Comparison

Pipe Guide Calculator vs Pipe Craftsmen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • All necessary computations in one place
  • Useful calculations for pipe fitting
  • Eliminates the need for tables
  • Saves time on the job
  • Designed for welders
Features
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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.

About

Pipe Craftsmen

Features
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Pipe Craftsmen is the pipefitter's toolbox: the numbers you work to, in the tape's own language, with every dimension copied from the published tables and every drawing showing where the number runs on the steel. THE SPOOL Build a spool piece by piece - pipe, fittings, valves, field welds - branching at a tee. Add an offset the way you measure it, run and offset, or a rolled one with its roll; the elbows go in by themselves, stock 45s or a 90 cut down to the odd angle. Lay an equal spread beside it. Read the drawing as an iso, a plan or any elevation, tap a pipe to put the ruler on it, and get the cut list: center to center less the fittings, every weld counted. THE ISOMETRIC Draw a run leg by leg, or sketch it with a finger on the grid. Turn the compass, swipe between the iso, the plan and the elevations. With the bender attached, every turn becomes a bend: the tube to cut, each bend's angle and centerline mark, and the roll between bends. THE CALCULATOR Feet, inches and fractions natively - 5'-6" + 3'-9" reads back 9'-3". Metric keys, angle mode with decimal and DMS entry, store and recall shared across every keypad in the app, session history, and your starred measurements one tap from the display. THE FITTINGS REFERENCE Every dimension of every fitting, from the published tables: butt weld, socket weld, threaded, flanges and grooved. Every page draws its fitting in section with the selected takeoff dimensioned on the steel. Set your root gap, socket pull-back, thread make-on and grooved separation once; every takeoff in the app follows. The Fitting Finder searches the whole set without leaving the calculator. THE TOOLS - Pipe Offset, plain or rolled: solve the triangle, then the fitting each end needs, the pipe between and its weight - Triangle: any two facts of the right triangle, the rest solved and drawn - Equal Spread: the advance that keeps parallel lines parallel through a turn - Miter Joints: cut angle, cutback, and the blank drawn flat on the bench - Fitting Cutdown: a 90 cut to any angle, with the three arcs to mark - Rolled Olet: set a roll angle with a tape measure - Tube Bending: one bend, a run of bends, or a run drawn as an iso - Pipe Information: bore, wall, circumference, and the weights you rig by IN YOUR POCKET Built for a phone held one-handed on a rack: big keys, answers that read at arm's length, and everything working without a signal. On an iPad the pages open out. PRO The calculator, pipe information and a selection of fittings in every connection are free. Pro opens the rest: a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime license bought once that never renews. Terms of Use: https://pipe-craftsmen.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://pipe-craftsmen.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Pipe Guide Calculator4 screens
Pipe Craftsmen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pipe Guide Calculator at none against Pipe Craftsmen's 3. Pipe Craftsmen's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pipe Craftsmen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Pipe Guide Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Guide Calculator ships an update every 12 months, Pipe Craftsmen every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pipe Guide Calculator versus Pipe Craftsmen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe Guide CalculatorPipe Craftsmen
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIT Welding Sweden ABVICTOR DIGITAL TOOLS LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pipe Guide Calculator

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pipe Craftsmen

Subscriptions2
  • Pipe Craftsmen Pro Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Pipe Craftsmen Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pipe Craftsmen Pro — Lifetime$119.99

Questions

Is Pipe Guide Calculator free?
Pipe Guide Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pipe Craftsmen free?
Pipe Craftsmen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pipe Guide Calculator or Pipe Craftsmen have ads?
Neither Pipe Guide Calculator nor Pipe Craftsmen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Guide Calculator or Pipe Craftsmen?
Pipe Guide Calculator ships an update every 12 months, and Pipe Craftsmen every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pipe Guide Calculator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pipe Craftsmen on October 24, 2026.

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