Drive Smarter

The essential in-car companion for select Cobra and Escort Dash Cams

Drive Smarter - Dash Cam Companion App

"Drive Smarter" is an Android app that enhances your driving experience by connecting select Cobra and Escort Dash Cams to your smartphone. It offers streamlined onboarding, cloud storage for instant video uploads, and easy access to recordings for sharing and insurance claims. The app includes emergency services, remote snapshot functions, and ensures your devices' firmware is up-to-date. Compatible with Cobra SC-series Dash Cameras, it serves as your vital in-car companion. Visit drivesmarter.com for more details.
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App stats

Users: 121,795
1.40K
Rating: 4.31
(5,039)
103 new ratings
Version: 4.1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-11-28)
Creation date: 2020-08-11
Permissions
Contacts: read your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • mock location sources for testing
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • access Bluetooth settings
  • change network connectivity
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • full network access
  • change your audio settings
  • run at startup
  • reorder running apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

# 178,171 ▲ 797
Other rankings
#46 in Maps and navigation (Gross) ▲ 3 #109 in Maps and navigation (Free) ▲ 7

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App summary

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NOW AVAILABLE ON ANDROID AUTO!

Drive Smarter enhances your driving experience when you are using select* connected Cobra and Escort devices.

Drive Smarter lets you use your smartphone as a companion to your DashCam.

A streamlined onboarding process lets you quickly connect your Dash Cam and configure it as part of your dashboard. You can "add" a virtual vehicle to your account, then add compatible* Cobra and Escort branded devices to your vehicle.

Users with mobile WiFi hotspots** can optionally connect their cameras directly to the Drive Smarter cloud, to avail of instant upload of videos and to share time-sensitive data and event information.

View recordings stored on your Dash Camera SD card; recordings are conveniently sorted by timeline which highlights events of importance; such as possible collisions or impact. Select files to download to your phone; trim video clips and share with your contacts using your favorite communications app.

Take advantage of streamlined reports generated for insurance claims processing.

Get help using the in-built Mayday services that are automatically triggered in severe collisions - send details regarding your current situation to a designed in-case-of-emergency contact.

Keep your devices' firmware up-to-date so you are enjoying all the latest features that your devices' have to offer.

Emergency videos stored in the Drive Smarter cloud.

Convenient Snapshot button lets you remotely take photos via connected cameras, with a tap on your smartphone screen.

currently the Drive Smarter app and service is compatible with the Cobra SC- series Dash Cameras. Check out drivesmarter.com for up-to-date information.

 should have upload / download speeds equal to or exceeding 4G / Cat 4 speeds

 See drivesmarter.com for latest storage / deletion policies for free user accounts on the Drive Smarter cloud.

User reviews

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Pros
  • Offers ability to navigate within the app.
  • Can change some settings on compatible devices.
  • Alerts can be read over car speakers via Android Auto.
Cons
  • App frequently gets stuck on 'syncing emergency data'.
  • Poor connectivity with radar detectors, often shows as 'out of range'.
  • Inaccurate location tracking and speed limit detection.
  • Long loading times, taking several minutes to access features.
  • Requires excessive permissions that users find intrusive.
Most mentioned
  • Connectivity issues with radar detectors.
  • Problems with syncing emergency data.
  • Slow loading times preventing app use.
  • Inaccurate GPS/location tracking.
  • Lack of important features compared to previous apps.
User reviews
Bugs, So, Sooo Many Bugs! There is not even room to cover everything here, but top contenders include GPS issues, UI issues, stability problems, and lockups. Application sometimes hangs for 4-7 minutes at launch ‘syncing emergency data’ when you open it. Sent bug report to Support. GPS is super buggy often showing me going 43 mph when stopped, and 6 mph when driving on a highway at 70 mph. UI has numerous flaws, including default zoom being way too far in. The old App was 1000x better.
by Rob Huebschmann, 2024-12-12
I bought Cobra RAD 700i. My excitement wasn't lasting too long : first, the app is stuck at "Syncing Emergency Data".. eventually got past that. Next, it wasn't connecting to my radar.. Now at this point I opened a service ticket and got a link suggesting to turn on developer mode and adjust some animation scale settings. Cool. That allowed the app to detect the radar, but it does so only one time out of many attempts. Then if it shows the radar in the list - it always fails to connect to it.
by Max G, 2024-12-09
It's good for changing some settings, not all, on my SC 400D or my RAD 700i. That's about it as far as usable features go. The iRadar app is more useful overall but also flawed. iRadar never seems to know the correct speed limit. However, the map itself seems to work.... Edit: Seems this app is going to be perma beta. It's never going to be of professional quality at this rate. The app takes minutes to load, if at all, on my Note 20 Ultra, S22 Ultra, S23 Ultra, and my month old S24 Ultra. Junk
by Rich Morris, 2024-12-04
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