It does a couple of special things - one you already figured out is it works on pre-OBD-II cars.
It also measures fuel use directly, via injector pulses, rather than
estimating fuel use from other sensor data, which is how the SG works. This is important for being able to test certain intake mods.
Plus the open source possibilities of the Guino are just too cool.
Don't get me wrong - I love the SG.