eCrimp vs SMP Parts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eCrimp
Access the latest crimp specifications for hydraulic and industrial hose products. Quickly find the necessary details to create factory-quality hose assemblies for your customers.
- Up-to-date crimp specifications
- Hydraulic hose data
- Industrial hose data
- Factory-quality assembly guidance
- Quick spec lookup
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Gates eCrimp is an innovative app that enables users and distributors of Gates hydraulic and industrial hose products to find the most up-to-date crimp specifications quickly and easily. With just a few taps, you'll have all the specs necessary to provide your customers with factory-quality hose assemblies.
SMP Parts
Easily find automotive parts with advanced scanning and lookup tools. Quickly identify equivalent parts from competitors, search by license plate, and access detailed product information. Save your search history and favorite vehicles for efficient part identification.
- Competitor UPC Scan
- License Plate Lookup
- Cross Reference Search
- Search History & Saved Vehicles
- SMP UPC Scan
- VIN Scanner
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Introducing the SMP® Parts App 3.0. The award-winning SMP Parts App has been revamped and updated with exciting new tools to make part lookups even easier. Here’s what you can do with the new SMP Parts App 3.0: • Competitor UPC Scan: Scan a competitor's UPC code to learn SMP's equivalent parts listing • License Plate Lookup: Enter a license plate number to see all available SMP parts for that particular vehicle • Cross Reference Search: Just like on our eCatalogs, you can now use xRef searches to find the parts you need • Robust Search History/Saved Vehicles: We've added several time-saving features, including a robust search history and saved vehicles, which you can add either manually or during a Year/Make/Model search • Enhanced User Interface: Our redesigned interface with an intuitive layout and large icons makes it even easier to access SMP parts • SMP UPC Scan: Scan the UPC code on any SMP box and instantly receive all of the applicable part information, including installation instructions, features and benefits, and install videos In addition to the features above and our option to submit a New Product Idea, the SMP Parts App 3.0 still offers the essential built-in tools that made Version 2.0 an award-winning app. With Version 3.0, you’ll still have functions such as Part Number Lookup, Year/Make/Model Lookup, and VIN scanners. We designed and tested the SMP Parts App to give you the easiest and most powerful tool for finding SMP parts. The SMP Parts App features the following brands: Standard Brand, Blue Streak, BWD Automotive, Four Seasons, TechSmart, Intermotor, Hayden Automotive, ACI, ProSource Heater Cores, Everco HD and Compressor Works.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SMP Parts at 100% against eCrimp's 50%. eCrimp's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
eCrimp holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of eCrimp's written reviews are positive against 100% of SMP Parts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
eCrimp ships an update every 3 months, SMP Parts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eCrimp | SMP Parts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gates Corporation | SMP Corp |
Customer experience
eCrimp
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In-app purchases
eCrimp
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









