Drillstring Toolbox vs Bottoms Up Calcs
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!
Bottoms Up Calcs
This utility app helps oil and gas professionals quickly calculate theoretical strokes for downhole operations. It assists in spotting pills and clearing pipes by providing surface-to-bit and surface-to-surface stroke calculations. Designed for ease of use, it's an essential tool for anyone working with downhole volumes.
- Calculate theoretical strokes from bit to surface
- Use results to spot pills or clear pipe
- Calculate surface to surface strokes
- Turn over hole volume calculations
- Save parameters and create depth combinations
- Essential tool for oil and gas professionals
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Bottoms Up Calcs The creators of the top-rated app, Oilfield Calendar, offer a solution to another oilfield problem. Bottoms Up Calcs is designed to provide fast answers for everyday calculations. Bottoms Up Calcs, a simple-to-use calculator for the oil and gas professional. • Calculate the theoretical strokes it takes from bit to surface. • Use the surface to bit result to spot pills in the wellbore or clear the pipe. • With surface to surface strokes at your finger tips turning over the hole volume for has never been easier. • From Mud Men to Petroleum Engineers, anyone working with down hole volume will have a new favorite app. • Built by Oilfield guys for Oilfield users, putting out the best productivity apps in the industry. How to use Bottoms Up Calcs • Select your pump output. • Enter your desired hole sizes and pipe dimensions, the bbls and strokes are then displayed for those selections for bottoms up, surface to bit, and surface to surface. • Save your parameters and create more depth combinations as needed. • You’ve got your hardhat, steel toes, and safety glasses. Now add Bottoms Up to the essential tools you need when working in the patch. Make your calculations easy, keep your life turning to the right. ** Feel free to drop us a line! We’re always listening to your suggestions and strive to improve our apps! If you have any feedback just contact us, support@archimedesworkshop.co ** ** Are you happy with the Bottoms Up Calcs app? We’d love to hear about it! Please take a moment to leave us a nice review, it truly helps us continue creating great tools for the industry! ** While you’re in the sharing mood, go ahead and post about it on Facebook too. Be Good!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drillstring Toolbox at 100% against Bottoms Up Calcs's 0%. Drillstring Toolbox also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.3 vs 2.0). Bottoms Up Calcs's advantage is chart position (#176 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Drillstring Toolbox is free to download; Bottoms Up Calcs costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drillstring Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Drillstring Toolbox's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bottoms Up Calcs's.
| Parameter | Drillstring Toolbox | Bottoms Up Calcs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #176 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. | GoodStamp |
Customer experience
Drillstring Toolbox
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In-app purchases
Drillstring Toolbox
No in-app purchases
Bottoms Up Calcs
No in-app purchases
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