McMaster vs Dillon Supply Company
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
Dillon Supply Company
This app provides industrial, construction, safety, and storage supplies. It offers services like inventory management and cost-saving programs to help businesses operate more efficiently. The focus is on building relationships and delivering relevant solutions.
- Industrial supply distribution
- Construction supplies
- Safety equipment
- Storage and handling solutions
- Inventory management services
- Cost savings programs
- Safety compliance programs
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Dillon Supply is a leading Distributor of Industrial, Construction, Safety, Storage & Handling supplies and a Metals Service Center. Our expertise is not limited to products: we offer a wide range of services from Inventory Management Solutions, Cost Savings Programs, and Safety Compliance Programs. Everything we do is built on the belief that our relationship with you should be more than products and transactions. That, above all, your experience with Dillon Supply should help you operate better today than yesterday. That’s why our mission is to come alongside you, understand your business, and deliver relevant products and solutions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dillon Supply Company at 5.0 against McMaster's 4.3. Dillon Supply Company also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%). McMaster's advantage is ratings volume (220 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
Dillon Supply Company holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McMaster has 220 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of McMaster's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dillon Supply Company's.
McMaster ships an update every 5 weeks, Dillon Supply Company every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McMaster | Dillon Supply Company |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (220 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 220 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McMaster-Carr Supply Company | Dillon Supply Company |
Customer experience
McMaster
Dillon Supply Company
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
Dillon Supply Company
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
McMaster
No in-app purchases
Dillon Supply Company
No in-app purchases
Questions
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