Comparison

CSiMaterials vs Mechanical Engineering Toolkit

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

Head to head
About

CSiMaterials

Access a comprehensive library of construction materials for structural design. Search and sort materials by various properties like strength and strain to find optimal options for your projects.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive material library
  • Search and sort by material properties
  • View material properties
  • Includes tendons, cold formed steel, and aluminum
  • Filter by strength and strain
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CSiMaterials is an app that contains construction materials for structural designs. It allows searching, sorting and viewing of materials based on various material properties. Application/Usage: • View construction materials for structural designs • Search and sort material properties based on user selection criteria Target Users: • Site engineers and contractors looking for alternative material properties based on regional availability, or construction constraints • Structural and civil engineers looking for optimum materials and their properties for structural modelling and analysis • Teachers and students searching for materials in member designs and projects Key Features: • Comprehensive list of materials including tendons, cold formed steel and aluminum • Search and sort for materials based on many parameters, including strength and strain properties Key Input: • Material library • Material type, name, or properties Key Ouput: • Material type, name, or properties

About

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit

This utility app provides a comprehensive collection of engineering equations and formulas for students and professionals. Easily perform calculations by selecting a formula and inputting variables, with detailed instructions and reference material included.

Highlights
  • Engineering equations and formulas
  • Mechanics of Material calculations
  • Theory of Elasticity formulas
  • Composite Material properties
  • Reference material
  • Variable input for calculations
Features
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Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is a professional engineering calculator for students, researchers, and practicing engineers. Choose a formula, enter your variables, and get instant results — with calculation steps, formulas, diagrams, and unit conversions shown along the way. Switch between SI and Imperial units anytime, save favorites, and find the right tool fast with recommendations by major. Save your inputs as named projects, and export any result as text, image, CSV or PDF. Categories and tools: Mechanics of Material • Moments of inertia of plane areas • Force-displacement relation of a bar • Torsion formula and angle of twist • Flexure formula of a beam • Transverse shear stress • Deflections and slopes of cantilever and simple beams • Plane stress transformation and Mohr's circle • Principal stresses and planes • Spherical shell and thin-walled pressure vessel stresses • Buckling load of a column • Thermal deformation and stress • Combined loading • Bolted / riveted joints • Fatigue safety factor • Shaft power and torque Statics • Centroid of an area • Resultant of a force system • Beam reactions • 2D truss analysis Machine Design • Helical compression springs • Spur gear geometry and stresses • Shaft fatigue design (DE-Goodman) • Bearing L10 life • Belt and chain drives • Bolt preload / torque-tension • Fillet weld strength • Press / shrink-fit interference • Shaft critical speed (Dunkerley) • Beam natural frequency (five end conditions) • Torsional natural frequency (one or two rotors) Fluids & Thermal • Reynolds number and flow regime • Pipe pressure drop (Darcy-Weisbach with Colebrook) • Pump and fan power • Composite wall conduction • Fin efficiency • Heat exchanger sizing by LMTD Theory of Elasticity • Constitutive relation of linear elastic material • Stress/strain of linear elastic material Composite Material • Lamina and laminate stress/strain • Lamina engineering constants • Laminate plane and 3D properties • Rule of mixtures • Failure criteria (Tsai-Hill, Tsai-Wu) Reference Tables • Drill & tap chart (metric and imperial thread series) • ISO 286 fits & tolerances • Standard sections (AISC W, IPE, HEB) • Unit converter No account required. Works offline. Available in English, Chinese, German, French, and Japanese.

Screenshots

CSiMaterials4 screens
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mechanical Engineering Toolkit at 4.8 against CSiMaterials's 4.0. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 1). CSiMaterials's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CSiMaterials asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mechanical Engineering Toolkit has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CSiMaterials versus Mechanical Engineering Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCSiMaterialsMechanical Engineering Toolkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (64 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings164 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComputers and Structures, Inc.APPS BAY LIMITED

Customer experience

CSiMaterials

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit

All ratings64 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

CSiMaterials

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is CSiMaterials free?
CSiMaterials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mechanical Engineering Toolkit free?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CSiMaterials or Mechanical Engineering Toolkit?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is rated higher. CSiMaterials averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mechanical Engineering Toolkit averages 4.8 from 64 ratings.
Do CSiMaterials or Mechanical Engineering Toolkit have ads?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit shows ads; CSiMaterials does not.

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