Comparison

CEMPRO Lite vs Drilling Hydraulics 2

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

Head to head
About

CEMPRO Lite

This app simplifies complex wellbore calculations for cementing jobs. It allows users to quickly and accurately determine slurry volumes and visualize wellbore schematics with fluids. The tool helps create realistic casing strings and understand cementing processes more effectively.

Highlights
  • Slurry volume calculations
  • Wellbore schematic visualization
  • Realistic casing/working string creation
  • Fluid location and pumping volume specification
  • Handles up to 10 pipe sections
  • Supports up to 10 circulating fluids
Features
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As wellbore configurations get more and more complicated, so have calculating slurry volumes and plotting wellbore schematics with fluids. The CEMPRO Lite mobile app, a must- have cementing visualization toolbox, will help users quickly and accurately perform slurry volume calculations and facilitate viewing wellbore schematics with fluids. CEMPRO Lite helps create realistic casing/working strings in one session using a variety of different combinations. Users are also able to review wellbore schematics with fluids by specifying the fluid location or the pumping volume. This free sophisticated yet simple to use app not only saves time and money, but also helps users better understand cementing jobs than ever before! The CEMPRO Lite app can handle up to 10 pipe sections and a maximum of 10 circulating fluids.

About

Drilling Hydraulics 2

This tool assists oil and gas professionals with critical drilling hydraulics calculations. It helps optimize penetration rates and select appropriate bit nozzles for various well types, including onshore, offshore, vertical, and directional wells.

Highlights
  • Well planning for onshore/offshore, vertical/directional wells
  • Drill string and bit nozzle calculations
  • Volume, capacity, and hydrostatic calculations
  • Surface equipment mud pump and connection data
  • Directional well calculations (Type I and Horizontal)
  • Imports data from other simulator apps
Features
Currently charting
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The Drilling Hydraulics provides to driller, tool pushers, engineers, chemists, students and other professionals in the petroleum industry a productivity tool helpful in drilling of oil wells for hydraulics calculations, optimization of the penetration rate and can help on the decision on selection of bit nozzles. Well Features: - Well Planning: Onshore or Offshore (riser, casing, liner and open hole). Vertical or Directional Type I and Horizontal. - Drill string: 2 drill pipes, heavy weight, 2 drill collars, drilling motor and drill bit (w/ until 12 nozzles). - Volume, capacity, strokes, hydrostatic and drilling hydraulics calculations; Surface Equipment: - 04 mud pumps - Surface connections: standpipe, mud hose, swivel, top drive, kelly, stands - Choke diameter - Elevation system weight; Directional Well: - This app works with Directional Well Type I and Horizontal, only. - For other features in directional wells, we recommend the "Directional Drilling Hydraulics" application available in our portfolio in the App Store. Importing Data Files: This app imports data files from other apps available in our portfolio on the App Store: "Drilling Simulator 1, 2 and 3", "Well Control Simulator", "MPD Simulator", "Kick Tolerance", "Leak-Off Test Simulator", "Kick Game" and "Well Control Methods" DISCLAIMER: These tools & materials are provided 'as is' without warranties of any kind, express or implied. Please verify the tools provided by this application by yourself before you use them. Ensure you understand the impact of using these tools. Any use you choose to make of these tools & materials is undertaken by you entirely at you own risk.

Screenshots

CEMPRO Lite4 screens
Drilling Hydraulics 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CEMPRO Lite at Free against Drilling Hydraulics 2's $19.99. CEMPRO Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). Drilling Hydraulics 2's advantage is chart position (#198 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CEMPRO Lite is free to download; Drilling Hydraulics 2 costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CEMPRO Lite ships an update every 2 months, Drilling Hydraulics 2 every 22 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
CEMPRO Lite versus Drilling Hydraulics 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCEMPRO LiteDrilling Hydraulics 2
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPegasus Vertex, Inc.Carlos Moura

Customer experience

CEMPRO Lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Drilling Hydraulics 2

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

CEMPRO Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Drilling Hydraulics 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CEMPRO Lite free?
CEMPRO Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drilling Hydraulics 2 free?
Drilling Hydraulics 2 costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CEMPRO Lite or Drilling Hydraulics 2 have ads?
Neither CEMPRO Lite nor Drilling Hydraulics 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CEMPRO Lite or Drilling Hydraulics 2?
CEMPRO Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Drilling Hydraulics 2 every 22 months. Most recently, CEMPRO Lite was updated on October 24, 2026 and Drilling Hydraulics 2 on October 24, 2026.

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