Construction Calculator vs PipeFabAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Construction Calculator
This app is a powerful calculator designed for construction and woodworking professionals, as well as students. It simplifies calculations involving feet, inches, and fractions, offering conversions between various measurement units and displaying equations and results simultaneously. Advanced features are available through optional in-app purchases.
- Decimal to fraction converter
- Fraction to decimal conversion
- Simultaneous equation and result display
- Advanced editing capabilities
- Today Screen integration
- Support for multiple dimensional formats
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Award Winning Feet Inch Fraction Construction Calculator for iPhone and iPad. Designed with simplicity, usability and beauty in mind! FEATURES: - Elegant & Intuitive interface - Decimal to fraction converter - Fraction to decimal conversion - Displays both the equation & the result at the same time - Advanced editing by easily going back and forth - Can be added to Today Screen Ideal for those who work in construction, woodworking and for students to check up their homework! If you are looking for more advanced features you can upgrade to one or more of the following: - Stairs Calculator - Common Rafter Calculator - Hip/Valley Rafter Calculator - Triangle Calculator - Circular Calculator - Arc Calculator - Work in and convert between all building dimensional formats: feet-inch-fractions, inch fraction, yards, decimal feet (10th, 100th), decimal inches and metric (km, m, cm, mm) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PipeFabAR
Design and generate pipe isometric drawings for fabrication or material quotations. Organize your work into projects, work packages, and spools with a few simple clicks.
- Create pipe isometrics
- Organize into projects
- Manage work packages
- Generate spools for fabrication
- Issue for material quotations
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Easily create pipe isometrics in just a few clicks. Create projects, work packages, and package spools to issue for fabrication or send to vendors for material quotations. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Construction Calculator at every 6 days against PipeFabAR's every 3 months. Construction Calculator also leads on ratings volume (625 vs 1). PipeFabAR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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. Construction Calculator sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PipeFabAR sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PipeFabAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Construction Calculator has 625 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Construction Calculator ships an update every 6 days, PipeFabAR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Construction Calculator | PipeFabAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (625 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 625 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | xNeat.com | Mission Integrated Systmes |
Customer experience
Construction Calculator
PipeFabAR
Bugs and requests
Construction Calculator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calculation errors and incorrect results
- Freezing and crashing on certain devices
- Compatibility issues with newer OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back fraction display in results
- Allow offline use without subscription
- Add more construction-specific tools
- Improve user interface and usability
PipeFabAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Construction Calculator
- Construction Calculator3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Construction Calculator7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Themes$1.99
- Calculator Plus$3.99
- Rafter$4.99
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- Stair Calculator$4.99
- Fraction Calculator$9.99
- Construction Calculator2 variants$14.99
PipeFabAR
- PipeFabAR Pro$7.991 Month
Questions
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