Festool vs IDC Woodcraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Festool
Manage and customize your power tools with this app. Track tool locations, register for warranty, order repairs, and stay updated on new products and promotions. It provides a direct connection to your tools and services.
- Tool customization and updates
- Location detection
- Tool registration and warranty
- Repair ordering
- Product discovery and watch list
- Dealer search
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Stay connected with the Festool app Download the Festool app now and discover practical additional functions for your tools! As an extension of the Festool system, you always have an overview of your tools and services, can customise them and receive help for your application. You can also keep your tools up to date with updates and benefit from exclusive information on promotions, new products and competitions! Your benefits: - Customise the settings of your tool to your individual needs and keep it up to date with regular software updates. - Use location detection to localise your tool at any time and from anywhere. - Register your tool, register it for the warranty all-inclusive, order repairs and communicate directly with Festool. - Discover Festool products directly and conveniently via the app. - Save your favourite products to your personal watch list and share them with your dealer. - With the dealer search, your nearest Festool partner is always just a click away. Save your favourites and navigate easily - even internationally. We learn from the best: From you! Festool means first-class power tools. With the claim that they make the everyday work of tradespeople easier, more productive and safer. We can only do that together with you. By communicating with each other openly and incorporating your feedback directly into the development of our products. Your success is the best praise.
IDC Woodcraft
This app helps CNC router users find the correct feeds and speeds for their specific router bits. It allows users to save bits to a list for offline access and scan QR codes on bits for instant data retrieval.
- Find feeds and speeds for CNC router bits
- Save bits to a list
- Offline access to saved bits
- Scan bit QR codes for data
- Exclusive data by IDC Woodcraft
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Don't know what router bits you need for your CNC machine? What Feed and Speed does your CNC router bit need for your next amazing project? Find Feeds And Speeds For Your CNC Router Bits, exclusively by IDC Woodcraft. Save your bits to a "bit list" for easy offline access in your shop later. Even easier, scan your CNC router bit QR code using the camera built right into your phone and get taken directly to the data for the bit you own!
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Verdict
Festool and IDC Woodcraft both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of IDC Woodcraft's written reviews are positive against 35% of Festool's. Festool's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 17) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Festool against 4.8 for IDC Woodcraft. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Festool has 1.5K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Festool's written reviews are positive against 100% of IDC Woodcraft's.
Festool ships an update every 2 weeks, IDC Woodcraft monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Festool | IDC Woodcraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.8 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Festool GmbH | IDC Woodcraft LLC |
Customer experience
Festool
IDC Woodcraft
Bugs and requests
Festool
Reported bugs
8 issues- Battery firmware update doesn't work
- Akkus und Maschinen werden einfach gelöscht
- Every update deletes the battery information
- Impossible to register a brand new tool with receipt scan
- App gets stuck on sign in
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- App stopped working
- Can't pair CTL Midi
- App no longer connects to Bluetooth devices after update
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to rename batteries
- Save and transfer angle settings
- Watch version
- Ability to delete old tools
IDC Woodcraft
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Festool
No in-app purchases
IDC Woodcraft
No in-app purchases









