MATCO TOOLS vs PowerProbe Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MATCO TOOLS
This utility app transforms your smartphone into a sound and vibration detection tool. It assists technicians in identifying issues in vehicles and machinery by pinpointing rattles, squeaks, and grinding sounds. Requires additional hardware to function.
- Sound and vibration detection
- Locates defective or worn parts
- Analog and digital display options
- Adjustable sound level settings
- User information guide included
- Background sound off-setting
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The Matco Tools SmartEAR1 Sound & Vibration Detection app was developed to help assist the service technician in locating and finding defective or worn parts in automobiles, heavy machinery or industrial equipment where vibration, rattles, squeaks and grinding sounds would be associated making the task very difficult or impossible to diagnose. When used with our specially designed hardware kits your smartphone will be transformed into a state of the art Sound & Vibration Detection Technicians Tool allowing for ease of locating and finding those troubled areas. NOTE: Additional hardware is required to use this app. For information on how to purchase hardware please contact your local Matco Tools Distributor or call 1-866-BUY-TOOL**** Features: User friendly interface and intuitive operation. Sound level reading displays average, peak and real-time values. Sound level readings are displayed in either Analog or Digital. Analog and Digital readings have 2 display panels the user can choose from. Analog Meter or Analog Wave-Form. Digital Numeric or Digital Bar Graph. Background sound off-setting, sample rates, decibel off-setting can be manually be set. Reset/Refresh buttons reset/refresh values to default settings. Sound Level Reading Sampling Rate Decibel Off-set Master Volume Control User information guide includes informative facts about sound perception and permissible noise level exposure as well as a sound level comparison reference chart. Additional Information: Required: Any iOS device running iOS5.0+. Recommended: iPhone 4 and newer/ iPod Touch 4 and newer. Compatible: iPad 2 and newer.
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 MATCO TOOLS's 2.3. PowerProbe Link also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
MATCO TOOLS ships an update every 6 months, PowerProbe Link every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MATCO TOOLS | PowerProbe Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (8 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JS Products, Inc. | MGL APPA CORPORATION |
Customer experience
MATCO TOOLS
PowerProbe Link
In-app purchases
MATCO TOOLS
No in-app purchases
PowerProbe Link
No in-app purchases
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