Car Play Connect Reviews

I downloaded CarPlayConnect to have a car play experience in my older car. Supposedly in renders the CarPlay interface on your iPhone screen so you dont need another clunky after market screen. First the only useful apps supported are maps and music player, not by any stretch a full CarPlay solution. Then even though I paid a small annual subscription fee Google Maps would not work. Tech support went round and round covering the same errant rabbit holes with spurious instructions on how to solve problem. I suspect tech support is a very dumb AI chat bot because it would politely acknowledge my responses and then ask for the same information and provide the same useless advice on every round. In short even if this worked as advertised it’s barely a step up from just using the phone. And it doesn’t work. Don’t waste your time or money

CarPlayConnect does not work at all. I downloaded CarPlayConnect paid their annual subscription fee (because you can’t use CarPlayConnect without it).

I haven’t been able to use CarPlayConnect even a single time. Every time I try to start CarPlayConnect it crashes immediately. It won’t even load. Just continues to ask for money.

I’ve tried talking to their support and it’s useless AI responses. It pretends to be a human but then will just continue to ask you the same question in every response. It’s absolutely useless. After repeating myself 4 times and providing a video I’ve given up.

CarPlayConnect is garbage. Google Maps apperently only works for 3 routes and then you’re forced to use Apple Maps. The widgets don’t work. I am prompted to buy a subscription every time I open CarPlayConnect , even though I stupidly bought it thinking that their key features were missing because of that. CarPlayConnect is complete garbage and unusable. Their customer service is either Ai or run by the most clueless people. I must’ve been told to update my app and check for buttons that “might” be there 3-4 times.

CarPlayConnect seems okay, but I signed up for Pro and it would not remove the ads. I tried to work with their support team and it’s clear to me it’s either AI or they’re not reading my email or viewing the screen recordings I sent them.

They sent resolution steps reference settings that don’t exist in their settings menu. I don’t recommend CarPlayConnect until they fix this issue.

Not horrible but not great either. I was basically tricked into buying a weekly subscription that I was going to use while I had access to this other car. Everything would be unlocked if I bought the premium membership. I bought the weekly membership and absolutely nothing works like it should and yes it is a car that’s on the list. I immediately cancelled now I am sure that I will have to make a federal case out of it to get my $7 back.

Once I set this up I only get Apple Maps and music to show on the dashboard not the other blocks shown in CarPlayConnect Store. The limitations should be made clear. I got asked to pay the yearly amount when I tried to use it which I did. I wasn’t shown the trial version until I went back to CarPlayConnect Store to write this review. Very disappointing!

It would bee great if CarPlayConnect had more option. It’s as basic as can be. It definitely needs the option to add more apps. Especially one that are already on your phone. Maybe a mirror option would be better.

It’s an alright app. The directions don’t give a play by play or have an option to view your favorited contacts in the calling window, just the full list of contacts.

I haven’t used CarPlayConnect yet. I just downloaded it but when I get to it, I will review it and give it five stars if appropriate it is free and I am thankful for that. Looking forward to using it and will revise the star rating once used.

I have been looking for something like this for my motorcycle for a while. However, my 13 mini can’t see the entire interface. I can’t set the navigation destination.

Would be better if Pandora was in the music pic and Waze instead of Apple maps which is just just simple everybody knows waze is better for driving. Googles all right for searching. map screen too small.

Great app. Very simple. Wish it would automatically open up instead of having to press start driving. I have an automation set to open up CarPlayConnect when I turn on driving mode connected to my Bluetooth. Also sometimes the side bar on left gets stuck begging the notch on my iPhone 11. Also gets hidden in the phone menu too. In some of the menu’s going back the dash isn’t possible I have to got the x to restart entering the dash. Would it be possible to save the selected music app preference? Other than that CarPlayConnect is great. Keep up the good work so far!!!

Works great with Google map, CarPlayConnect defaults to San Francisco exploration mode instead of current location. Tried changing in Apple map, but wasn’t able to change it.

Love that CarPlayConnect is free! Integrated Apple Maps navigation and Apple Music sets CarPlayConnect above others. App is very stable and responsive. Easy interface and clean design overall. Very pleased!

I like CarPlayConnect but it would really be nice if you could use Waze for navigation and have IHeart radio and Pandora for music apps.

I try to move or tap the screen and it freezes

I think this is a great app! Well laid out, intuitive and easy to use.

Would love to see a couple of other features such as full screen and the ability to arrange the icons.

Well done app, but it does lack Text Messaging, which is what I was looking for. Tesla messaging is driving me mad…

Customer service was quick to get back with me and gave me a lot of ways to try and fix my issues

Enjoy
Music at the push of a button. Watch videos while waiting for your kids or spouse.