SPUD vs Bedford’s Piping Toolkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPUD
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The Total Construction Industry Project Management Tool SPUD is the totally versatile, amazingly comprehensive construction management tool the whole industry’s hungry for… We know that for sure because, between us, SPUD Construct’s directors boast 40 years’ Purchasing and Project Management experience at the sharp end of high-end commercial construction projects. It gives you complete control… And saves you serious amounts of money by cutting out a huge amount of hassle and admin. It’s no exaggeration to say it’s a total project management tool that provides complete workforce oversight and site access control while dramatically slashing labour costs and adapting effortlessly to the way you work.
Bedford’s Piping Toolkit
This digital companion provides pipefitters, welders, and fabricators with essential calculations and reference charts. It features an advanced ISO builder for visualizing pipe runs and a suite of calculators for angles, branches, and thermal expansion. Designed for field use with a dark mode and offline functionality.
- Advanced ISO Builder
- Essential Calculators (Angles, Branches, Thermal Expansion)
- Metric Bolt Torque
- Purge Calculator
- Offline Functionality
- Dark Mode
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Say goodbye to wet notebooks and scribbled calculations. Bedford’s Piping Toolkit is the all-in-one digital companion built specifically for professional pipefitters, welders, and fabricators. Whether you are in the fab shop or on a remote site, this toolkit puts every essential calculation and reference chart right in your pocket. Designed with a high-contrast dark mode for low-light environments and large, easy-to-tap buttons for gloved hands. This tool does exactly what it says it does, no ads, no premium, just your tool. If this tool helps you verify just one tricky offset or prevents one bad cut in the field, it has paid for itself ten times over. KEY FEATURES: Advanced ISO Builder Visualize complex pipe runs in seconds. • Input simple directions (North, South, Up, Down) to auto-generate clean isometric drawings. • Visualize Rolling Offsets automatically. • Add fittings like Flanges, Valves, and Eccentric Reducers with simple codes. • Perfect for verifying drawings or sketching field runs to show colleagues. Essential Calculators Stop doing trigonometry on the back of your hand. • Fixed Point Angles: Solves quadratic formula for angles A-B accounting for elbow takeoffs. • Right Angle Triangle Solver: Instantly solve travel, set, and run. • Lateral Branch Calculator: Precise layout math for branching pipes. • Pipe Arc Radius: Calculate arc lengths and radii for custom bends. • Thermal Expansion: Predict pipe growth based on material and temperature changes to prevent stress fractures. Field Reference & Utilities • Metric Bolt Torque: accurate torque specifications for various flange sizes and grades. • Purge Calculator: Calculate exact purge times and volumes for welding, saving gas and time. • Yaw Tool: Quickly determine orientation and rotation angles. • Reference Formulas: A quick-access library of standard pipefitting formulas. What Else This App Offers • 100% Offline: No internet connection required. It works wherever the job takes you. • Dark Mode Native: Saves battery and prevents glare in dark work areas. • Privacy First: No tracking, no accounts, no cloud sync. Your data stays on your device. Built for the field. Download Bedford’s Piping Toolkit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SPUD at Free against Bedford’s Piping Toolkit's $9.99. SPUD also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). 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
SPUD is free to download; Bedford’s Piping Toolkit costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SPUD ships an update monthly, Bedford’s Piping Toolkit every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | SPUD | Bedford’s Piping Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spud Construct Ltd | CALLUM JAY BEDFORD |
In-app purchases
SPUD
No in-app purchases
Bedford’s Piping Toolkit
No in-app purchases
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