# Cut Calculator — Lumber & Plywood Cut Planner

> Optimizes material cuts to minimize waste and save money. (iPhone/iPad app by Bugfoot Studios LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cut-calculator/id493437102 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bugfoot Studios LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/466438893)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: $7.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 122 App Store ratings · 105 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 52 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-01-17
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cut-calculator/id493437102/reviews.md

## What is Cut Calculator?

*** Winner of This Old House's Top 100: Best New Home Products ***

"Enter the lengths of lumber, sheet goods, crown molding, pipe, and other materials for a project and this app produces a cutting plan that gets the most out of your stock, minimizing waste. Invaluable. " - This Old House Magazine

Ever get to the end of a project and you don't have a piece big enough to finish the job? Guess what, you didn't plan the cut combinations and now you're heading back to the home improvement store to buy more material. Not any more with Cut Calculator!

Don't get caught with wrong material estimates again. Cut Calculator will help minimize the amount of material you need to buy, accommodating all of your cut sizes. Perfect for linear cuts such as baseboard molding, crown molding, pipe, lumber AND area cuts such as plywood or drywall. Cut Calculator will plan your cuts to save you money!

Cut Calculator is a contractor's, a carpenter's and do-it-yourself'ers must have!!

FEATURES:

* Add all of your cuts in feet, inches, centimeters, and millimeters. You can use fractions or decimal. Even mix between imperial and metric

* Add multiple available material sizes. Cut Calculator is going to figure out how to minimize waste with any combination

* Add your saw blade width (kerf) and Cut Calculator is smart enough to know that a 3 ft. cut and a 7 ft. cut will no longer work on the same 10 ft. board

* For sheet goods, Cut Calculator allows you to factor in wood grain or ignore it, all while optimizing your cut plan 

* Save your Plans for later, load up old Plans is fast and easy

* View and print a PDF of your plan design

* Export your shopping list to email, iMessage, or copy into any App

Avoid one mishap using this App, and Cut Calculator has paid for itself, and then some!! Don't just take our word for it:

"Some people have a hard time visualizing the best way to utilize materials, and Cut Calculator creates a picture illustration of your materials and your cuts to help you best utilize what you have" - MacNewsWorld, June 2013

Featured by Apple as a New and Noteworthy App - Utilities

## Key features

- Minimizes material waste
- Supports various units (feet, inches, cm, mm)
- Accommodates multiple material sizes
- Accounts for saw blade width (kerf)
- Optimizes sheet goods cuts (with/without grain)
- Save, load, and print cutting plans
- Export shopping lists

## What do users think of Cut Calculator?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Saves significant time on cut planning calculations
- 💰 Cost-effective at $4.99 price point
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 📊 Accurate waste minimization for sheet goods
- 🎯 Generates clear cutting layouts and plans
- 📱 Works well on iPad with good portability
- 🖨️ Excellent PDF printing functionality
- 🔄 Allows editing and recalculation of projects
- 📐 Supports both metric and imperial measurements
- 💡 Helps optimize material purchases
- ⏱️ Quick calculations that would take hours manually

**Cons**

- 🐛 Print function crashes frequently
- 🐛 App crashes when exporting files
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with iOS 14+
- 🐛 UI elements disappear after entering dimensions
- 🐛 Blank PDF output when attempting to print
- 🖼️ Printed diagrams have poor readability and small text
- 🖼️ Dimensions cut off on smaller pieces in output
- ⚙️ Limited optimization algorithm for cutting patterns
- ⚙️ Doesn't account for table saw kerf properly in calculations
- ⚙️ Cannot handle multiple material thicknesses in one project
- ⚙️ Doesn't optimize for straight-line cuts on table saws
- 🔧 Cannot manually rearrange cut pieces
- 🔧 No edit capability for existing cuts
- 🔧 Cannot batch delete cuts
- 🔧 Outdated UI design needs modernization
- 📱 iPad-only, no iPhone version available
- ❌ Poor customer support response times

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Print function crashes and produces blank pages
- Export file function crashes app
- App incompatible with iOS 14 and later
- Calculator UI elements disappear after entering first dimensions
- No auto-save functionality
- App crashes when switching grain direction
- PDF creation produces blank output
- Kerf width setting doesn't actually affect calculations
- Dimension input validation issues with metric/imperial mixing

**Most requested features**

- Support for multiple material thicknesses in single project
- Ability to manually rearrange and snap pieces to grid
- iPhone/Universal app version
- Edit descriptions and quantities without deleting entries
- Batch delete functionality for cuts
- Ability to input existing inventory/scrap material
- Cost per board foot calculations
- Pricing optimization based on material availability
- Parametric parts with quantity adjustments
- Default auto-rotate setting option
- Color-coded cut pieces for clarity
- Improved help documentation and training videos
- Better optimization for table saw cutting patterns
- Support for angled cuts
- Ability to handle pieces longer than available material
- Larger, more readable printed output with wider layout
- Mac/macOS version
- Better kerf width integration in calculations

## Recent user reviews (10 of 105)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cut-calculator/id493437102/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Useful app

*2025-11-02, version 3.11.1*

Really like the app, easy to use and offers opportunity to enter title and description of project. My project used 3 different wood materials so I entered each as a different project and named them part 1, 2, and 3. Not sure if you can enter different materials in one project. Therefore 4 stars instead of 5. Do recommend the app as it is very useful and well worth the price.

### 3/5 — Print fail

*2025-01-28, version 3.11.1*

When attempting to send cut plan to printer, there is no image. Nothing to print

### 5/5 — So useful

*2024-04-18, version 3.11.1*

This is a great app to figure out how much material to buy and how to set up your cut pattern.

### 5/5 — Fantastic App! Not as $$ greedy as the newer ones

*2024-02-23, version 3.11.1*

I’ve been using this app since 2016 and I’m so happy that it’s still runs on my devices. I’ve used it on many projects and continue to do so the are amazing and it’s so easy to use compared to some of the other products out there which requires subscription.

### 3/5 — Nice but glitchy

*2023-06-22, version 3.11.1*

This app is fairly basic, would be nice if it were able to create cuts for different wood thicknesses without having to create a new list for every size. But it’s something and the price is right.

### 5/5 — need to know the most efficient way to cut your wood

*2023-01-03, version 3.11.1*

this is the app that big box stores should be using to help customers not waste their wood.    Where you are charged after 6 cuts what if you don’t really need it?   I like knowing how many projects are potentially in this purchase

### 4/5 — Super helpful - needs a few tweaks

*2022-07-19, version 3.11.1*

I have used this for several years now. This app does all of the math and space planning in seconds that would take me at least an hour on paper. 

Minor frustrations- sometimes just by changing the description of the cut or the material (long dimension vs short dimension first) I find that the plan creates more or less waste. I have to delete and change the descriptions to find a better, less wasteful plan. 
Related frustration - descriptions can’t be edited; cuts have to be deleted and re-entered. Cuts also cannot be batch deleted but deleted separately. It’s annoying but not a deal breaker. 

I love how easy printing the plans is. I just put the cut plans printout on my clipboard, and we’re off!

### 4/5 — Very useful

*2022-05-23, version 3.11.1*

Use this all the time very useful for mdf cutting lists

### 4/5 — Awesome!

*2022-05-15, version 3.11.1*

With wood prices up this app is essential for reducing waste. Love everything about it. One small issue for me is the area isn’t as smart as it could be. For example swapping dimensions to make a piece fit instead of going to a new board. Not a big deal just something to look out for

### 2/5 — Can’t print won’t print

*2022-05-14, version 3.11.1*

Great app it’s simple to use and I like it a lot. However the print function fails every single time crashing the app.  It should convert the layout into pdf and print accordingly… it used to work and now it simply fails. Please fix it

## Frequently asked questions about Cut Calculator

### What does the Cut Calculator app do?

The Cut Calculator app helps users plan cuts for various materials like lumber, sheet goods, and molding. It generates a cutting plan that maximizes the use of your stock, significantly minimizing waste and saving you money on materials.

### What are the key features of the Cut Calculator?

Key features include supporting multiple units of measurement (feet, inches, cm, mm), accommodating various material sizes, factoring in saw blade width (kerf), optimizing cuts for sheet goods (considering wood grain), and the ability to save, load, print, and export plans and shopping lists.

### How much does the Cut Calculator app cost?

Based on the provided information, the app is a paid application. It does not have in-app purchases or advertisements, suggesting a one-time purchase for full functionality.

### What kind of projects is this app useful for?

This app is ideal for projects involving linear cuts such as baseboard molding, crown molding, pipe, and lumber, as well as area cuts like plywood or drywall. It's designed for anyone looking to efficiently manage and utilize their project materials.

### Can I use different units of measurement in the app?

Yes, the app allows you to add cuts in feet, inches, centimeters, and millimeters. You can use fractions or decimals, and even mix imperial and metric units within the same plan.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.1 — 2026-08-12

- adjusted saw blade width name
- few bug fixes

Thank you for being our valued customer!!

### 4.0 — 2026-08-01

- updated for iOS26 and multiple device types
- several bug fixes
- performance enhancements....feels "snappier"

### 3.11.1 — 2015-11-13

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

* Fixed a critical bug affecting small Linear Plans

### 3.11 — 2015-10-24

* Added "Sticky Units" which is borrowed from our award winning App - Tapeulator...tap and hold a unit while inputting a measurement and that unit will be your default unit
* Several performance improvements added to Area Plans
* Compatible with iOS 9

Thanks so much for being our customer and we look forward to adding more and more to Cut Calculator in the future!

### 3.10.2 — 2015-06-05

* Addressed a few minor bugs

Thank you for being our valued customer!!

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