Lock and Key app for iPhone and iPad
4.0 (
5200 ratings )
Utilities
Lifestyle
Developer: Vinli, Inc
Free
Current version: 1.1.3, last update: 8 years agoFirst release : 31 Oct 2015
App size: 6.52 Mb
Lock and Key is an official Vinli app to notify you about the location of your car. Car missing? Don’t freak out. It won’t get far with Vinli. Lock & Key will alert you, follow your car in real time, and notify the authorities with one click.
This app requires a Vinli device.
What’s in Lock & Key:
-Lock and Key keeps track of where your vehicle was last parked
-Get alerted by text when your vehicle starts moving
-Follow your car in real time
-Notify authorities or disarm the app with one click
-App supports multiple vehicles with Vinli installed
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Latest reviews of Lock and Key app for iPhone and iPad
Doesn’t use built-in GPS
I own a Vinli and this app should be able to communicate its GPS location directly to Vinli so it can log the last location it was at before power was switched off but it appears to instead rely upon my iPhone’s location services. This means I have to be connected to Vinli OBD2 device via WiFi directly. This is ridiculous. Vinli’s other apps can track the car’s movement without being directly connected so this app should be able to determine the last location. This needs to be fixed. UPDATE (8/21/16): Looks like the app just doesnt work now. It hasnt updated position of my car for months. Ive pulled-reinserted the Vinli unit, Ive restarted the app. Lack of working apps means Vinli is very little value. I know the unit itself is working as I can pull data into other apps like OBD Fusion.
I own a Vinli and this app should be able to communicate its GPS location directly to Vinli so it can log the last location it was at before power was switched off but it appears to instead rely upon my iPhone’s location services. This means I have to be connected to Vinli OBD2 device via WiFi directly. This is ridiculous. Vinli’s other apps can track the car’s movement without being directly connected so this app should be able to determine the last location. This needs to be fixed. UPDATE (8/21/16): Looks like the app just doesnt work now. It hasnt updated position of my car for months. Ive pulled-reinserted the Vinli unit, Ive restarted the app. Lack of working apps means Vinli is very little value. I know the unit itself is working as I can pull data into other apps like OBD Fusion.
Doesnt work!
Automatically quit all the time!
Automatically quit all the time!
Worthless
Apparently my vehicle has been started numerous times while still safely in the garage. This app is great if you like to panic frequently.
Apparently my vehicle has been started numerous times while still safely in the garage. This app is great if you like to panic frequently.
Doesn’t use built-in GPS
I own a Vinli and this app should be able to communicate its GPS location directly to Vinli so it can log the last location it was at before power was switched off but it appears to instead rely upon my iPhone’s location services. This means I have to be connected to Vinli OBD2 device via WiFi directly. This is ridiculous. Vinli’s other apps can track the car’s movement without being directly connected so this app should be able to determine the last location. This needs to be fixed.
I own a Vinli and this app should be able to communicate its GPS location directly to Vinli so it can log the last location it was at before power was switched off but it appears to instead rely upon my iPhone’s location services. This means I have to be connected to Vinli OBD2 device via WiFi directly. This is ridiculous. Vinli’s other apps can track the car’s movement without being directly connected so this app should be able to determine the last location. This needs to be fixed.
Doesnt work...yet
Tried many times, including resync of device. Worked briefly once. The location is stuck in a place visited a few days back. Dont know if it uses the phones GPS or the inbuilt one, but doesnt work either ways. Please address asap. Lastly, I think you need to think about bringing your three apps together, the setup app, the drive app and the lock/key one. Its clunky to need to log into each one and then allow access to each device. The features are limited in each and I dont see any point in opening each app at this point.
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Tried many times, including resync of device. Worked briefly once. The location is stuck in a place visited a few days back. Dont know if it uses the phones GPS or the inbuilt one, but doesnt work either ways. Please address asap. Lastly, I think you need to think about bringing your three apps together, the setup app, the drive app and the lock/key one. Its clunky to need to log into each one and then allow access to each device. The features are limited in each and I dont see any point in opening each app at this point.