diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index cfd1ac5..691f72f 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SemVer } from 'semver';
 export declare class SmartVersion {
     semver: SemVer;
+    versionString: string;
     update: {
         patch: () => void;
         minor: () => void;
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@ export declare class SmartVersion {
     readonly major: number;
     readonly minor: number;
     readonly patch: number;
+    greaterThanString(versionStringArg: any): boolean;
+    lessThanString(versionStringArg: any): boolean;
 }
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 5dd9707..407d4f0 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class SmartVersion {
             }
         };
         this.semver = new plugins.semver.SemVer(semVerStringArg);
+        this.versionString = this.semver.version;
     }
     get major() {
         return this.semver.major;
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ class SmartVersion {
     get patch() {
         return this.semver.patch;
     }
+    greaterThanString(versionStringArg) {
+        return plugins.semver.gt(this.versionString, versionStringArg);
+    }
+    lessThanString(versionStringArg) {
+        return plugins.semver.lt(this.versionString, versionStringArg);
+    }
 }
 exports.SmartVersion = SmartVersion;
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diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 72a0ebe..9731fc0 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,16 @@ tap.test('should create a valid SmartVersion', async () => {
   expect(localSmartVersion).to.be.instanceof(smartversion.SmartVersion)
 })
 
+tap.test('should correctly classify greater and less than', async () => {
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+  expect(localSmartVersion.greaterThanString('4.0.0')).to.be.false
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+  expect(localSmartVersion.greaterThanString('3.0.0')).to.be.true
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+  expect(localSmartVersion.lessThanString('v4.0.0')).to.be.true
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+  expect(localSmartVersion.lessThanString('v3.0.0')).to.be.false
+
+})
+
 tap.start()
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 32c0a7d..60c6c50 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SemVer } from 'semver'
 
 export class SmartVersion {
   semver: SemVer
+  versionString: string
   update = {
     patch: () => {
       this.semver.patch = this.semver.patch + 1
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export class SmartVersion {
 
   constructor (semVerStringArg: string) {
     this.semver = new plugins.semver.SemVer(semVerStringArg)
+    this.versionString = this.semver.version
   }
 
   get major () {
@@ -32,4 +34,12 @@ export class SmartVersion {
     return this.semver.patch
   }
 
+  greaterThanString (versionStringArg) {
+    return plugins.semver.gt(this.versionString, versionStringArg)
+  }
+
+  lessThanString (versionStringArg) {
+    return plugins.semver.lt(this.versionString, versionStringArg)
+  }
+
 }