Drillstring Toolbox vs CleanMax Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drillstring Toolbox
This utility app calculates drill-stem load capacities based on API connections and sizes. It also provides makeup torque and tensile capacity, as well as tensile and torsion capacities for drill pipe tubes.
- Drill-stem load capacity calculation
- API connection selection
- Makeup torque calculation
- Tensile capacity calculation
- Drill pipe tube capacities
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Drillstring Toolbox is a free calculator from Standard DS-1 that gives you the drill-stem load capacities you need! You can choose an API connection (along with the size you're interested in) to find its recommended makeup torque and tensile capacity. Tap the "Tube" tab to find the tensile and torsion capacities for drill pipe tubes as well!
CleanMax Lite
This mobile tool assists with wellbore cleanup operations by calculating fluid volumes and contact times. It also generates 2D and 3D animations to visualize fluid displacement, aiming to reduce formation damage and enhance well productivity.
- Fluid volume calculations
- Contact time calculations
- 2D fluid displacement animations
- 3D fluid displacement animations
- Wellbore cleanup operations aid
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Successfully conducting a wellbore cleanup ensures hassle-free completions, reduces the risk of formation damage, and enhances well productivity. Pegasus Vertex, Inc. has extracted most-used components from our advanced software, CleanMax, and created a handy mobile app CleanMax Lite to aid with wellbore cleanup operations. CleanMax Lite quickly and accurately calculates fluid volumes, contact times and creates 2D and 3D fluid displacement animations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CleanMax Lite at 5.0 against Drillstring Toolbox's 3.3. CleanMax Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 39 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). Drillstring Toolbox's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CleanMax Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Drillstring Toolbox ships an update every 39 months, CleanMax Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drillstring Toolbox | CleanMax Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. | Pegasus Vertex, Inc. |
Customer experience
Drillstring Toolbox
CleanMax Lite
In-app purchases
Drillstring Toolbox
No in-app purchases
CleanMax Lite
No in-app purchases
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