Pipe Guide Calculator vs Snap Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pipe Guide Calculator
This utility app provides essential calculations for pipe fitting, eliminating the need for reference tables. Designed by a welder for welders, it aims to save time and streamline work processes.
- All necessary computations in one place
- Useful calculations for pipe fitting
- Eliminates the need for tables
- Saves time on the job
- Designed for welders
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Pipe Guide Calculator is the perfect tool for those who want all necessary computations in one place. The app gives you the most useful calculation that you need for pipe fitting. Pipe Guide Calculator eliminates all the tables and the best of all: you save time in your work. Created by a welder for welders.
Snap Draw
This app helps you create detailed plans and drawings with intuitive touch controls. It provides auditory and visual feedback when lines connect, ensuring accuracy. Save, export, and share your creations in various formats, ideal for both casual fun and professional design.
- Auditory and visual line connection feedback
- Save up to 75 projects
- Export as PNG, SVG, PDF
- Add per-line notes with measurements
- Built-in shapes and features
- Draw lines and arcs, edit curves
- Zoom and pan for detail
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Snap Draw is a simple to use and powerful app to help you make detailed plans or simple drawings. Hear and see a Snap when lines are connected, easing your ability to draw with your finger and KNOW the lines are lining up or joining. This is a feature that sets Snap Draw apart from other vector drawing apps - the ability to know what is under your fingertip (since humans don't have transparent fingers yet) *Save up to 75 projects on your device *Export and share your creations online as .png, svg., or .pdf formats *Ability to add and edit per line notes showing it's length and handles, ideal for blueprints *Built in shapes and features, like doors, walls, circles, squares and more! *Draw lines and arcs, stretch a line into a curve and edit it at will *Zoom and Pan to get the details just right *Email your drawing as a .svg and edit in professional vector art and cad design software *Great for casual drawing fun, or design your deck with measurements!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pipe Guide Calculator at 3.0 against Snap Draw's 2.2. Pipe Guide Calculator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Snap Draw's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (15% vs 0%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pipe Guide Calculator holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snap Draw has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Pipe Guide Calculator's written reviews are positive against 15% of Snap Draw's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pipe Guide Calculator ships an update every 12 months, Snap Draw fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Guide Calculator | Snap Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.2 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 15.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IT Welding Sweden AB | andrew bell |
Customer experience
Pipe Guide Calculator
Snap Draw
In-app purchases
Pipe Guide Calculator
No in-app purchases
Snap Draw
No in-app purchases
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