PartsBase vs PartsAndPlanes.com
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
PartsAndPlanes.com
A global marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of aviation parts, components, and aircraft. It streamlines the supply chain by facilitating transactions for critical aviation components.
- Global marketplace
- Buy and sell aviation parts
- Connect buyers and sellers
- Streamline supply chain
- Aircraft components
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PartsAndPlanes.com is a premium global marketplace for buyers and sellers to purchase and sell aviation parts, components and aircraft. We bridge the gap between buyers and sellers and make it easier to provide a critical and necessary component of the supply chain.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PartsAndPlanes.com at 5.0 against PartsBase's 4.4. PartsAndPlanes.com also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). PartsBase's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PartsAndPlanes.com holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PartsBase has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PartsBase ships an update every 2 months, PartsAndPlanes.com weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PartsBase | PartsAndPlanes.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PartsBase, Inc | PARTS AND PLANES.COM, INC |
Customer experience
PartsBase
PartsAndPlanes.com
In-app purchases
PartsBase
No in-app purchases
PartsAndPlanes.com
No in-app purchases
