2-year warranty.
Plugs into the OBD port
Laps, sectors and your optimal lap, live on your phone. No transponder.
- Quarter mile at Drag Elite Europe: 6.787 s on the Apex, 6.788 s on the official timing. How we checked
- DashCAN is already in 300+ cars.
- Plugs into the OBD port. Most cars from around 2008. Check your car
What it is
One small box. It plugs into your OBD port. Nothing to wire. Inside are a 25 Hz GPS receiver, a 6-axis motion sensor and a full CAN interface, so position, G-forces and engine data land in one recording, already lined up.
- OBD portPlug it in
In the car
Plug it in
Plug it into the car's OBD port. Give the GPS a clear view of the sky. No wiring, no tools, no knowledge needed.
Bluetooth 5 LEOn the phone
Open the app
Open the free app, pair over Bluetooth and pick OBD. DashCAN finds the right variant of OBD2 by itself, no setup.
Sign in to sync
After the run
Read the result
Your laps, runs, G-forces and engine log are on the phone, with the estimated HP of a run. Sign in and it all goes to DashCAN Cloud, free, on any device.
Most cars from around 2008 work. Older cars on K-line or J1850 do not. On a factory ECU it reads standard live data, not fault codes, with fewer updates a second.
If you would rather wire it in, the DashCAN Apex has four wires, same price. It suits race cars and permanent installs. See the wired Apex
The whole idea
Six jobs. One box.
Six gadgets, six cables and a wiring diagram. Or one box in the OBD port.
Plugs into the OBD port
- Lap timer
- Live dash
- Drag meter
- HP estimate
- ECU logger
- Video overlay
All six. One plug. No wiring.
What it does
Six jobs. Up close.
The same free app runs all six, on iOS and Android. Plug in, pair over Bluetooth, pick OBD. No transponder needed.
Lap timing
Circuits, hillclimbs and sprints, timed from 25 Hz GPS, no transponder. Sectors, gap to best and your optimal lap live on the phone. Tracks in 52 countries.
Live ECU dash
Your phone becomes the dash: RPM, temperatures, pressures and lambda. With a standalone ECU it shows up to 20 values at 50 updates a second, in 9 gauge designs. On a stock car it shows standard OBD2 live data.
Drag and 0-100
0-100, 100-200, the quarter mile and your own runs. Every time is worked out again from the raw GPS and IMU after the run.
Estimated power in HP
Do a run and the app shows your estimated power in HP, worked out with our own equation, and where the car sits between known cars.
Estimated power
ExampleWorked out with our own equation
Video with your data
Film in the app or import a GoPro or DJI clip, then export it with the lap timer, speed, G-forces and ECU channels on the footage.
Logs without the phone
The Apex records GPS, IMU and a standalone ECU's CAN broadcast to its own memory, over 2 hours of it. Download it over Bluetooth later and the app rebuilds every lap and run. On a stock car, the OBD2 data is logged while the phone is connected.
All of it runs in the free DashCAN app for iOS and Android. Get the app
Who it's for
Built for people who are done guessing.
Pick your corner. The box is the same, and so is the plug.
Customers ask if it worked. Hand them a sheet.
Plug the Apex OBD into the customer's car, run it on a strip or closed road, read the estimated HP. No dyno. The sheet and the log come from that run.
- The car's estimated power in HP and where it sits between cars everybody knows.
- A printable sheet for the customer, with the run's time, split table and speed chart.
- The log of that same run, exported as XLSX and shared with the tuner.
For tuning shops
Prove the tune. Skip the dyno.
"It feels faster" is a feeling. Plug into the OBD port, do one run on a strip or a closed road, read the car's estimated power in HP and where it sits between cars everybody knows. The log of that same run comes with it.
Where your car sits
The app places your run among known cars. The two cars here show the makers' rated power.
- McLaren 720SMaker's rated power710 HP
- Your runExample reading
- BMW M3 CompetitionMaker's rated power503 HP
Estimated with our own equation. We call it an estimate because it is one.
1
Do one run
Plug the Apex OBD into the car, open the app, pick OBD. Then do your run on a strip, a track or a closed road.
2
Read the number
The app shows the car's estimated power in HP and where the run sits between cars everybody knows. Run before the tune and after.
3
Hand over the sheet
A sheet for the customer: the power and torque curves, the peaks, the car's weight and the road's grade on one page.
4
Send the log
The engine channels of that same run sit in the app's log, standard OBD2 live data on a factory ECU. Export it as XLSX and share it with the tuner.
A dyno measures an engine in a room. A run measures the whole car on the tarmac, with its tyres, its weight and its gearbox. Different place, so a different question.
Runs belong on a strip, a track or a closed road. The Apex reads and records. It does not remap an ECU or read fault codes.
DashCAN Cloud
See where you brake, slide and lose time.
This is DashCAN Cloud on a real run: Norbert Nagy of the NNR team at the Buzet hillclimb, 2:41.280, against his own 2:43.468 from earlier that day. GPS, G-forces and engine data all come from one Apex wired to his MaxxECU.
Braking points
Where each brake zone starts, how hard you braked and how long it lasted, corner by corner, and whether you braked earlier or later than on the other run.
Slides
Where the rear stepped out and by how many degrees, from the gyro against the GPS path.
Throttle, RPM, gear
Every ECU channel on the same distance axis as the speed trace, so you see what your foot was doing at every metre.
Run against run
Time gained and lost in every corner, drawn on the map in green and red, with the onboard video playing in step.
Open it, press play, click a corner. No account, nothing to install. Open the demo session
Accuracy
DashCAN Apex
Official timing
Claims are cheap. We went to a drag strip.
Drag Elite Europe, Arad, 3 October 2026: Csolti Ádám's dragster on the quarter mile. On that run the two clocks were one thousandth of a second apart.
The strip timed the run with its light beams. The Apex in the car worked it out from its own 25 Hz GPS and IMU, with no link to the timing system.
| Split | Official | Apex | Off by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 ft | 1.013 s | 1.013 s | 0.000 s |
| 1/8 mile | 4.375 s | 4.373 s | 0.002 s |
| 1/4 mile | 6.788 s | 6.787 s | 0.001 s |
Apex vs Dragy
Same stopwatch. Then we read the engine.
A Dragy is a good 25 Hz performance meter. On the measuring, the two are close, and we will not pretend otherwise. The difference starts at your engine, which the Apex reads through the same OBD plug.
DashCAN Apex OBD
€199.00
dragy Pro
€169.00 on sale
What you can do
Acceleration runs
Verdict: Draw
Lap timing
Verdict: Draw
Live dash on the phone
Verdict: Depends on you
Video with data
Verdict: Draw
Analysis in the browser
Verdict: Apex
Public leaderboard
Verdict: Dragy
Works with other apps
Verdict: Dragy
The car
Engine data
Verdict: Apex
1 Mbit/s ECUs (Haltech, Emtron, Syvecs, VEMS, MoTeC)
Verdict: Apex
OBD2 refresh rate on a stock car
Verdict: We can't call it
The hardware
GPS update rate
Verdict: Draw
Satellite systems
Verdict: We can't call it
Motion sensor
Verdict: Draw
Timing accuracy, as each maker shows it
Verdict: We can't call it
Living with it
Power
Verdict: Depends on you
Recording to the device's own memory
Verdict: Dragy
Mount
Verdict: Draw
Price for EU buyers, 13 November 2026
Verdict: Dragy
Warranty
Verdict: Apex
Where the Apex goes further
Your ECU on the same timeline
RPM, boost, lambda, gear and throttle line up with every split of the run. With a Dragy, engine data takes the separate dragy OBD II adapter.
ECUs that talk at 1 Mbit/s
Haltech, Emtron, Syvecs, VEMS and MoTeC broadcast at 1 Mbit/s. The Apex reads them directly, with the same box that times the run.
Gauges and switches
With a standalone ECU: up to 20 live gauges at 50 updates a second, and CAN switches that control the car from the screen.
Analysis in the browser
Sign in and your sessions go to DashCAN Cloud, free: the track map, every ECU channel, the G-G diagram and corner analysis.
When a Dragy is the simpler choice
- You move one box between several cars. Dragy says its battery lasts over 20 hours, and it holds on with magnets.
- You want your times on the Dragy leaderboard, or you already use an app the Dragy works with.
- You only ever need the times, never the engine data.
- You record very long days to the device itself: the dragy Pro stores up to 12 hours at 25 Hz.
- You want the lowest price. In the table above, the Dragy costs less.
Keep the 25 Hz, add the engine.
Dragy figures were read on 13 November 2026 from godragy.com (its dragy DRG70, dragy Pro and dragy OBD II pages and its model comparison image), from shop.godragy.com and from the app store listings. Dragy prices are what its EU shop showed that day, in a sale, with the regular price beside them. Dragy does not say whether they include VAT, and one EU country showed other prices. "Not listed" means those pages do not mention it. Dragy's own figures are its claims, and we did not test them. Dragy is a trademark of its owner, and DashCAN is not affiliated with Dragy.
Your car
Most cars from around 2008 plug straight in.
OBD2 over CAN is what most cars sold in the EU and US speak from around 2008. The app finds the right variant by itself, no setup.
A stock car
Plug it into the OBD port and pick OBD in the app. Standard live data shows up as gauges. No setup, and no knowledge needed.
A standalone ECU
13 ECUs work out of the box. Turn on the CAN broadcast once in your tuning software and pick the ECU in the app.
Another ECU
Any other ECU that broadcasts on CAN can be mapped by hand in the app.
- Ignitron ECU
- ECU Master EMU
- ECU Master EMU PRO
- Emtron1 Mbit/s, needs the Apex
- Haltech1 Mbit/s, needs the Apex
- Hondata
- MaxxECU
- MegaSquirt
- MoTeC1 Mbit/s, needs the Apex
- rusEFI
- Speeduino
- Syvecs1 Mbit/s, needs the Apex
- VEMS1 Mbit/s, needs the Apex
These broadcast at 1 Mbit/s, which only the Apex can read. The OBD and Wire In interfaces run at 500 kbit/s.
Honest limits
Cars older than about 2008 that use K-line or J1850 are not supported. No fault codes and no manufacturer-specific channels. A factory ECU updates fewer times a second than a standalone broadcast.
Setup guides for every ECU Not sure about your setup? Ask before ordering
Choose
Pick yours. Plug in, or wire in.
Same app, same live data. Start with the OBD plug. Wire it in only if you want to.
Your match
DashCAN Apex OBD
€199.00
Expected to ship: December 2026
- Timed runs, lap times and G-forces come from the GPS and motion sensor, which only the Apex has. Its runs show the estimated HP.
- Plugs into the car's OBD port instead of the wired connection. Nothing to wire.
- A stock car runs in OBD2 mode, as long as it speaks OBD2 over CAN (ISO 15765-4, most cars from around 2008). Expect fewer updates a second than from a standalone ECU broadcast.
Apex OBD or Apex
€199.00
OBD Interface
€79.90
Wire In Interface
€79.90
How it connects
Live gauges on your phone
Up to 20 values at 50 updates a second
CAN logging and CAN switches
Stock cars over OBD2
Free app and DashCAN Cloud
Lap timing from 25 Hz GPS
No transponder
G-forces from a 6-axis IMU
0-100, 100-200 and quarter mile runs
Records without the phone
Over 2 hours on the device
GPS to CAN
25 Hz ground speed for your ECU
Fastest CAN bus it reads
Haltech, Emtron, Syvecs, VEMS and MoTeC broadcast at 1 Mbit/s
Preorder the Apex OBD. One box, one plug.
€199.00Preorder. Expected to ship: December 2026
The DashCAN Apex with an OBD plug: plugs into the car's OBD port instead of the wired connection.
- GPS
- 25 Hz
- IMU
- 6-axis
- CAN access
- Read + write
- Wireless
- Bluetooth 5 LE
- Size
- 61 × 58 × 16.5 mm
- Weight
- 50 g
Prefer to wire it in? Same price, same box, four wires.
- Free shipping from €199.00
- Ships from the EU
- 14-day right of return
- 2-year warranty
Not a dash cam. Straight answers before you preorder.
Which ECUs and cars does DashCAN work with? Will it work on my stock car?
DashCAN reads the CAN broadcast of a standalone ECU. The app decodes the Ignitron ECU, MaxxECU, Haltech, ECU Master EMU and EMU PRO, Speeduino, rusEFI, Emtron, Syvecs, Hondata, VEMS, MoTeC (Data Set 3) and MegaSquirt streams out of the box: enable the broadcast once in your tuning software, pick the ECU in the app, and the gauges show up. There is a setup guide for each in First Steps.
Haltech, Emtron, Syvecs, VEMS and MoTeC broadcast at 1 Mbit/s, which only the DashCAN Apex can read; the OBD and Wire In interfaces run at 500 kbit/s. Any other ECU that broadcasts on CAN can be mapped by hand in the app. A stock car with a factory ECU works in OBD2 mode instead, as long as it speaks OBD2 over CAN. If you're unsure about your setup, contact us before ordering.
How does lap timing work on DashCAN Apex (do I need a transponder), and how do I get a good GPS signal?
No transponder is needed. DashCAN Apex uses a 25 Hz multi-constellation GNSS receiver with automatic start/finish detection to time laps and sectors, plus a 6-axis IMU for G-forces, yaw/pitch/roll and acceleration runs (0-100, 100-200 km/h, quarter mile and custom).
For a reliable fix and accurate motion data, mount it as high as possible near the windshield with a clear view of the sky; avoid metal surfaces, the glove box and heated or metal-coated windshields; mount it rigidly and ideally level; and on first use outdoors allow up to a minute to acquire a fix before driving. See the Device Placement step in First Steps.
Where do I download the app, is it free, and which devices are supported?
The DashCAN app ("DashCAN: Lap Timer & ECU Dash") is free on the Apple App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android phones and tablets. It connects over Bluetooth 5 LE, so your device needs Bluetooth Low Energy support.
Where do you ship, how long does delivery take, and is shipping free?
We ship internationally (to most destinations supported by our payment provider). Shipping is calculated at checkout by destination, and orders over €199 (about 70,000 Ft) qualify for free shipping.
Typical delivery is roughly 3-5 business days within Hungary and 5-10 business days internationally. For deliveries outside the EU, import duties and VAT may be charged by your local customs or courier on arrival. These aren't included in the price and are the recipient's responsibility.
What is your returns and warranty policy?
You can return an unused product in its original packaging within 14 days of delivery (your EU right of withdrawal); refunds are processed within 14 business days of us receiving the return. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility unless the product is defective.
Every product carries the two-year statutory warranty under EU and Hungarian consumer law, and on top of that DashCAN provides a voluntary 12-month manufacturer warranty against manufacturing defects (excluding damage from improper installation, misuse, water or unauthorised modification). See our Terms for full details, or contact us to start a return.
Say "it feels faster" if you like, or plug the box in and see what it really did.
One box in the OBD port. No wiring, no tools, no knowledge needed.
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