# Crankcase — Track your bikes & cars

> Track your bikes & cars (iPhone/iPad app by Preston Andrew Siegel.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crankcase/id6815053914 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Preston Andrew Siegel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1791328975)
- Category: Utilities, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 39 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-07
- Data updated: 2026-11-09

## What is Crankcase?

Crankcase is a personal collection tracker for motorcycles, cars, trucks, SUVs, bicycles, and boats. Adding a vehicle takes a photo and a VIN scan; the rest fills itself in.

A GARAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE
Your vehicles stand on the floor as photo cutouts. Drag them between bays, switch between garages, barns, and storage units, and see what each one is worth at a glance.

SCAN A VIN THREE WAYS
Point the camera at the plate for live recognition, read it from a photo, or scan the barcode on the door jamb. Manual entry with check-digit validation is always there. The VIN is decoded with free public NHTSA data: year, make, model, engine, body, and recalls that may apply.

TRACK WHAT YOU OWN
• Modifications and parts with cost, vendor, and part numbers, including planned upgrades
• Service history with what's due next by date or mileage
• Documents: title, registration, insurance, warranty, with expiry reminders
• Odometer log, value history, and total cost of ownership
• A glovebox card with plate, VIN, insurance, and registration, offline

SHARE A GARAGE
Share a garage with family or a co-owner through iCloud. You choose what they see (VIN and plate, money, documents, custom fields) and what they can do: add vehicles, edit details, log service, change photos, or mark one sold. Stop sharing any time.

INVENTORY AND INSIGHTS
A sortable table with search, filters, CSV export, and full backups. Insights show value over time, by kind, by location, and what you made or lost when you sold.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your collection lives on your device and in your private iCloud, and Crankcase itself doesn't run any AI. Apart from VIN and recall lookups sent to NHTSA, and diagnostics you can turn off in Settings → Privacy (crash reports with a screenshot and short replay, and any feedback you send), it reaches someone else only when you share a garage with them, or when you connect an AI assistant and allow it, below.

BRING YOUR OWN AI (OPTIONAL)
Connect Claude, Grok, or any MCP client. Nothing is shared until you allow it on a permission screen that lists what the assistant can read: your vehicles and their details, including VINs, serial numbers, license plates and your notes; purchase prices, values and their history; service records, mileage and modifications; recalls, photo thumbnails, garage names and custom fields; your gear and tools, with their notes and costs; and garages other people share with you, limited to what they chose to share. Glovebox documents are never sent to an assistant. The same screen says who receives it: the AI company behind the assistant you connect, and Cloudflare, a U.S. company, which runs the connector that passes data between your iCloud and the assistant and keeps no copy of your collection. Once you allow it, ask the assistant to research a fair value, log an oil change, add a mod, file mileage, or sort your garages; it writes the change back to your iCloud, which pushes it to your devices within seconds. Every change shows up under a bell in the app with undo, or waits for your approval if you turn on review. Turn off AI assistant access any time in Settings → AI Assistant, and every assistant is signed out within a minute.

SIRI, WIDGETS, SPOTLIGHT
Ask "What's my collection worth in Crankcase?" or "Where's my Street Glide in Crankcase?" Widgets show your total, a featured vehicle, and a Glovebox with plate, insurance, and registration on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Every vehicle is searchable in Spotlight.

SIX THEMES
Garage, Chrome, Racing Green, Midnight, Paper, and System, with a matching app icon for each of the first five. Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Reduce Motion, and Increase Contrast are supported throughout.

Crankcase is built by one person and has no ads or subscriptions. A tip jar keeps the lights on.

Vehicle data from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (vPIC and Recalls). Recalls are matched by make, model, and year and are informational.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dinner | $9.99 | one-time |
| Snack | $2.99 | one-time |
| Coffee | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lunch | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Crankcase safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Crankcase.

## Is Crankcase legit?

Crankcase appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Crankcase is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-07

No release notes.

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All apps by Preston Andrew Siegel: https://appshunter.io/developer/1791328975

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