# CostX - Work & Cost Estimate — WBS for Project & Business

> App for breaking down and visualizing work, costs, and products into structures. (iPhone/iPad app by 皓 李.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/costx-work-and-cost-estimate/id1645196187 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [皓 李](https://appshunter.io/developer/621375881)
- Category: Productivity, Business
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 7 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 14 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2023-03-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/costx-work-and-cost-estimate/id1645196187/reviews.md

## What is CostX?

Break down and visualize your work, costs and products.

CostX helps you efficiently break down work, costs and products in your projects into manageable parts and automatically aggregate them from branch to trunk. CostX can be used to create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) and Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) and is suitable for a wide range of applications thanks to its powerful customization capabilities.

CostX makes it easy and convenient to break down objects to create tree structures and provides multiple forms of views to visualize your work. Thus, you have the freedom to display your project data in graphical, list and columns views, depending on your needs - CostX makes your work more efficient and intuitive.

With carefully designed data entry, CostX gives you intuitive graphical manipulations, professional table manipulations, and familiar column manipulations in data entry to break down and create nodes, change attributes, and summarize costs. costX makes these tasks much easier than you might think, with minimal operating and learning costs.

The application takes advantage of the powerful interactive capabilities offered by the system, helping you share information with the system and other applications extremely efficiently. By dragging and dropping, as well as copying and pasting, you can convert multiple lines of text into multiple nodes and build a tree structure in a single step, or create nodes with multiple information fields in bulk. In addition, you can batch copy data from multiple cells in Apple Number and MS Excel to the CostX spreadsheet.

CostX’s customization options allow you to better adapt the program to your business needs and get creative. Users can customize the attribute fields they want, the display order, and how nodes are displayed in the various views as needed. More freedom leads to more usage scenarios.

## Ease of use
- Multiple views for viewing and editing, you can choose the most suitable one for your needs.
    - Graphical view, allowing you to view and edit nodes in an intuitive way.
    - List view, with detailed data display and table editing that supports continuous input and switching and modifying cells.
    - Columns view, for convenient and familiar operation, similar to the columns view of the file application.
    - Property editor, maintenance of all properties of the node for changes.
- Convenient operation of adding, duplicating, folding and indenting.

## Efficient
- Powerful drag-and-drop support for:
    - Move and copy nodes within a document.
    - Merge costs within a document.
    - Drop CostX files into a node to insert its contents.
    - Drag images from Files app, Photos app, and Web browser.
- Powerful copy and paste support.
    - Copy and paste within a document and between multiple documents.
        - Nodes
        - Cells
    - Copy text from outside:
        - Single-line text to create a new node.
        - Multiline text to create multiple nodes in series and get tree structure information.
        - Modify cell contents.
    - Copy data from Apple Number and Microsoft Excel:
        - Change cell contents in batch at once.
        - Batch add nodes with multiple fields at once.

## Customization
- Base currency, cost rate and category settings.
- More than fifty fields to choose from, including category, photo, simple and compound cost, text, date, percentage complete, etc. Costs can also be divided into two groups for comparison purposes.
- Field settings.
    - Visibility in each view and in the property editor.
    - Field display title.
    - Field display width in the list view.
    - Field display order.
- Display style of nodes in graphical view and columns view.
- Use any CostX document as a template.

## Import & Export
- Export the selected node as a CostX file.
- SwiftApps WBS file into a CostX document.
- CSV export.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Work, Cost, and Product Breakdown Structures (WBS, CBS, PBS)
- Multiple views: graphical, list, columns
- Intuitive data entry and manipulation
- Drag-and-drop functionality
- Copy and paste support
- Customizable attribute fields
- Efficient information sharing

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Yearly | $17.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/costx-work-and-cost-estimate/id1645196187/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Creative	Implementation

*2025-01-15*

This is a useful, and creative application.  There is nothing in here that cannot nbc done in excel. BUT it is clearer, easier to set up, and thought provoking. The key thing is it helps you structure your information in a useful and coherent way.  For a business for example you can create different models for different views using the cost break down tool. This could be say start-up costs, and separately a budget.  Its easy to throw together, view and gain insight from these simple roll-up models.  The WBS is not bad, I think Critical Tools WBS is more powerful and creates a more traditional bottom to top view, versus side way view. I prefer Critical Tools implementation, but it is not available for the Mac.  That said, if I had never used Critical Tools WBS this would still be very good. So in the end I give this application 5 stars. It will allow quick, simple modeling. It’s IDEAL for a small business and will allow quick scenario modeling and better financial decisions using very basic data. The power is in the visualization. Think of it as a front end to work you will do in Excel of in QuickBooks later. Its a fantastic tool for allowing you to data gather, and visualize the various cost, and budget structures. I found the file management a bit funky, but it’s quite logical, and I get why do what the Mac already does well thinking.  You will just be using file finder a bit more than normal.  Thats it.  My recommendation to the developer is to consider whether you can build a reporting mechanism to the back end of the tool so that you can for example more easily summarize expense categories etc. By the way the configuration process in this application is quite sophisticated and powerful. I rate it as excellent.  I rate the enter package as excellent. Absolutely recommended.

### 4/5 — Nützliche Anpassungen und Ansichten mit viel Flexibilität

*2023-08-30*

CostX ist durch seine Anpassungen und grafischen Ansichten ein intelligent entwickeltes Tool, in meinem Fall für das Projektmanagement, das viel Freiheit bietet. Da es ständig durch immer neue Versionen weiterentwickelt wird -auch in Verbindung mit anderen apps vom Team Swift Apps zu einer Gesamtkonzeption- freue ich mich auf viele nützliche Innovationen und Ideen für meine tägliche Arbeit. Sehr gute Arbeit von Euch Allen  und Danke besonders für Version 3.0 und weiter so!

**Developer response:** Vielen Dank für Ihre positive Bewertung und Ihr freundliches Feedback. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass Sie CostX als ein intelligent entwickeltes Tool für das Projektmanagement schätzen und die Anpassungen und grafischen Ansichten nützlich finden. Wir arbeiten ständig daran, unsere App zu verbessern und zu erweitern, um Ihnen die beste Erfahrung zu bieten. Wir sind froh, dass Sie die neue Version 3.0 mögen und hoffen, dass Sie auch unsere zukünftigen Innovationen und Ideen genießen werden. Wir schätzen Ihre Unterstützung und Ihr Vertrauen in unser Team. Danke, dass Sie CostX verwenden!

## Frequently asked questions about CostX

### What is CostX used for?

CostX is used to break down and visualize your projects, costs, and products. It helps create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), and Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) for efficient organization and management.

### What are the different views available in CostX?

CostX offers multiple views to visualize and edit your data, including a graphical view for intuitive node editing, a list view for detailed data display and table editing, and a columns view for familiar operation.

### How does CostX handle data entry and manipulation?

CostX provides intuitive graphical, professional table, and familiar column manipulations for data entry. It supports easy addition, duplication, folding, and indenting of nodes, as well as drag-and-drop and copy-paste functionalities for efficient manipulation.

### Can I import data into CostX from other applications?

Yes, CostX allows you to batch copy data from multiple cells in Apple Numbers and MS Excel directly into its spreadsheet. You can also drag images from the Files app, Photos app, and web browsers into nodes.

### What customization options does CostX offer?

CostX offers extensive customization, allowing users to define attribute fields, set display order, and configure how nodes appear in various views. This adaptability ensures the app can be tailored to specific business needs.

### Does CostX have ads?

No, CostX is ad-free, providing an uninterrupted user experience for managing your project and cost breakdowns.

### What are the subscription plans for CostX?

CostX offers both monthly and yearly subscription plans. The monthly plan is priced at $1.99 per month, and the yearly plan is $17.99 per year.

### On which devices can I use CostX?

CostX is available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, allowing you to manage your projects across multiple Apple devices.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.5 — 2024-12-19

What’s New in This Version:
- Enhanced the toolbar display for a more streamlined and intuitive user experience.
- Improved the Finder view with adjusted layout for better navigation and usability.

### 5.2 — 2024-11-05

This version improves compatibility with iOS 18.0 and later, enhancing performance and stability on the latest devices.

### 5.1 — 2024-04-17

This release resolves the issue that prevented the wizard from appearing at startup.

### 5.0 — 2024-04-08

CostX 5.0 introduces PDF and Image export features. Now, you can easily convert and save your projects for printing or as files, enhancing your productivity and project documentation. We're dedicated to improving CostX to serve your evolving needs better. Stay connected for more updates!

### 4.5 — 2024-01-19

We made improvements and squashed bugs so CostX is even better for you.

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