IDC Spring Calculator vs CHI HubX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IDC Spring Calculator
This application allows users to engineer springs on demand. It provides access to a variety of spring types and materials, backed by a company with multiple manufacturing plants for efficient delivery.
- On-demand spring engineering
- Variety of spring types
- Multiple material options
- Access to company manufacturing locations
- Streamlined ordering process
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At IDC Spring, our focus is on providing you with the highest quality springs and garage doors products, reliable delivery times, and responsive customer service. We have three large spring manufacturing plants, strategically located in Minnesota, Ohio and Arizona to serve our customers. With locations throughout the nation we can significantly reduce shipping costs. As an industry-leading spring company, we manufacture 100% of our garage door springs including torsion springs, extension springs, and Holmes One-Piece springs. We offer a variety of materials such as oil tempered wire, galvanized wire, black coated springs, as well as square wire. IDC spring finds it so important to service our customers. We have developed this application so you can engineer your springs on demand.
CHI HubX
This business app allows C.H.I. dealers to easily access and transmit critical installation information from the field directly to their home office and C.H.I. It serves as a mobile extension of the HubX Operations Application.
- Field data transmission
- Home office connectivity
- Operations application companion
- Information access
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HubX Mobile is a companion app to our HubX Operations Application that assist C.H.I. dealers to access & transmit information from a field installation to their home office and to C.H.I.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IDC Spring Calculator at 2.6 against CHI HubX's 1.3. IDC Spring Calculator also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). CHI HubX's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
IDC Spring Calculator holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of IDC Spring Calculator's written reviews are positive against 0% of CHI HubX's.
IDC Spring Calculator ships an update every 2 months, CHI HubX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IDC Spring Calculator | CHI HubX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (12 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zen Software, LLC | C.H.I. Overhead Doors, LLC |
Customer experience
IDC Spring Calculator
CHI HubX
In-app purchases
IDC Spring Calculator
No in-app purchases
CHI HubX
No in-app purchases
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