# Baluster Calculator Elite — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of Baluster Calculator Elite by Cyberprodigy LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 359 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baluster-calculator-elite/id689888381/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baluster-calculator-elite/id689888381.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 329 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Baluster Calculator Elite? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Saves time and money - 👍 Accurate calculations - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Helpful for stairs and railings - 👍 Works perfectly - 👍 Quick and simple - 👍 Makes job quicker and easier - 👍 Nice carpentry tool - 👍 Good for steel fabrication - 👍 Works in preferred measurement units - 👍 Good visual representation - 👍 Easy-to-follow diagrams **Cons** - 🐛 Stops at 1/16 inch increments - 🐛 Error when deleting previous entry - 🐛 Well out on angled and flat runs - 🐛 Useless for small spacings (less than 25mm) - 🐛 Last picket was off - 🐛 Only gives centers of balusters - 🐛 Limited handrail options - 🐛 Maximum spacing limited to 12 inches - 🐛 Maximum run limited to 200 inches - 🐛 Smallest increment 1/16 inch is useless for fillets - 🐛 Misleading icon, doesn't show tread surface mount - 🐛 Cannot input horizontal rake inputs - 🐛 Only works with balusters less than 1 inch width - 🐛 Needs update and work - 🐛 Calculation for sloped railing with landing doesn't work - 🐛 Not user-friendly, not as good as Android version - 🐛 Need to place a block every time - 🐛 Makes things take twice as long - 🐛 Massive icon across the bottom of the screen - 🐛 Only gives centers, not sides of spindle drop **Commonly reported bugs** - Stops at 1/16 inch increments - Cannot delete previous entry - Errors on subsequent calculations after initial entry - Inaccurate on angled and flat runs - Does not allow for spacing less than 25mm - Last picket is off - Only provides baluster centers - Maximum spacing limited to 12 inches - Maximum run limited to 200 inches - Smallest increment of 1/16 inch is not useful for certain tasks - Misleading icon regarding tread surface mount measurements - Cannot input horizontal rake inputs - Only works with balusters less than 1 inch width - Massive icon appears on screen - Calculation for sloped railing with landing does not work - Not as user-friendly as Android version - Requires manual placement of blocks - Provides center measurements instead of side measurements for spindle drop **Most requested features** - Fix 1/16 inch increment issue - Allow deletion of previous entry - Add ability to calculate end piece length without manual deduction - Add option to change baluster measurements from center to before or after - Add column function - Add ability to input horizontal rake inputs - Improve user-friendliness and add Android parity - Calculate material location directly - Allow for smaller spacing increments - Provide measurements for tread surface mount - Allow for calculation of sloped railings including landings - Provide side of spindle drop measurements ## Newest reviews (10 of 34) ### 3/5 — Can’t do less than 25mm spacings *2022-04-28* I bought this app to help while I’m setting out cedar cladding on the exterior of a house. My spacing sneed to be between 5mm and 8mm. It doesn’t allow you to choose less than 25mm spacings so is useless on this job. It does state it is for stairs so probably my own fault! Sure it will be helpful on the next stair job I do ### 3/5 — Apc *2020-03-15* Put in exact measurements and used there centers,they started getting further off and last picket was off ### 2/5 — 能不能分栏功能也加进去 *2018-04-21* 这样感觉更适用 ### 4/5 — Empfehlenswert! *2017-10-12* Super App, geht alles sehr gut und schnell, einzigst die Berechnung eines schrägen Geländers inkl Podest funktioniert leider nicht! ### 4/5 — 中评 *2017-06-08* 软件不够人性化，没有安卓版本那么好用，要是直接算出料子所在位置就更好了 ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2016-07-22* The best £5.99 I have ever spent on an app. Saves me hours of being crap at mathematics trying to calculate spacing a accurately!! Brilliant have a beer🍻 ### 2/5 — Works ok but... *2015-04-06* I need the place where the sides of the spindle drop, not its center. Makes it much harder to put down. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2014-06-08* Great app! ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-02-03* Best app available for calculating baluster spacing. Works great, love the easy-to-follow diagrams for inputing values. ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2014-02-03* Perfect for my every day use. Calculations give me everything I need in one easy to use app. Accurate results and saves me from jotting things down on paper. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2023-01-30* Tested on both angled and flat well out on both don’t waste your money ### 1/5 — 浪费钱，垃圾软件 *2020-04-21* 浪费钱垃圾软件没有用 ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-01-24* I used this on a flat run and angled it was off by a long shot both times. Do not waste your money ### 1/5 — Unwonted icon *2019-12-09* It was it good now I’ve got a massive great icon across the bottom of my screen which was never there before ### 1/5 — Baluster app bad *2018-08-08* It only works with balusters less than 1 inch width **Developer response:** This version as well as the latest version of the app supports balusters up to 6" wide. We always welcome feedback and recommendations for product improvements. If there is a need for greater baluster widths than 6" then please let us know. ### 1/5 — NEEDS Updated and worked on *2018-04-25* If I could change the baluster measurements from center to befor or after this app would be way better. I have to place a block every time I want to use this app or everything takes twice as long to do. If the app dosent improve I won’t use it anymore. ### 1/5 — Not an all in one *2016-09-14* The icon is misleading. It does not give measurements for tread surface mount as the icon depicts. Cannot input horizontal rake inputs to spit out where on tread to mark centerline for baluster. ### 1/5 — Hardly industry leading *2014-02-14* Since all of the 5 star reviews for this app are obviously fake, I thought I would be the first to give a “real” review. The good... The visual representation of the handrail is nice as it lets you see exactly what you are entering, but personally I don’t like the number input method. It is intuitive, well laid out and easy to use. The not so good...Only gives you the centers of the balusters...only gives you two types of handrail options... maximum spacing is limited to 12”....200” is the maximum run which is somewhat limiting........1/16” is the smallest increment you can use which is useless if you want to cut a pile of fillets.... $7.99? Seriously? There are much better baluster apps out there at a fraction of the cost. On its own I would give this app 2 or 3 stars because it is a bit limited but since the developer posted a bunch of bogus reviews to make it look better than it really is, I figured I would give it one star. **Developer response:** We always welcome feedback and recommendations for product improvements. We have increased the maximum run length to 500" on the latest release. ### 2/5 — Good, but… *2026-01-30* I appreciate this app, the only glaring error is that it stops at 1/16 inch increments. On a long run the final space can be out by 3/4”. That’s a lot. I’ve been forced to redo the math manually each time to determine whether the actual spacing is bang on, or a 1/32 over or under the stated measurement. Still saves a little time… just not nearly as much. If this is fixed I will amend my review. ### 2/5 — Has an issue *2024-07-19* So used today to set out an awkward run of spindles…put in details perfect..now the next area is diferent but it keeps giving me an error ..you can’t delete your previous entry May be looking for a refund ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love *2026-07-08* 1000 de 1000 ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-10-26* I don’t use it often, but when I do, it’s clutch. ### 5/5 — Accurate *2025-06-23* The app figures out centres. For faster work I would like to see the app find the end piece length without having to deduct half a picket. Picky but I did give 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2024-09-23* Can’t do stairs without this right every time app! ### 5/5 — As a contractor *2023-04-24* Worth the 9 bucks ### 5/5 — Best tool for metal railing fabrication *2022-09-11, version 1.2.4* That’s app gets my picket spacing dead on every time. Makes my job quicker and easier!! ### 5/5 — Quick And Easy *2021-01-14* I build stairs for a living and along with that I install balcony railing. I've been looking for an app to make baluster spacing faster and more accurate. I read the positive and negative reviews and decided to try this app. I love it. As a test I did a short balcony rail with iron balusters. I entered the data, followed the layout dimensions and it worked perfectly. Quick, simple and accurate. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Nice Carpentry tool *2020-08-21* Awesome app, works perfect and makes life easy ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2019-09-06* I absolutely love this app. It’s a time saver, which in turn saves me money. Best £££s Iv spent on an app. U can also change it to millimetres and centimetres if u don’t work in inches. Definitely would recommend. ### 5/5 — Good enough *2018-06-26* Perfect for what I do. I am in the steel fabrication industry and for my railing pickets this is perfect. You might have to fudge the last picket a tiny bit sometimes but for what I need it is quick and easy. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*