Comparison

Garage vs Socket

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

Head to head
About

Garage

Track your car's maintenance history, including repairs, parts used, and upcoming service reminders. Visualize fuel consumption and mileage trends with detailed charts and notifications.

Highlights
  • Maintenance and repair logging
  • Parts history with autofill
  • Automated service reminders
  • Fuel consumption tracking
  • Mileage charts
  • Defect and comment logging
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Instead of large tables, piles of papers, ridiculous records, during the maintenance and repair of your car. There must be something that will solve the issue of how to store the history of the effort expended. Grouping by mileage and work is only a small part of what the application can boast of. • Noticed a defect or want to record some information? - Use a comment indicating the mileage and date • Is it time to carry out maintenance? - For large-scale work, the maintenance screen will help you record all the data on the work performed • Don't want to write down the name of the part and its numbers every time? - The application can scan the history of used parts and offer you autofill • Don't want to remember how many kilometres you need to carry out maintenance? - The application will send you a notification about the upcoming maintenance. We taught it to calculate the average distance between services. P.S. But don't be upset if it doesn't send you a notification, maybe it needs a little more information • And of course, a graphical representation of the fuel consumption model, mileage per litre, a car mileage chart and many other interesting things in the future The application is based on a real car operation model, we tried to take into account most of the suggestions, make the necessary functions without overloading the design. Since it is impossible to take into account all requests, the development of the application will continue

About

Socket

Easily log and track all your vehicle's maintenance, repairs, and fuel fill-ups. Receive timely reminders for scheduled services and maintain a comprehensive history of work performed. Monitor fuel economy and store essential vehicle details for quick reference.

Highlights
  • Log maintenance, repairs, and fill-ups
  • Receive maintenance reminders
  • Track fuel economy
  • Document repair history
  • Store vehicle details
  • Export records (PDF/CSV)
  • iCloud sync across devices
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Keep your vehicles running smoothly with Socket. Log and track maintenance, repairs, and fill-ups all in one place, whether you’re a car enthusiast or just want peace of mind. - Monitor maintenance, repairs, and fuel economy from the dashboard, with quick and easy logging - Receive reminders for regular maintenance so you never miss a service - Document repairs to maintain a complete history of work performed on your vehicles - Log fill-ups and monitor fuel economy over time - Add vehicle details such as VIN, tire size, and more for easy reference - Export records in PDF or CSV for sharing or backup - Keep your data synced across devices with iCloud for seamless access

Screenshots

Garage4 screens
Socket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Socket at 100% against Garage's 83%. Garage's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garage ships an update fortnightly, Socket every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Garage versus Socket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarageSocket
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB16 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAndrew MashkovJustin Risner

Customer experience

Garage

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Socket

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Garage

No in-app purchases

None

Socket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Garage free?
Garage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Socket free?
Socket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Garage or Socket have ads?
Neither Garage nor Socket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Garage or Socket?
Garage ships an update fortnightly, and Socket every 5 weeks. Most recently, Garage was updated on September 13, 2026 and Socket on September 17, 2026.

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