Stair Help vs Stair Stringer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stair Help
This application simplifies staircase construction by accurately calculating essential measurements like riser, going, and stringer lengths. It offers customizable units, riser height, and precision settings for fractions and decimal places.
- Calculate riser, going, stringer, and base lengths
- Set preferred units (mm, cm, inches)
- Adjustable max riser height
- Set preferred decimal places
- Set fraction of an inch precision
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Stair Help is the easiest way to calculate staircase riser, going, stringer & base lengths when building! Features Include: - Accurately solve staircase equations - Set preferred units from: mm, cm, inches - Adjustable max riser height - Set preferred number of decimal places - Set preferred fraction of an inch precision (between 1/2 & 1/256)
Stair Stringer
This app calculates all necessary measurements for building a stair stringer, including risers, run, angle, and length. Easily adjust parameters and switch between Imperial and Metric units. Share your calculated results via email or text.
- Calculates stair risers and run
- Determines stair angle and stringer length
- Calculates step height and tread depth
- Determines the number of steps
- Adjustable parameters
- Imperial or Metric units
- Share results via email/text
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This App is used for finding the measurements needed to construct a Stair Stringer. It calculates stair risers and run, stair angle, stringer length, step height, tread depth, and the number of steps required for a given run of stairs. Easy to adjust parameters to customize and fit your requirements. Inputs and Results can be Imperial or Metric. The calculated results can be emailed or texted as needed.
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Verdict
Stair Help and Stair Stringer both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Stair Stringer's written reviews are positive against 25% of Stair Help's. Stair Stringer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). Stair Help's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Stair Help costs $1.99 and Stair Stringer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Stair Help against 4.7 for Stair Stringer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 239 and 86 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Stair Help's written reviews are positive against 67% of Stair Stringer's.
Stair Help ships an update every 8 months, Stair Stringer every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Stair Help | Stair Stringer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (239 ratings) | 4.7 (86 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 239 — better | 86 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #126 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Armchair Engineering | H3 Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
Stair Help
Stair Stringer
In-app purchases
Stair Help
No in-app purchases
Stair Stringer
No in-app purchases
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