RAB Drive vs Platt Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RAB Drive
Access up-to-date product catalogs and literature from a lighting manufacturer on your iOS device. Search, bookmark, and share information for easy access anywhere, anytime.
- Up-to-date product catalogs
- Access literature on-the-go
- Searchable content
- Bookmark favorite items
- Share product information
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Get convenient access to up-to-date RAB Lighting product catalogs and literature on your iOS device. Download to have RAB at your fingertips. RAB Catalog features: - Library constantly updated with the newest RAB literature. - Fast and easy access anywhere, anytime. - Search, bookmark and share give you the tools to be productive. RAB Lighting is committed to creating high quality, affordable, well-designed and energy-efficient LED lighting and controls that make it easy for distributors to sell, electricians to install and end-users to save energy.
Platt Mobile
This shopping app allows users to easily search for products, place orders, and access their account information. It features a barcode scanner, voice search, and branch location finder for a convenient shopping experience.
- Product search
- Placing orders
- Barcode scanner
- Voice search
- Account access
- Bill pay
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The Platt Mobile app has been built to work with the features and capabilities of the Platt webshop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RAB Drive at 100% against Platt Mobile's 0%. RAB Drive also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Platt Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
RAB Drive holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Platt Mobile has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RAB Drive's written reviews are positive against 0% of Platt Mobile's.
RAB Drive ships an update every 2 months, Platt Mobile every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RAB Drive | Platt Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 2.3 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RAB Lighting Inc | Rexel USA, Inc. |
Customer experience
RAB Drive
Platt Mobile
In-app purchases
RAB Drive
No in-app purchases
Platt Mobile
No in-app purchases
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