McMaster vs Austin Hose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
McMaster
Access a vast catalog of industrial and maintenance supplies from your mobile device. Browse and order over 800,000 products for your plant and facility needs.
- Extensive product catalog
- Order from mobile
- Plant and facility supplies
- Over 800,000 products
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McMaster-Carr is the complete source for everything in your plant. Order over 700,000 products from the palm of your hand. Terms and Conditions: https://www.mcmaster.com/#terms
Austin Hose
Manage your hose-powered equipment and supplies with this app. Order parts online, pay invoices, check stock, view order history, and track shipments conveniently.
- Online ordering
- Invoice payment
- Pricing and stock checks
- Order history
- Shipment tracking
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Save the trip and keep your hose powered equipment up and running. In addition to online ordering, you can easily pay invoices, check pricing and stock, view order history, and track shipments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: McMaster at 220 against Austin Hose's 5. McMaster also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Austin Hose's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for McMaster against 4.4 for Austin Hose. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McMaster has 220 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
McMaster ships an update every 5 weeks, Austin Hose every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McMaster | Austin Hose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (220 ratings) | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 220 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McMaster-Carr Supply Company | AUSTIN A-7 LTD |
Customer experience
McMaster
Austin Hose
Bugs and requests
McMaster
Reported bugs
25 issues- Payment method stays loading indefinitely
- Only header loads
- App is broken
- Navigation tools are in awkward locations and don't work half the time
- Screen shifts slightly
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- Occasionally freezes and doesn't respond to touch
- App is a little buggy
- Latest update won't load
- No estimate of shipping costs before completion of purchase
- App hijacks clicked URLs
- App will not open
- Shows 'No internet connection' when using the app
- Checkout screen has bugs
- Asks to enter ship to address even if shown
- Cannot enter credit card information
- Placing an order is a real pain
- Kept asking for the same things to be entered over and over
- Cart is terrible, no clear way to view items
- Shipping methods don't have predetermined options
- Forward parts request doesn't work
- Cannot save a copy on phone
- App doesn't show saved orders from website
- Missing order history and tracking
- Cannot print item page
- App doesn't show saved orders
Requested features
11 requests- Re-optimize app for phone use
- Add Apple Pay as a payment option
- Add a toolbar or ribbon for easier navigation
- Make navigation buttons at the top left like other apps
- Add a "is this page helpful?" link
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- Add links for CAD files like on the website
- Add general search functionality
- Add ability to print
- Add order history and tracking
- Add PDF drawing download
- Add access to saved orders
Austin Hose
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
McMaster
No in-app purchases
Austin Hose
No in-app purchases
Questions
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