Garage vs Socket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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.
- 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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Garage ships an update fortnightly, Socket every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garage | Socket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Mashkov | Justin Risner |
Customer experience
Garage
Socket
In-app purchases
Garage
No in-app purchases
Socket
No in-app purchases








