Best Pocket Welder alternatives: apps like Pocket Welder

5+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.4 avg rating
2 free apps
Updated November 2026

Pocket Welder is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 5+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Pocket Welder

[steel shapes]#1

[steel shapes] by David Homes

Decades' worth of steel data
Editor's Choice
🔍 Reference
4.8😊(113 ratings)
$4.99
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Access decades of steel shape data with this app. It provides a vast library of structural steel databases, including current and historical AISC versions, with properties, design values, and unit conversion capabilities.

What We Love

  • 👍 Very handy and useful
  • 👍 Essential for steel business
  • 👍 Quick reference tool
  • 👍 Like a pocket steel manual
  • 👍 Easy and quick to use
  • 👍 Contains hard-to-find Ibeams/wide flanges
  • 👍 Faster than carrying the steel manual
  • 👍 Well-designed and simple
  • 👍 Worth the price
  • 👍 Clear, easy, and handy
  • 👍 Use it every day
  • 👍 Good app, nice to see previous editions
  • 👍 Worth the price
  • 👍 Best, smartest app
  • 👍 Good database
  • 👍 Saves a lot of time
  • 👍 Helpful for blacksmith/welding
  • 👍 Easy to use, updated often
  • 👍 Outstanding info at fingertips
  • 👍 Fixes HSS crash problem
  • 👍 Convenient, not carrying books
  • 👍 Good value
  • 👍 Thorough and easy to use
  • 👍 Friendly customer service
  • 👍 Great to have it all at hand
  • 👍 Well-made, performing database
  • 👍 Extensive library
  • 👍 Great tool, highly recommended
  • 👍 Fantastic library of steel shapes
  • 👍 Worth every penny
  • 👍 Constantly improving app
  • 👍 Handy for meetings
  • 👍 Super handy to have
  • 👍 Access to all AISC shapes
  • 👍 Great job, has all data from books
  • 👍 Best app for steel ref
  • 👍 Thank you

Room to Improve

  • 👎 Not perfect, but close
  • 👎 Only for America, not Australia
  • 👎 Missing some sizes
  • 👎 Only contains shapes, not flat stock
  • 👎 Fuzzy current images
  • 👎 No design formulas or calculation capability
  • 👎 Lacks pipe for API specs
Starlink Satellite AR Tracker#2

Starlink Satellite AR Tracker by Jorge Gregorio Martin Bello

View Space X Satellites Live
Strong Contender
🔍 Reference
4.4😐(250 ratings)
$4.99In-App Purchases
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Visualize Starlink and 5G satellites in augmented reality or on interactive 2D/3D maps. Discover their real-time locations, track their movements, and identify those visible from your position.

What We Love

  • 🤩 Amazing app for tracking satellites
  • ✨ Cool AR view of satellites
  • 👍 Provides good insight into satellite deployment
  • 💯 Money well spent for some users
  • 🚀 Incredible AR experience
  • 🌟 Remarkable analytical gear
  • 🛰️ Nice skyview of satellites

Room to Improve

  • 👎 App is broken/dismantled
  • 💸 Waste of money for many
  • 📉 Poor quality graphics
  • 😵 UI not intuitive
  • 🐌 Laggy performance
  • 🚫 Ads still present after payment
  • 🤔 Confusing in-app purchases
  • 🤷‍♂️ App does less than free apps
  • ❌ Pointless information
  • 🐛 Buggy app performance
  • 💰 Charged multiple times
HamClock#3

HamClock by Ben Sinclair

A handy clock for ham radio!
Worth Considering
🔍 Reference
2.9(25 ratings)
$0.99
#53in Reference
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This app provides a clear display of local and UTC time, along with sunrise/sunset and grid square information for amateur radio operators. It features an interactive map to find grid squares and displays the gray line. Optimized for both phone and watch, it's a useful tool for ham radio enthusiasts.