Coming soon to the App Store
Is this car listing dodgy?
Screenshot any used-car listing — Marketplace, Gumtree, carsales — and RegoSnap reads it, checks it, and tells you what to ask the seller before you hand over money.
What it checks
- Scam warning signs in the seller's own words: deposit to hold, seller overseas, shipping agents, payment by gift card.
- Your PPSR certificate, read for you: money owing, recorded stolen, written off — in plain English.
- Does the certificate match the ad? VIN, make, model, year, colour and plate are compared.
- Numbers that don't add up, like 2,020,500 km on an eight-year-old car.
- Safety rating from Australia's Used Car Safety Ratings, based on real crash data.
- Questions to ask the seller, written for the exact car you're looking at.
How it works
- Screenshot the listing — the photo, the details and the seller's description. Up to four screenshots of the one car.
- RegoSnap reads them and shows you what it found, so you can fix anything it misread.
- It walks you through the official $2 PPSR search, then reads the certificate you get back.
- You get one verdict — red, amber or green — with every point showing where it came from.
What it costs
| First car | Free |
|---|---|
| One car | A$4.99 |
| 30-day pass | A$9.99, as many cars as you like for 30 days. It doesn't renew. |
The $2 PPSR search itself is paid to the government on the PPSR website, not to us.
Why it exists
About half the used cars sold in Australia each year are private sales, where none of the dealer protections apply. The PPSR search that shows finance, theft and write-offs costs $2 and takes a minute — but it comes back as a wall of legal wording, and it only helps if you know to run it in the first place. RegoSnap does the reading for you and says what it means.
Honest limits
- It's a pre-screen, not a mechanical inspection. Still see the car and get a mechanic to look at it.
- It reads the certificate you give it. We're not part of the PPSR and can't run searches for you.
- Safety ratings cover cars up to about 2019; newer and rarer models often aren't rated.
- There's no public recall feed, so the app links you to the government's recall search instead.