Car vs PowerProbe Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Car
This app connects professional auto repairers and appraisers with a vast inventory of auto parts, including recycled, aftermarket, and OE surplus. It offers real-time delivery and inventory information, VIN decoding for accurate part identification, and detailed part images.
- 175 million parts inventory
- Real-time delivery information
- VIN decoding technology
- Part images in search results
- Customizable user profiles
- Inventory availability confirmation
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Auto Parts Market for Professional Repairers and Appraisers. (Registration Required.) • 190 million recycled (green), aftermarket, and OE surplus parts with real time delivery information. Real time inventory availability confirmation is provided. • Part Images in search results give you an up-close view of the exact part for sale before you order. • SmartVin™, Car-Part’s exclusive technology, decodes the VIN to identify the correct part. • Customizable Profiles with Delivery Time, Warranties, Certified Recyclers, Certified and Validated Aftermarket Parts, Part Grades, Same Year & Newer. Want to know more? Visit CarPartPro.com or call us at 859-344-1925 to speak to a Car-Part Pro expert about how Car-Part Pro can fit into your workflow, saving you time and money. Please Note: Some of our popular features are not supported by certain Apple products, such as Real Time Live Chat with Supplier Sales Staff. Please access CarPartPro.com from your computer to enjoy this feature. Car-Part Pro™, another innovative product by Car-Part.com
PowerProbe Link
This utility app connects to specific PowerProbe devices, enabling wireless data logging and remote monitoring. Users can download log data and export it to CSV files for analysis and reporting.
- Wireless data logging
- Remote measurement monitoring
- Log data download
- CSV data export
- Supports PowerProbe IT500
- Supports DRAW MONITOR
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PowerProbe Link App provides PowerProbe products with the wireless features. For PowerProbe IT500, PowerProbe Link provides log data download feature from PowerProbe IT500, and can export the data to CSV file for further analysis and report. For DRAW MONITOR, PowerProbe Link provides remote measurement monitering and recording.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PowerProbe Link at 3.5 against Car's 3.0. Car's advantage is review sentiment (32% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). 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.
PowerProbe Link holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Car's written reviews are positive against 0% of PowerProbe Link's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Car ships an update every 5 months, PowerProbe Link every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Car | PowerProbe Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (19 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Car-Part.com | MGL APPA CORPORATION |
Customer experience
Car
PowerProbe Link
In-app purchases
Car
No in-app purchases
PowerProbe Link
No in-app purchases
