PartsBase vs BDSI Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PartsBase
This app connects buyers and sellers in the aviation, aerospace, and defense industries. It allows users to search for parts, send and receive RFQs and quotes, and manage inventory. It serves a global network of over 7,500 companies.
- Search stock items by part number
- Cross-reference with MCRL, PMA, NATO
- Send RFQs to sellers
- Send and receive quotes
- Add and update inventory
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PartsBase, Inc. operates the world's largest B2B online parts locator service for the aviation, aerospace and defense industries. As of today, our members do over 40,000 part searches a day and PartsBase.com receives over 2.8 million page views a month. Our membership is over 7,500 companies strong and usage spans over 194 different countries and growing. PartsBase is bringing to iOS now a set of features that will help you to connect with buyers and sellers from the aviation, aerospace and defense industries: • Search stock items by part number and description • Search using MCRL, PMA and NATO cross-reference • Send RFQs to sellers for the parts that you need • Send quotes to interested buyers • Receive quotes from sellers • Add and update stock items in your inventory
BDSI Connect
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Manage Hardware and Chemical bins and Kits at Customer Locations
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Verdict
PartsBase and BDSI Connect are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PartsBase | BDSI Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Partsbase | The Boeing Company |
In-app purchases
PartsBase
No in-app purchases
BDSI Connect
No in-app purchases
