Drilling Hydraulics 2 vs CPC Utility
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
CPC Utility
This utility app provides instant contact with well control services for emergencies. It also includes helpful calculators and lookup tables for casing, flange, coiled tubing, and nitrogen volume.
- 24/7 Well Control callout
- Casing information lookup
- Flange data
- Coiled tubing calculator
- Nitrogen volume calculator
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CPC Utility is the quickest way to get in touch with CUDD Well Control Services in the event of a well control incident, providing a 24 hr phone response with a live engineer at the click of a button. In addition to Well Control callout, the app also provides several useful calculators and lookup tables. * Casing Info - Sizes and Ratings * Flange Info - Bore Size, Gasket, Hole Pattern... * Coiled Tubing Calculator * Nitrogen Volume Calculator - Get SCF / BBL at specified temperature and pressure
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CPC Utility at 100% against Drilling Hydraulics 2's 0%. CPC Utility also leads on price (Free vs $19.99). On update cadence, 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
CPC Utility 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.
Drilling Hydraulics 2 ships an update every 22 months, CPC Utility every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drilling Hydraulics 2 | CPC Utility |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Moura | Thru Tubing Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
Drilling Hydraulics 2
CPC Utility
In-app purchases
Drilling Hydraulics 2
No in-app purchases
CPC Utility
No in-app purchases
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