Find My Car Smarter Pro app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 5504 ratings )

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Developer: FMC

1.99 USD

Current version: 3.1.7, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 13 Dec 2011
App size: 21.75 Mb

Cant remember where you parked your car? Dont worry! Your iPhone will, AUTOMATICALLY!

Whenever you walk away from your car, the iPhone remembers where you parked your car last. Unlike other parking apps, you only need open the app when you are looking for your car.

PLEASE NOTE: Use of the Bluetooth functionality requires an iPhone 7,6S,6,5SE,5S,5 or 4S and the Find My Car Bluetooth Smart beacon.

The Pro version supports compatible 3rd party Bluetooth Smart proximity beacons. The Pro version additionally adds logging functionality to keep track of where you have parked.

Please visit our website for more information:
http://www.findmycarsmarter.com

How does Find My Car Smarter Work?

Find My Car Smarter uses a new technology called Bluetooth Smart.
When you start your car, the Find My Car Smarter App wirelessly connects to the Find My Car Smarter Device. After you have parked your car your engine and the Find My Car Smarter Device, powered by your cigarette lighter, turn off. The App realizes that your car is parked and then activates the GPS on your iPhone momentarily to save your cars location. If you lose your car, simply launch the app and it will help you navigate your way back by showing you your current location and the location of where you last parked your car.

Using Find My Car Smarter
The app will indicate where you have parked your car, how far away you are from your car, and how long you have parked at that location.

With Dropbox syncing a communal cars location can be shared between a group.

You can also setup automatic parking meter and sweeping notifications.

How do I set up Find My Car Smarter?
ONE TIME SETUP:
1. Download the "Find My Car Smarter" App. Dont forget to allow the app to "use your current location".
2. Plug your Find My Car Bluetooth Smarter Device or compatible Bluetooth Smart Device into your car and then pair it to your iPhone. You only need to do this step one time and it takes about 1 minute.

How do I use Find My Car Smarter?
1. Rest easy knowing that you have the Find My Car Smarter App on your phone.
2. Forget where you parked your car.
3. Click on the "Find My Car" App on your iPhone and allow the map to guide you back to your car.
4. Find your car.

Wont the app running the background kill my battery life?
No, when you are stationary within a 1 km (0.62 miles) area, such as at home or at work, the app is asleep and the only resource that is used is iOS periodically waking up and scanning for Bluetooth devices. This situation is similar to when your phone is paired to a Bluetooth headset.
However, the app will wake up momentarily every time your iPhone travels a few miles. This is to ensure that the app will get relaunched and is running in the background in case the phone closes the Find My Car Smarter App.

Some power consumption occurs after you park your car and the GPS is enabled to save the location of your car. Under good conditions, Find My Car Smarter can complete this process in about 5 seconds and then go back to sleep. The power usage is equivalent to opening the Maps App and finding your current location.

Generally, running this app in the background will not significantly decrease your battery life. However, drivers who drive long distances and park their cars frequently (e.g. pizza delivery person) may experience a noticeable decrease in their battery life.

Pros and cons of Find My Car Smarter Pro app for iPhone and iPad

Find My Car Smarter Pro app good for

Works very well so far! No problems at all, thanks FMC for the great idea!

I use this App all the time so I dont have to remember where I parked. I have also used it as Find My Boat when anchored.

So far so good. Totally automatic. Never think of it anymore, except when I wonder, whered I park? It always knows.

Some bad moments

Apple maps can use car Bluetooth, no this app. Looks fantastic on paper, but am disappointed

The App works as advertised. People have posted about a battery drain which is is it be expected for automation. You can, however, do it manually which is not a battery drain. I would recommend this to anyone who needs to locate their vehicle easily. The App has a nice interface to work with and the hardware is small and easy to use. Even the setup is seamless.

This seemed like such a great product. I bought 4 but wish I had bought none. The location service never turns off and drains your battery in the process. I have to turn of background running on the app which means its pretty much useless.

This review will be short out of necessity...ever since installing the app and tiny Bluetooth Module, my battery lasts four-five hours from a full charge. The developer blamed Apple in an official email. Shouldnt that have been beta tested and resolved before their product/app launch? Unless they fix their app, finding my car will be the least of my worries.

Very handy and fun. Works seamlessly. Note that I havent seen any significant battery drain. The developers have been very receptive to all issues. If you have an empty power port, go for it! If not, check out Monoprice and get a dual adapter! Really, the price is right and Ive really enjoyed it.

Before the update: My phone has been unplugged for 2.5 hours and now Im at 82%. After the update: its been about 2 hours and the phone is at 100% still. I turned off cell tower monitoring. I checked and the app is working correctly. I love it!

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