Is FIXD Premium Worth It? Price, What the Free App Does Without It, the Trial and How to Cancel (2026)

What FIXD Premium is (and what it isn't)

FIXD is two things sold together: a small Bluetooth sensor that plugs into your car's OBD2 port, and a phone app from FIXD Automotive Inc. that turns the car's trouble codes into plain English. The sensor is a one-time purchase. FIXD Premium is a separate, optional subscription inside the app.

The FIXD offer page we link to is clear on this point. Its FAQ answers "Is there a subscription?" with no: the sensor and app are free to use on your family's vehicles, and Premium is an optional upgrade you can try free. That matters, because the most common FIXD complaint isn't about the sensor at all. It's about people who started a Premium trial during checkout or in the app, forgot about it, and were billed when it renewed.

So the question isn't "do I need Premium for FIXD to work?" You don't. It's "are the extra features worth a yearly bill to me?"

What the free FIXD app does without Premium

According to the FIXD offer page, these features are free with the sensor: decoding check-engine lights, showing how severe each issue is, a maintenance tracker, and monitoring more than one vehicle from one phone. FIXD's own homepage says the same: quick diagnostics, issue severity and maintenance alerts are "included for FREE inside the FIXD app."

FIXD's help center adds that if you cancel Premium, "You will retain access to all of your free FIXD benefits for as long as you own your sensor." In practice, that free tier covers the main reason most people buy FIXD: the light comes on, you open the app, and you find out whether it's a loose gas cap or something that needs a shop soon.

Compatibility doesn't change with Premium either. The offer page lists gas cars and trucks from 1996 or newer and diesels from 2008 or newer, with iPhone and Android support, and says enhanced codes (ABS, airbag, BCM, TPMS and transmission) are supported on many makes and models.

What FIXD Premium adds

FIXD describes Premium slightly differently on each of its pages, but the same features come up everywhere. The offer page lists repair cost estimates, on-call FIXD mechanics through a Mechanic Hotline, and DIY assistance. FIXD's homepage lists talk to a mechanic, know your repair cost, predict future car problems, know vehicle history, and pass emissions the first time. The App Store listing names Issue Forecast (to predict potential problems), Emissions Pre-Check (to help you pass your next emissions test), mechanic hotline access, and Vehicle History (incident and sale history of a vehicle). The help center adds AI assistance alongside the mechanic hotline.

Two details are worth knowing before you count on the hotline. FIXD's homepage gives two different schedules for it in different sections: one says six days a week, the other says Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm Eastern. And the help center says one Premium membership covers up to 10 cars, provided each car has its own sensor.

How much FIXD Premium costs

The price depends on where you sign up, which is part of why people get confused:

In the App Store, the FIXD OBD2 Scanner app lists Yearly FIXD Premium at $99.99, Monthly at $12.99 and Weekly at $7.99. Paid monthly for a year, that's $155.88; paid weekly, it's $415.48. If you want Premium at all, the yearly plan is by far the cheapest route in the app.

FIXD's help center describes Premium as $99.99 billed annually, which it frames as $8.25 a month. FIXD's homepage advertised a free one-week trial at $5.85 a month billed annually, which works out to about $70 a year, while another section of the same page mentions a two-week trial. The offer page we link to says you can try Premium free for 14 days. Treat whichever price and trial length you see at signup as the real one, and check it on the confirmation screen.

For context, the sensor itself was $19.99 on the FIXD offer page when we checked (with 1-, 2- and 3-pack options) and $59.99 on FIXD's homepage. The sensor comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 1-year limited warranty, and the offer page says shipping in the US is free, with most orders arriving in 3 to 5 days.

The free trial and auto-renewal: read this before you tap Start

Every version of the Premium trial ends the same way: it rolls into a paid subscription unless you cancel. The App Store listing says your account is charged after the free trial, and the subscription renews at the original price unless it's canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. FIXD's help center says the same thing in friendlier words: "Your membership auto-renews, ensuring you never lose access."

That isn't unusual for app subscriptions, but it's where FIXD's reviews turn negative. Our is FIXD legit guide covers the pattern of renewal complaints in more detail. The simple way to avoid it: if you only want the free features, skip the trial. If you do want to try Premium, set a calendar reminder two days before the trial ends, decide then, and cancel if you're not using it.

How to cancel FIXD Premium on the web, iPhone and Android

How you cancel depends on where you subscribed. FIXD's help center article on cancelling gives these routes:

If you subscribed through FIXD directly (on its website or checkout), use the cancellation link in FIXD's help center article "How do I cancel the FIXD Premium Subscription?". FIXD says you keep the free features afterward.

If you subscribed through the Apple App Store, that link won't work. Open Settings, tap your Apple ID, tap Subscriptions, choose FIXD, tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. FIXD notes that refunds aren't automatic for Apple subscriptions and points you to Apple's refund request page.

If you subscribed through Google Play, open the Play Store app, go to your subscriptions, choose FIXD, tap Cancel and confirm. For a refund on an Apple or Google subscription, FIXD says to contact Apple Support or Google Play Support. For anything else, FIXD lists help@fixdapp.com and support@fixdapp.com.

If you're not sure which channel you used, check your Apple and Google subscription lists first, then your email for a FIXD receipt. Cancelling in one place doesn't cancel a subscription that was started in another.

Is FIXD Premium worth it? Who should pay and who shouldn't

Premium is worth a look if you own several older cars, buy used cars often (vehicle history and issue forecasts are aimed at you), live somewhere with emissions testing, or want a mechanic's second opinion on repair quotes. FIXD's help center argues that one avoided diagnostic fee can cover the yearly price, and for a household with a few aging cars, that's plausible.

Premium probably isn't worth it if you have one or two newer cars, mainly want to know why the check-engine light is on, and are happy to look up repair costs yourself or ask a local shop. The free app already covers the job most buyers bought FIXD to do.

If you want deeper diagnostics without a subscription, our FIXD vs BlueDriver comparison explains where a more advanced scanner wins. And if your light just came on, our guide to why your check engine light is on covers the common causes.

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