Bearing Catalog is a reference application for industrial bearing specifications and GPS-based navigation on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Reference
Sentiment
2.5
90 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Engineers and field professionals hire the app to retrieve technical data and mark locations, but the current navigation and input limitations prevent it from serving as a reliable professional tool.
For Engineers, mechanics, and industrial professionals requiring technical specifications, and land surveyors needing GPS-based distance calculations.
What does it look like?
Key features
Search for bearings using ISO and GOST standard model numbers
Filter and locate bearings by inner diameter, outer diameter, and width
Create and export bearing orders via email to suppliers
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility with no visible IAP or subscription gates.
Velocity
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The development of Bearing has effectively ceased, with no releases recorded in the last 14 months. The most recent update was a minor maintenance release in March 2025, and the Android platform has not seen an update since November 2023. There is no evidence of active development, feature iteration, or live operations. The project currently exhibits the characteristics of a zombie application.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans mixed. Users appreciate accurate distance measurement tools provide reliable data for outdoor activities like disc golf.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Accurate distance measurement tools provide reliable data for outdoor activities like disc golf
- Inability to manually input target coordinates prevents precise navigation for advanced users
22 of 22 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Bearing
How's the Reference market?
Bearing Catalog holds the #85 Free position in its category, but the 2.5★ rating on Android signals that the current feature set fails to meet professional navigation standards. The lack of monetization gates relative to industrial competitors suggests a missed opportunity to capture procurement revenue.
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Key takeaways for Bearing
Where is it heading?
Users report: The industrial reference market is consolidating around specialized tools that bridge the gap between data lookup and procurement. Bearing Catalog remains exposed: without navigation precision and manual input, it will lose its remaining professional user base to competitors with higher release cadences and integrated dealer workflows.
- Navigation reliability issues in the latest release erode user trust, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
- The lack of manual coordinate entry prevents professional adoption, accelerating churn pressure toward specialized industrial competitors into Q1.
The SWOT
- Standardized ISO/GOST database provides high technical accuracy for industrial users
- Email-based order management creates a direct B2B procurement hook
- Integration of direct supplier contact channels could monetize the existing order management workflow
- Offline-first mode would capture field engineers in remote sites
Next best moves
Ship manual coordinate entry because it is the top-requested missing feature → reduce navigation friction
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of monetization is a strategic liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Direct dealer contact integration (available in FAST by Trimble Ag) +2
Since the last report: The app has pivoted to include GPS navigation features, resulting in a shift from negative to mixed sentiment despite a significant drop in review volume.
Bottom line
Bearing Catalog provides a niche technical reference, but the lack of manual coordinate entry and navigation reliability issues alienates professional users, so the PM must prioritize navigation fixes to prevent churn to specialized industrial competitors.
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