Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car)

Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car)$1.82

Rated 3.47/5 (274) —  Free Android application by Ian Hawkins

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About Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car)

Get vehicle OBD engine information as a widget on your home screen!

This is an add-on for Torque Pro, the OBD2 car app for monitoring your vehicle engine management data. You can find Torque on the Android Market

It lets you display the various dials and widgets from the app on your android homescreen! Monitor all the standard OBD2 sensors as you can in the app such as coolant, RPM/Revs, Transmission temperature*, knock retard*, MPG, HP and Torque!

For example, you could have a trip fuel cost widget displayed on your homescreen, showing your total trips fuel cost (perfect for when your kids are using dads taxi!)

There is an on / off toggle widget that you can also add which will pause the homescreen widget updates and to control the startup of Torque itself. Turn the widget off, Torque will shutdown, turn the widget on and Torque will start up automatically.

This widget needs the Torque OBD app, and will automatically start Torque to run in the background as a service (the app has been optimised to be very power efficient). It will then automatically connect to your vehicle when you start a journey and start showing information!

Supports phones, tablets, and tablets running honeycomb

Please note: Using launchers like ADWLauncher/TouchWiz may result in slow updates of the widget, the developers of those launchers will need to fix their code so it can update the widget faster. Works fast with the default launcher that comes with Android


* = capability dependant on vehicle.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car) version 2.0.1 on your Android device!
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Android package: org.prowl.torquewidget, download Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car).apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
This plugin is configured to automatically start Torque by default. There is an on/off OBD toggle widget to stop this behaviour! - simply add the 'OBD Toggle' widget!
* To turn the widget (and Torque) off if you dont want it starting automatically, use the 'OBD Toggle' widget which is also part of this app - simply add the toggle widget (it's just like a wifi toggle widget)
Changes:
* Long overdue update to support new devices
* Added 'tiny' 1x1 widgets (plus a few other sizes)
Version update Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car) was updated to version 2.0.1
Price update  Price changed from $2.39 to $1.82.
Price update  Price changed from $9.99 to $2.39.
Version update Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car) was updated to version 1.98

What are users saying about Widgets for Torque (OBD / Car)

I70%
by I####:

Themes don't work and haven't got a response via email from the developer...

Y70%
by Y####:

It would be better if there were decimal place settings

W70%
by W####:

People posting 1 star either have no idea how Torque Pro operates or have no idea what they are doing. The Torque Pro app and all the add-ons work perfectly when set up correctly. Read the manuals, do your research, have a quality BT adapter and you will have no issues. This coming from a daily user of both the app and the widgets. Samsung Captivate JB 4.1 Keep up the great work IH - much appreciated.

Y70%
by Y####:

I use this app daily, only thing that's missing is the ability to have graph widgets, as I found these to be the most accurate for things such as boost and afr

J70%
by J####:

Great add-on for Torque users when the widgets work. Sadly, they commonly freeze.

O70%
by O####:

Doesn't work for me, Keeps saying Torque Pro isn't installed

Y70%
by Y####:

Prefect! I can add widgets of my favorite gauges right on the home screen of my head unit!

X70%
by X####:

Great addon for Torque, but it looks like the developer abandond this project.

K70%
by K####:

The obd toggle hasn't worked forever now. Are you going to fix this? S5 and s6 active

U70%
by U####:

There needs to be a way to toggle the widgets through tasker or something

Q70%
by Q####:

The digital display widget doesnt work ....it just loads the dial widget instead

M70%
by M####:

I use this app daily, only thing that's missing is the ability to have graph widgets, as I found these to be the most accurate for things such as boost and afr

M70%
by M####:

Widgets shrink and freeze on Note 5.

M70%
by M####:

Thank you so much for tiny widget. Just what I needed.

H70%
by H####:

Nice to be able to customize the widgets

F70%
by F####:

These widgets are great in theory, but he seems to have abandoned it. The last update was for Honeycomb OS and it seems to force close itself 100% of the time. I'd pay 10 bucks for these widgets. If they actually worked. Get your refund until then!

M70%
by M####:

Works well. Sometimes certain widgets get stuck and don't update for a while, but I don't know if this is due to the app or my engine ECU

M70%
by M####:

It works, on my chinese tablet, but the problem is widgets are way too big, I wish I could choose small ones, there are two sizes only and the small size takes half the screen, the big one won't fit, it's a nice app just need to put smaller sizes.

H70%
by H####:

I paid for an app that does not work. Been using torque (paid version) for a while nowĺ and am disappointed with the widget. No matter what I do nothing happens. The main app has its issues but overall works most of the time. Using on galaxy note 2. Please fix. Tks

T70%
by T####:

These widgets are close to perfect. I just don't like the lack of customization for the widgets. Like, the "trip time" is awesome, but it only counts/displays seconds. It should be smart enough to switch to minutes, and hours on a long trip. Like saying 5m 2s, instead of 300s. If more customization was added to allow for this, it would be perfect. (looks awesome on my NU3001 car head unit otherwise)

F70%
by F####:

The digital display widget doesnt work ....it just loads the dial widget instead

C70%
by C####:

Ian, I hope you read these :) Thank you for the update! The widgets are now following the theme for me. Now that it is working perfectly, we need to introduce more features.. :D Need ability to customize the gauges like within Torque, . Can you make a Display Configuration for the widgets? Using Nova Launcher and Torque Widgets, I have been able to really make a really awesome layout. Cheers!!

X70%
by X####:

The digital display widget doesnt work ....it just loads the dial widget instead

C70%
by C####:

Freezes data, doesn't reconnect when torque is exited, etc. Really buggy

Z70%
by Z####:

Using Torque on a 7" tablet I use solely as a car tablet. The Torque app works great! However these widgets work only 35% of the time. They look great on my homescreen when they are working but not worth buying to only have them work occasionally. The switch widget is pointless and has no affect. I leave Torque running pretty much all the time. The widgets just randomly decide to work then decide not to work again for a while.

Z70%
by Z####:

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE!

C70%
by C####:

Not sure if it's Android 4.4.4 or what have a play edition Moto G as soon as Widgets are placed they never update again, show whatever the data was when placed and once phone is restarted they say no data, no matter what happens in Torque app.

Z70%
by Z####:

It would be better if there were decimal place settings

S70%
by S####:

Update # 2 - Widgets have been stuck on default theme despite all my efforts for about the last 4 months or so. No response on the Torque forums from anyone in all this time, I now believe this app has been abandoned by the developer. If all you require is a basic home screen widget with no frills and not many options relative to the full widgets within the app, then this will do the job. Unfortunately, this is not what the screenshots shown suggest.

R70%
by R####:

I haven't even placed any widgets yet but since installing torque keeps activating.

Z70%
by Z####:

And a little slow to respond.

Z70%
by Z####:

This app does not work on the N7. Refund please!

Z70%
by Z####:

Works great

F70%
by F####:

So far it does nothing. All it does is, well, NOTHING!!! Worthless. Truely a waste of time and money. Shocking since the torque app is so good...

O70%
by O####:

Im using go launcher and car dock home v3 and i cant tell a difference in update speed from my widgets and from using the actual app ... great dev great app great widget

Z70%
by Z####:

Working well so far, makes using Torque app much easier.

Z70%
by Z####:

Its a good idea, tryied to use it but the measuring units don't seem to change to the ones configured in torque and you can set max min gauge numbers so its very primitive, I don't mind spending the money as I support the developers cause and appreciate his amazing mother app (torque) but this pluggin is not very good... yet.

V70%
by V####:

However the widgets update very slowly, and so its not really realtime. I'm pretty sure this is an issue with how fast android updates widgets though.

Z70%
by Z####:

Running this on a galaxy tab. Brings the system to a standstill when not in contact with my bluetooth ecu device, and even when active the widgets are very slow and clunky. :( too bad I cant get a refund...

Z70%
by Z####:

How about a toggle to turn torque on and off so it's not always running. EDIT thank you for implementing my suggestion :-D now it is Perfect


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