The app
Get the app
WhipWorthy installs on your phone or computer straight from this website, not from the App Store or Google Play. It is free, it takes a few taps, and it is always the current version, so there is nothing to update.
- Free, nothing to pay
- No app store needed
- Takes almost no space
Step by step
How to install it
The steps for the device you are on come first. Each takes under a minute.
iPhone and iPad
Safari- Open whipworthy.com in Safari.
- Tap the Share button, the square with an arrow pointing up. If it is not on screen, tap the ⋯ button beside the address first, then Share.
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen. If Open as Web App shows, leave it on.
- Tap Add. WhipWorthy is now on your home screen.
Chrome and most other browsers on iPhone have Add to Home Screen in their Share menu too.
Android
Chrome- Open whipworthy.com in Chrome.
- Tap Install WhipWorthy above if it shows. If not, tap the ⋮ menu at the top right, then Install app. On some phones it says Add to Home screen.
- Tap Install to confirm. WhipWorthy joins your home screen and app list.
Samsung Internet
Samsung Internet- Look for the install icon in the address bar, a small arrow pointing down into a tray. If it shows, tap it, tap Install, and you are done.
- No icon? Open the menu: the three lines at the bottom on a phone, or the ⋮ button at the top right on a tablet.
- Tap Add page to, then Home screen (on some versions, Install app).
- Tap Add. WhipWorthy is now on your home screen and in your apps.
On a Galaxy Tab, Samsung Internet opens sites in desktop mode. The steps are the same.
Computer
Chrome or Edge- Open whipworthy.com in Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
- Click the install icon at the right end of the address bar, a small screen with an arrow. If it is not there, open the browser's menu and look for Install WhipWorthy.
- Click Install. WhipWorthy opens in its own window, the same as any other app.
In Safari on a Mac, choose File, then Add to Dock. Firefox cannot install sites as apps.
Version 1.4.02
What’s new
Every update to the site and the app, newest first. The app picks each one up by itself, so there is never anything to download.
- 1.4.02Polish: the Beta button never covers a key, the car report tables fit a phone, an honest oil change line, roomier fields on small phones, and no launch deadline shown before anything is on saleLatest
- 1.4.01New tools: a seller kit, an offer writer, true cost to own, deal notes, a best pick and sorting in My Garage for the pass, and for Pro a printable car report, a 25 car garage, a service log and a garage spreadsheet, plus launch prices of $15 and $49, a beta for testers and a feedback button
- 1.3.10Your W logo ready for the inboxes that show brand logos
Earlier versions(39)
- 1.3.09Plan colored edges on every tool, pick your own ride on a member card for every plan, a garage bay and an engine stop sign out, a headlight theme switch, a lit footer, a premium Check a car panel and How it works, and a tidy contact email
- 1.3.08A premium Menu and polish across every page, plain pass terms on every lock, a sign in code, your Car Hunt Pass counted toward Pro, a contact form, and a security update
- 1.3.07This list of what each version changed, and the version at the foot of every page
- 1.3.06The Tools page with every tool in one place, car data that keeps itself current, a weekly encrypted backup, a Menu button that says Menu, and a dozen polished spots
- 1.3.05The top bar fits every tablet and phone, and a premium refunds page
- 1.3.04A member card for the pass and a holographic one for Pro, a PRO ring in the top bar, the app installs on tablets, and a sharper daylight look
- 1.3.03The refunds page names the Car Hunt Pass and Pro
- 1.3.02Write to us at help@whipworthy.com
- 1.3.01whipworthy.com is the home address again
- 1.2.10Five free tools: the best and worst years, how sure each verdict is, checks for the exact car in front of you, a used car checklist and the out the door price
- 1.2.09The night garage dark theme with purple chrome, lined tables, and an app you can install that keeps the loan tools on hand with no signal
- 1.2.08Car loan school is now the car loan guide
- 1.2.07An about us page, a premium account page, and a switch between the loan tools
- 1.2.06A contact page, where a person reads every email
- 1.2.05A refund policy page of its own
- 1.2.04Sales tax at checkout, ready to switch on where the law asks for it
- 1.2.03The Car Hunt Pass can be bought even when its invoice cannot be made, with a plain receipt sent instead
- 1.2.02Checkout shows a short code when a payment cannot start, and an old billing record no longer blocks it
- 1.2.01Sign in and its emails get the premium look
- 1.1.10What can I afford: the car price a monthly budget covers, and clearer titles in search results
- 1.1.09The refund rules settled, 7 days for a pass and 14 days for a Pro payment, and the paid terms dated
- 1.1.08whipworthy.app becomes the site's home address
- 1.1.07The year page reads top to bottom in the same order it looks
- 1.1.06A cleaner compare table, fairer verdict wording, richer results in search engines, and a two column year page on a computer
- 1.1.05New body style drawings, polished make pages, a sign up on every year page to hear when recall alerts open, and locks that say plainly what they open
- 1.1.04Faster pages, a better fit on phones, truer numbers, and pages that hold up when a federal site is down
- 1.1.03Tell me when accounts open, clearer plan pages, and a map of 431 pages for search engines
- 1.1.02A big review round: 142 fixes across the look, phones, the data, screen readers, search engines, speed and the plans
- 1.1.01A tidy model list with trims, a search box that finds a car by its name or trim, plainer plan wording, links to the official checks for the car in front of you, and the first refund policy
- 1.0.10My Garage, to park the cars you are weighing up and see their recalls at a glance, with recall emails for Pro coming soon
- 1.0.09Plans in the menu, the launch special that makes every paid check free for now, and tags that mark the main pass features
- 1.0.08Car searches that work again when the federal site turned us away, a turntable showroom, and Will it outlast the loan joins the Car Hunt Pass
- 1.0.07The daylight showroom, fairer verdicts that compare a year with its own model at the same age, a VIN lookup, plainer answers and smarter loan tools
- 1.0.06The showroom look, and the Car Hunt Pass and Pro plans, ready but not yet on sale
- 1.0.05Faster car pages that share one lookup, a plain note when some of the data could not load, and a light on a car tile while it opens
- 1.0.04License plates, dash lights and road signs across the whole site, the dealer offer marked up in red pen, and compare that fits on a phone
- 1.0.03A dashboard at night look, a warning light for each part of the car, a needle gauge on the verdict and quick facts on a window sticker
- 1.0.02Will it outlast the loan, the odometer check, the miles when problems show up, a verdict for cars past 100,000 miles, and the dealer offer X ray
- 1.0.01The first version: a verdict on every used car year from federal complaint, recall and crash data, compare up to three cars, and the car loan school
Good to know
- Car verdicts, recalls and complaints always load fresh from the federal data, so they need a connection. With no signal the app says so, with Try again and Back, and points you to the tools that still work.
- The link in a sign in email opens in your browser, not in the app. Finish signing in there, then switch back to the app. On iPhone and iPad the app keeps its own sign in apart from Safari, so your account may be easiest to use in Safari for now.
- Installing shares nothing new with us. What the site records is the same either way.
- To remove it, press and hold its icon and choose Remove App or Uninstall, as with any other app.