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Installed in Auckland and Sydney

Your apps, on your car's own screen.

Navigation, YouTube, games and the apps your business runs on, installed on your car's head unit. Not mirrored from your phone: they run on the car itself. LocalStore installs without taking the dash apart, and you can remove it whenever you like.

Register your interest See the apps

Pricing coming soon. Email us at preview@appsformycar.test or use the contact page and an installer will get back to you.

What you get

LocalStore goes on your car's screen. Your account goes on your phone or computer. Pick one to read about it.

Apps from Google Play

YouTube, Spotify, VLC, a web browser and more, installed through Aurora Store and running on the car itself. Not mirrored from your phone.

Home
A home screen for your car: your saved places one tap from Navigate, what's playing, today's trips and how the car is doing.
Apps
Big app cards with one Install button, each showing whether it's been tested. Everything you've installed in one list, removed with a tap.
Saved car settings
Your drive mode, regen, comfort and driver-assistance choices, put back each time the car is put into Drive.
Your account
Your plan, when your car last checked in, and a code to add the car to your account.

A dashcam built in

The dashcam records the outside cameras to a USB stick while you drive. For cars with the 360° cameras.

Lock, unlock and find it

From your phone or computer, while the car is online. Unlocking always asks for your password or an emailed code.

Car status and alerts

Battery, range, charging, doors and windows at a glance, and an alert if it's left unlocked or open.

An IRD logbook that keeps itself

Trips recorded as you drive, marked business or private, and downloaded as a CSV or PDF for IRD.

  • Start, finish, distance and route for every trip
  • Business or private, with a note on the purpose
  • Export to CSV or PDF for your accountant
  • Kilometres for your EV's road user charges

This is the short version. See every feature on one page.

Apps you can run

You get apps from the stores you already use, or from a USB stick. LocalStore makes your car able to install and run them. We only mark an app as working once it has run on our own cars.

Top rated

  • Demo Maps Turn-by-turn directions with live traffic. ★★★★★
  • Demo Video Watch while you wait at the charger. ★★★★★
  • Demo Offline Maps Maps that work without mobile data. ★★★★☆
  • Demo Radio Live radio and podcasts. ★★★★☆
  • Demo Browser The web on the big screen. ★★★★☆

Navigation

Run the navigation app you prefer on the big screen, not mirrored from your phone.

Video and music

Watch while you charge or wait, and keep the music going on the move.

  • Demo Video Watch while you wait at the charger. Tested and working
  • Demo Radio Live radio and podcasts. Tested and working
  • Demo Music Your playlists on the car speakers. Testing next

Browsing

A full web browser on the car's screen.

  • Demo Browser The web on the big screen. Tested and working

Games

Android games on the car's screen, for passengers and charging stops.

  • Demo Puzzle A quick game for the passenger. Tested and working
  • Demo Racer Needs more graphics power than the car has. Doesn't work yet

Work

The apps your business runs on, on the dash.

Apps that rely on Google services run with a compatible replacement, and a few Google apps may not run at all. We'll publish what we find as we test.

Don't see the app you want? Ask for it. Requests decide what we test next.

How it works

  1. Book an install

    Tell us what you drive and where. We'll confirm it's supported and agree a time.

  2. We install it

    We install LocalStore in the Auckland region and in Sydney. Nothing gets taken apart.

  3. Pricing coming soon

    We'll tell you what it costs before we install anything. Ask us for a call back.

  4. Pick your apps

    Tap Install on the apps you want, on the car's screen. Updates arrive over the air.

Which cars it works with

We only list a car as supported once LocalStore has run on it.

  • Geely EX2SupportedNZ-new, Flyme Auto 2 (tested on software 3147)
  • Geely EX5SupportedFlyme Auto (tested on software 262473)
  • Geely StarrayBeing testedStarray EM-i (plug-in hybrid): early testing in progress.
  • BYDBeing testedBYD cars: testing in progress.
  • Geely RiddaraComing soonRiddara RD6 electric ute: coming soon.
  • Your car?RegisterTell us what you drive. Registrations decide what we support next.

For business fleets

Put the apps your drivers already use on the dash, and see every vehicle from one account.

  • Being tested Your work apps on the dash. ERP, dispatch, job-sheet and proof-of-delivery apps run on the head unit, so drivers don't need a phone mount or a second tablet.
  • Works now Trip logbook for every vehicle. Business and private trips recorded automatically, exported for IRD and ready for your accounting or ERP system.
  • Works now One account for the fleet. Every car's status and software version in one place, with access for your managers.
  • Works now Location and alerts. Where each vehicle is, and an alert when one leaves an area you set.

A logbook that keeps itself

Works now

If you claim vehicle costs for your business, IRD accepts a logbook kept for 90 days in a row to set your business-use percentage for the next three years. LocalStore records each trip as you drive. You mark it business or private, then export it.

Example export
DateFrom, tokmPurpose
14 Oct 08:12Ponsonby to Penrose14.2Business, site visit
14 Oct 17:40Penrose to Ponsonby15.1Private
15 Oct 09:05Ponsonby to Albany22.8Business, supplier
15 Oct 12:30Albany to Takapuna6.4Private
Business share63%37.0 of 58.5 km

Looking after your car

LocalStore runs on the car's own screen. It doesn't touch the driving systems.

Checked installs.
Each app is checked against its published fingerprint before it installs, so a damaged or swapped file never reaches your car.
Updates that check themselves.
LocalStore updates over the air. Every update is signed by us, and your car refuses any update that isn't.
Remove anything, any time.
Every app LocalStore installs can be removed from the same screen, and so can LocalStore itself.
Service tools.
Your software version, diagnostic logs and the head unit's hidden service menus, one tap away.

LocalStore, installed

Coming soon

pricing to be announced

Pricing coming soon

We haven't set our prices yet. They'll be published on this page as soon as they are.

Want to talk it through now? Email us at preview@appsformycar.test or use the contact page, and an installer will get back to you.

What an install includes

  • We install LocalStore on your car's head unit. Nothing gets taken apart.
  • The unlock that lets your car install and run apps.
  • The LocalStore app store on your screen, with updates over the air.

Apps come from their own stores, and paid apps are bought from their developers. Terms

Where we install

  • Auckland regionInstalling now
  • Sydney, AustraliaInstalling now
  • WellingtonPlanned
  • ChristchurchPlanned

Further down the road

Not built yet. Each one moves to the features page once it works on our own car, and we don't put dates on them until then.

  • Live camera view

    Live video from the car's cameras on your phone. Recording, and pictures sent to your account, already work.

  • Unlock signed by your phone

    Unlock commands that only your own phone can create, so our servers can pass them on but never make one.

Questions

How is this different from Android Auto or CarPlay?

Android Auto and CarPlay show a limited set of phone apps on the car's screen, and only while your phone is connected. LocalStore installs apps on the head unit itself, so they run without a phone and you aren't limited to apps built for car mode.

Where do the apps come from?

From the app stores you already use, or from a USB stick. LocalStore makes the head unit able to install and run them. We don't sell apps, and paid apps are still bought from their developers.

Can I watch Netflix, Disney+ or Apple TV?

Not on the car's own screen. Those services need a copy-protection part that the head unit doesn't have, so their video won't start, in the apps or in a web browser. YouTube, and VLC for your own video files, work without it.

Why does the store say an app isn't compatible with my car?

Google Play apps come through Aurora Store, and Google Play only hands apps to devices it believes are phones. If Aurora describes the car as a car, you'll see "not compatible" or "App not supported". LocalStore has a one-tap fix on the Aurora Store card. How to sort it out.

Will it affect my warranty?

LocalStore changes software on the head unit, not the systems that drive the car. If your warranty matters to you, check with your dealer before installing. LocalStore and everything it installs can be removed.

Where do you install?

In the Auckland region and in Sydney. Wellington and Christchurch are planned. Register with your region and we'll tell you when we reach you.

What does LocalStore send to you?

By default: your car's VIN, the LocalStore and head-unit versions, when it last checked in and from which network address, the car's status (battery, range, odometer, locks, doors, temperatures) and an hourly diagnostic log. Only if you switch them on: location and trips, and camera snapshots. Every switch is on the car, in LocalStore's Service page. Privacy

How much will it cost?

Pricing coming soon. We haven't set our prices yet, and we'll publish them here as soon as we have. In the meantime, email us at preview@appsformycar.test or use the contact page, and an installer will get back to you.

Is this made by Geely?

No. AppsForMyCar is an independent New Zealand business, not affiliated with or endorsed by Geely.

Register your interest

We'll be in touch to book your install, or to tell you when we support your car or reach your area. That's the only thing we'll use your details for.

What would you use? (optional)

We keep your details only to contact you about LocalStore. You can ask to see, correct or delete them at preview@appsformycar.test. Privacy