Comparison

DentSmart vs Garage Time

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

Head to head
About

DentSmart

Features
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DentSmart offers a powerful mobile application for performing vehicle damage inspections, generating estimates, and managing the customer vehicle repair process to completion and invoicing. Unlike make other solutions in the market, DentSmart has customized Salesforce.com to provide desktop users with the ability to easily generate, view and report on inspection and/or repair cases in the field while integrating with the users often numerous pre-existing back office accounting, telephony, and other auto-industry process management systems.

About

Garage Time

This app helps mechanics and vehicle owners track all aspects of vehicle maintenance, parts, and labor. It offers VIN scanning, receipt photo import, and detailed cost analysis. Features include customer management, quote generation, and job request handling for professional shops.

Highlights
  • Track vehicle maintenance and parts
  • VIN scanning for automatic vehicle details
  • Import receipts via photo
  • Maintenance reminders
  • Cost and time tracking charts
  • Customer management and quotes
  • Job request handling
Features
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Built for people who keep their vehicles running. Whether you wrench every weekend or run a one-person shop, Garage Time is the no-nonsense way to track every vehicle, every part, every dollar, and every hour you put in. — FOR DIY MECHANICS & ENTHUSIASTS — • Log oil changes, brake jobs, parts swaps, and the time you actually spent in the garage • Scan a VIN with your camera — year, make, model fill in automatically • Photograph receipts; receipts decode into editable records • Maintenance reminders for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and EVs (presets included) • Charts that show where the money and the hours actually go • Partner-friendly amounts: long-press any total to see the real number while showing a friendlier figure to anyone glancing at the screen • Free covers 2 vehicles. Unlock unlimited with the 7-day trial of Plus. — FOR MECHANICS & ONE-PERSON SHOPS — • Customer roster with vehicles, contact info, and lifetime billing at a glance • Build line-item quotes — labor, parts, fees, discounts, tax — and export a branded PDF • Capture a real signature on screen; it lands on the PDF • Accept incoming job requests from your customers in one tap (or convert to a quote) • Set your weekly availability so customers know when you are open • Track every hour billed and every dollar invoiced, broken down by customer and service type • 7-day trial of Shop tier — full access, no card to start — NEW — • Bulk Import (Shop Pro): paste old service-record text, scan a stack of receipts, or photograph a handwritten logbook page — Garage Time turns them into structured records you can edit • Cost-estimate engine: customers tap a service type and see the typical price and time their mechanic has historically charged, drawn from real past work • 7-day free trial across every plan — PRIVACY — Garage Time stores your data in your private iCloud account. We do not have a server, we do not sell your data, we do not run ads. You can export everything as JSON or wipe it all from inside the app at any time. — PRICING — Free: 2 vehicles, basic logbook Customer Plus: $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr — unlimited vehicles, PDFs, cloud sync, send job requests Shop: $29.99/mo or $249/yr — unlimited customers, vehicles, quotes, jobs, signatures, branded PDFs Shop Pro: $59.99/mo or $499/yr — Shop + bulk import + advanced reports + custom branding Optional one-time vehicle packs: +3 slots for $4.99, +10 slots for $12.99 Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before period ends. Manage anytime in Settings → Apple ID→ Subscriptions. Questions? henry.gawelek@gmail.com

Screenshots

DentSmart4 screens
Garage Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DentSmart at none against Garage Time's 8. DentSmart also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Garage Time's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Garage Time sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. DentSmart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DentSmart ships an update fortnightly, Garage Time every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
DentSmart versus Garage Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDentSmartGarage Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB4 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVehicle Hub LLCHenry Gawelek

In-app purchases

None

DentSmart

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Garage Time

One-time8
  • Customer Plus Monthly$4.99
  • Vehicle Pack 3$4.99
  • Vehicle Pack 10$12.99
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  • Shop Standard Monthly$29.99
  • Customer Plus Yearly$39.99
  • Shop Pro Monthly$59.99
  • Shop Standard Yearly$249.99
  • Shop Pro Yearly$499.99

Questions

Is DentSmart free?
DentSmart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Garage Time free?
Garage Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DentSmart or Garage Time have ads?
Neither DentSmart nor Garage Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DentSmart or Garage Time?
DentSmart ships an update fortnightly, and Garage Time every 3 days. Most recently, DentSmart was updated on October 20, 2026 and Garage Time on October 19, 2026.

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