About

Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments.

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Email
  • Mobile Display
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Social
  • Desktop Display, Email, Mobile Display, Social
  • CPM
  • Mobile App Publisher, Web Publisher
  • Headline:
    Popular Mechanics - Automotive Care, Home Improvement, Tools, DIY Tips
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Industries
    Automotive, Entertainment, Gaming, Technology
  • Key Differentiator
    Launched in March 2006, Hearst Magazines Digital Media is dedicated to creating and implementing the digital online and mobile strategy for Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst Corporation, one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, with a total of 14 U.S. titles and nearly 200 international editions.
Site Traffic
  • 8685 Global Rank
  • 2813
    United States
  • 10.1 M Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Search
    70.67%
  • Direct
    19.57%
  • Social
    6.21%
  • Referrals
    2.29%
  • Mail
    1.02%
  • Display
    0.25%
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Global Rank 5,579
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United States Rank 1,786
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United States Page Views 62.4%
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  • Journals and Magazines
Mobile App Data
MixRank is the most comprehensive database of mobile apps, developers, SDKs, technologies, services, and integrations. Learn more.
  • 10 SDKs
  • 2.68 Avg. Rating
  • 15 Total reviews
  • App Url: https://itunes.apple.com/app/popular-mechanics/id512244526
  • App Support: http://www.popularmechanics.com/about/popular-mechanics-tablet-editi
  • Genre: Utilities
  • Bundle ID: com.hearst.pmx.usedcar
  • App Size: 38.6 M
  • Version: 1.0.0
  • Release Date: June 4th, 2012
  • Update Date: June 10th, 2012

Description:

Before you buy a used car, thoroughly inspect it with the help of this 101-point checklist from the automotive pros at Popular Mechanics. It’s fun and easy to use. The app keeps track of problems you spot and stores the information for later, along with photos and your own notes. The goal of this app is to get you, the buyer, to see, feel, and, yes, smell the entire car, which will help you judge its condition.
Note: While this checklist is rigorous, it’s impossible to predict when mechanical or electrical components will fail. Remember, you can always take the car to a certified mechanic for a second opinion.

Features
Good for novices as well as experts: Each question requires a simple Yes or No answer. Most require no tools.
Letter grades (A through F) are updated after every question.
Add photos and notes.
The checklist is divided into eight sections: Basics, Exterior, Interior, Underbody, Engine, Engine Advanced, Powertrain, and Test Drive.
Email your vehicle summary to a friend or trusted mechanic for a second opinion.
Within each section, questions are ranked from highest priority to lowest priority.
See used-car shopping tips and a list of what to bring for an inspection.
You will receive warnings if you answer Yes to the highest priority questions, called Deal Breakers.

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I man. Wonder dude

May 16, 2016

Excellent app

We purchased a clunker knowing it was bad. But this really helped us figure out how bad it was. We wish that we brought more tools to inspect the engine. For example, we need to pull the spark plugs. Go through the list prior to going to know what advanced tools you need to bring. Good luck!

Mamybebe

Jul 08, 2014

VERY VERY BAD

I hate the Mobil Ad instead that impulse to buy I hate this brand I cant never enter the application I hope the app must be great !!!!

Glory!!!

May 17, 2014

Get Rid Of MOBILE 1 Ad, NOW!!!!

I was able to use the app, but encountered mobile 1 Oil ad often. Had to power my iPhone off then on in order to get pass mobile oil ad- frustrating. Also, when trying to email my reports , the app crashes. But for the mobile1 oil ad and the email glitches, this app would easily receive 5 stars. However, today it gets (1) one star, based solely on the intuitiveness of the app, and not its functionality.

MCM180

Jun 17, 2013

Works as intended for me

Helpful.

Dvdec2012

May 31, 2013

Useless app

Cannot get past the Mobil ad. Waste of time.

Dr. Veritas

May 03, 2013

101 Mobil One Ads

Well it opens on a picture of Mobil One and then if you touch the picture it takes you to their Mobil website. Hurray for Mobil. Now to find a good checklist somewhere after I first delete this unprogram! It wouldn't allow zero stars so I had to give it one.
AVFoundation
The AV Foundation framework provides an Objective-C interface for managing and playing audio-visual media in iOS and OS X applications.
CFNetwork
Access network services and handle changes in network configurations. Build on abstractions of network protocols to simplify tasks such as working with BSD sockets, administering HTTP and FTP servers, and managing Bonjour services.
Core Foundation Framework
Core Foundation is a framework that provides fundamental software services useful to application services, application environments, and to applications themselves. Core Foundation also provides abstractions for common data types, facilitates internationalization with Unicode string storage, and offers a suite of utilities such as plug-in support, XML property lists, URL resource access, and preferences.
Core Location Framework
The Core Location framework lets you determine the current location or heading associated with a device. The framework uses the available hardware to determine the user’s position and heading. You use the classes and protocols in this framework to configure and schedule the delivery of location and heading events. You can also use it to define geographic regions and monitor when the user crosses the boundaries of those regions. In iOS, you can also define a region around a Bluetooth beacon.
Core Telephony Framework
Use the Core Telephony framework to obtain information about a user’s home cellular service provider—that is, the provider with whom the user has an account. Carriers can use this information to write applications that provide services only for their own subscribers. You can also use this framework to obtain information about current cellular calls.
Foundation Framework
The Foundation framework provides a base layer of functionality for apps and frameworks, including data storage and persistence, text processing, date and time calculations, sorting and filtering, and networking. The classes, protocols, and data types defined by Foundation are used throughout the macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS SDKs.
MessageUI
The Message UI framework provides specialized view controllers for presenting standard composition interfaces for email and SMS (Short Messaging Service) text messages. Use these interfaces to add message delivery capabilities without requiring the user to leave your app.
MobileCoreServices
Use uniform type identifier (UTI) information to create and manipulate data that can be exchanged between your app and other apps and services using MobileCoreServices.
Quartz Core Framework
Allow users to browse, edit, and save images, using slideshows and Core Image filters.The Quartz Composer API supports processing and rendering graphical data and allows developers to create custom patches for the Quartz Composer developer tool. ImageKit provides user interface support for browsing, editing, and saving images, showing slideshows, and browsing and previewing Core Image filters. PDFKit is a technology that allows applications to display and manipulate PDF documents.
UIKit
The UIKit framework (UIKit.framework) provides the crucial infrastructure needed to construct and manage iOS apps. This framework provides the window and view architecture needed to manage an app’s user interface, the event handling infrastructure needed to respond to user input, and the app model needed to drive the main run loop and interact with the system.
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