Comparison

Bottoms Up Calcs vs Mud Man Pro

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

Head to head
About

Bottoms Up Calcs

This utility app helps oil and gas professionals quickly calculate theoretical strokes for downhole operations. It assists in spotting pills and clearing pipes by providing surface-to-bit and surface-to-surface stroke calculations. Designed for ease of use, it's an essential tool for anyone working with downhole volumes.

Highlights
  • Calculate theoretical strokes from bit to surface
  • Use results to spot pills or clear pipe
  • Calculate surface to surface strokes
  • Turn over hole volume calculations
  • Save parameters and create depth combinations
  • Essential tool for oil and gas professionals
Features
Currently charting
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Bottoms Up Calcs The creators of the top-rated app, Oilfield Calendar, offer a solution to another oilfield problem. Bottoms Up Calcs is designed to provide fast answers for everyday calculations. Bottoms Up Calcs, a simple-to-use calculator for the oil and gas professional. • Calculate the theoretical strokes it takes from bit to surface. • Use the surface to bit result to spot pills in the wellbore or clear the pipe. • With surface to surface strokes at your finger tips turning over the hole volume for has never been easier. • From Mud Men to Petroleum Engineers, anyone working with down hole volume will have a new favorite app. • Built by Oilfield guys for Oilfield users, putting out the best productivity apps in the industry. How to use Bottoms Up Calcs • Select your pump output. • Enter your desired hole sizes and pipe dimensions, the bbls and strokes are then displayed for those selections for bottoms up, surface to bit, and surface to surface. • Save your parameters and create more depth combinations as needed. • You’ve got your hardhat, steel toes, and safety glasses. Now add Bottoms Up to the essential tools you need when working in the patch. Make your calculations easy, keep your life turning to the right. ** Feel free to drop us a line! We’re always listening to your suggestions and strive to improve our apps! If you have any feedback just contact us, support@archimedesworkshop.co ** ** Are you happy with the Bottoms Up Calcs app? We’d love to hear about it! Please take a moment to leave us a nice review, it truly helps us continue creating great tools for the industry! ** While you’re in the sharing mood, go ahead and post about it on Facebook too. Be Good!

About

Mud Man Pro

This offline drilling fluid calculator provides essential tools for mud engineers on the rig. It offers over 20 specialized calculators for various fluid properties and operations, along with a comprehensive field notes library. Designed for speed and accuracy without internet dependency.

Highlights
  • 20+ drilling fluid calculators
  • OBM and WBM support
  • Offline functionality
  • Field notes library
  • Pilot test converter
  • Hitch calendar
Features
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Mud Man Pro is a field-ready drilling fluid calculator built by a mud engineer for mud engineers. Whether you're running OBM or WBM, Mud Man Pro gives you fast, accurate calculations right on the rig — no internet required, no fluff, just the tools you actually need on the job. Features include 20+ calculators covering rheology, mud weight, pump output, ECD, hydrostatic pressure, kick tolerance, brine builder, retort analysis, dilution and mixing, pipe displacement, strokes, LCM pill, centrifuge G-force, and more. Also includes a pilot test converter, hitch calendar, and a comprehensive field notes library covering OBM, WBM, solids, testing procedures, and chemical behavior — all written from real field experience. Built for working mud engineers who need reliable answers fast.

Screenshots

Bottoms Up Calcs4 screens
Mud Man Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mud Man Pro at Free against Bottoms Up Calcs's $0.99. Mud Man Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Bottoms Up Calcs's advantage is chart position (#186 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, 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

Mud Man Pro is free to download; Bottoms Up Calcs costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mud Man Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bottoms Up Calcs versus Mud Man Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBottoms Up CalcsMud Man Pro
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoodStampColten Meadows

Customer experience

Bottoms Up Calcs

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

Mud Man Pro

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

In-app purchases

None

Bottoms Up Calcs

No in-app purchases

None

Mud Man Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bottoms Up Calcs free?
Bottoms Up Calcs costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mud Man Pro free?
Mud Man Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bottoms Up Calcs or Mud Man Pro?
Mud Man Pro is rated higher. Bottoms Up Calcs averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Mud Man Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bottoms Up Calcs or Mud Man Pro have ads?
Neither Bottoms Up Calcs nor Mud Man Pro shows ads.

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