Comparison

Mouser vs METS Home Value

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

Head to head
About

Mouser

Easily find and browse the latest semiconductors and electronic components for your designs. Search by category, date, or manufacturer, and view real-time stock availability. Build shopping baskets, manage projects, and access your account for order history and status.

Highlights
  • Browse new products by date, category, manufacturer
  • Search and filter electronic components
  • View real-time stock availability and pricing
  • Build shopping baskets and manage projects
  • Access My Mouser account for order history
  • Barcode scanner for quick product lookup
  • Bookmark products for quick access
Features
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The Mouser app allows you to easily access the newest semiconductors and electronic components for your designs. Easily browse the newest products by date, category or manufacturer. Find products and view stock availability through a user-friendly search or built-in barcode scanner with the ability to build a shopping basket or project to checkout online. Use the app to access your My Mouser account to view order history, order details, and order status information. You can also bookmark products or add them to projects for quick access or to review offline. Always stay connected to Mouser and the newest products for your latest designs. 
 Features: - Access your My Mouser account to view order history, details, and status - Find and view new products by category, date and manufacturer - Search for products by filtering and sorting results - Build a shopping basket by adding products from across the application - The product search tool allows you to refine your search and apply attributes to find components easily - Keep track of your projects by building groups of parts into separate lists - Scan Mouser's barcode to quickly find your product - Bookmark products for quick access - Store products and parts to view later in projects and bookmarks - View full product specification and up-to-date pricing - Find real-time stock availability - Conversion Calculators

About

METS Home Value

This app provides information on home improvement, hardware, and building materials. It covers categories like lumber and paints, assisting users with their renovation and construction projects.

Highlights
  • Home improvement guidance
  • Hardware information
  • Building materials catalog
  • Lumber details
  • Paint selection
Features
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Home improvement, Hardware, building materials. Lumber, Paints

Screenshots

Mouser4 screens
METS Home Value4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: METS Home Value at 5.0 against Mouser's 2.4. METS Home Value also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Mouser's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (34 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

METS Home Value holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mouser has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mouser versus METS Home Value: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouserMETS Home Value
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMouser ElectronicsMelissa Thompson

Customer experience

Mouser

All ratings34 ratings
Positive32.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative61.8%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive17.9%
Neutral13.4%
Negative68.7%

METS Home Value

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mouser

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Projects that exist on the website are not displayed in the app.
  • Username is fine, but email doesn’t work for login
  • The barcode scanned does not work. Anything you scan brings up a totally wrong product.
  • Can’t be synced to user account
  • Can’t login to mouser account
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  • Sur les outils, les conversion sont impossibles avec les décimales car sur le pavé numérique est afficher une virgule(,) alors que le l’application ne fonctionne qu’avec le point.
  • This app immediately logs you out when you go to “my orders”, basically rendering the core functionality completely useless
  • Crashes when searching
  • Carts do not sync with website
  • The issues stated in the old reviews appear to have been fixed.
  • The app cannot find Mouser part numbers that are immediately found using a desktop computer.
  • App crashes every time I try to view component data sheets or documentation.
  • Newest Products links in the iOS app do not work. They just bring you to the main menu.
  • Can't access my cart in latest update.
  • When you have so many products - it takes considerable effort to pare down to what you need. Then start adding to the cart. One mistaken press and you are doing it all over. It’s maddening.
  • The app kind of opens the website within itself but also has a few of its own buttons so you’re never quite sure were you’re meant to click.
  • If you want to buy a part you have to go to the Mouser web site.
  • The app isn't iOS 7 optimized and really is only their website in a browser, aside from the scanner.
  • Part number search takes you to a page in the catalog, instead of to the product description or part spec sheet.

Requested features

23 requests
  • Add support for saved baskets
  • Add wire gauge calculator converter
  • Ability to sign in to current account
  • Add login/account feature for order history and saved projects
  • Add sign in to accounts
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  • Add update order status function
  • Add filters and sorting
  • Add categories, make UI near and clean
  • Allow login and manage projects
  • Add online buying and cart sharing
  • Add parametric search
  • Add pricing on results page
  • Add sorting via price
  • Add ability to log in to view projects
  • Add filtering
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add advanced analytics dashboard
  • Add account integration
  • Add ability to buy through the app with Mouser account
  • Add ability to change language
  • Add mobile-friendly UI
  • Add ability to pick parts on mobile
  • Add ability to zoom and pick parts

METS Home Value

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mouser

No in-app purchases

None

METS Home Value

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mouser free?
Mouser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is METS Home Value free?
METS Home Value is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mouser or METS Home Value?
METS Home Value is rated higher. Mouser averages 2.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while METS Home Value averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mouser or METS Home Value have ads?
METS Home Value shows ads; Mouser does not.

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