Comparison

Hello Gimbal vs GearGraph

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hello Gimbal

Explore the Gimbal platform's proximity awareness and location-based messaging capabilities. This application, when used with a Gimbal beacon and geofences, demonstrates how location data can trigger specific messages and experiences.

Highlights
  • Proximity awareness system
  • Location-based messages
  • Geofence integration
  • Beacon compatibility
  • Platform demonstration
Features
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Experience the Gimbal platform with Hello Gimbal. Our app combined with a Gimbal beacon and geofences showcase the capabilities of our proximity awareness system and location based messages.

About

GearGraph

Features
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GearGraph keeps the record your car deserves: every service, every fill-up, what it cost, and who did the work. Over a few years that record answers the question every owner eventually asks — is this thing still worth keeping? And when the day comes to sell, it prints a service history for a potential buyer. WHAT YOU CAN LOG • Service entries with parts, labor, tax and the shop that did the work • A single visit that covered several jobs, each with its own category and price • Fuel fill-ups, full or partial, with the price you paid • Photos and scanned receipts, attached to the entry they belong to • Reminders for the next oil change, inspection or rotation WHAT IT TELLS YOU • What the vehicle has cost you to run, per year and per mile • Where the money actually went, by category • Real fuel economy — measured between full tanks, with any interval containing a missed fill-up thrown out rather than quietly averaged in • Which reminders are genuinely due, including mileage-based ones WHEN YOU SELL Export a formatted PDF service history — searchable, selectable text, not a screenshot — or a CSV that opens cleanly in any spreadsheet. Perfect for handing off service records to a buyer. BUILT FOR ONE CAR OR SEVERAL Each vehicle gets its own color, taken from its photo, so a red convertible and a white truck never feel like the same screen. PRIVACY, PLAINLY There is no GearGraph account, because there is no GearGraph server. Your records live in your own private iCloud account and sync between your devices without ever passing through us. The app makes exactly one network request in its entire lifetime: if you choose to look up a VIN, it sends those 17 characters to the free US government vehicle database and nothing else. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. PRICING Free for your first 10 logged events. After that, a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited logging forever — it is a tool you buy, not a service you rent. Everything you have already logged stays readable, editable and exportable whether or not you ever pay.

Screenshots

Hello Gimbal3 screens
GearGraph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hello Gimbal at none against GearGraph's 1. Hello Gimbal also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). GearGraph's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GearGraph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hello Gimbal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hello Gimbal ships an update every 3 months, GearGraph every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hello Gimbal versus GearGraph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello GimbalGearGraph
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGimbal, IncGR Digital Media LLC

In-app purchases

None

Hello Gimbal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GearGraph

One-time1
  • GearGraph Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Hello Gimbal free?
Hello Gimbal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GearGraph free?
GearGraph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hello Gimbal or GearGraph have ads?
Neither Hello Gimbal nor GearGraph shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello Gimbal or GearGraph?
Hello Gimbal ships an update every 3 months, and GearGraph every 4 days. Most recently, Hello Gimbal was updated on October 2, 2026 and GearGraph on October 9, 2026.

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