CSiRebar vs Block Calculator Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSiRebar
This app helps structural and civil engineers quickly convert between bar sizes, steel area, and spacing requirements. It supports ASTM, Metric, and Imperial standards, offering various reinforcement layout options for design and analysis.
- Converts bar sizes, steel area, and spacing
- Supports ASTM, Metric, and Imperial standards
- Generates multiple reinforcement layouts
- Allows combined reinforcement layouts
- User-defined rules for bar selection
- Provides alternative reinforcement layouts
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CSiRebar is an app that conveniently converts between combinations of bar sizes, steel area, and spacing requirements. Application/Usage: • Convert between combinations of bar sizes, steel area, and spacing requirements • Select the required combination of bar sizes and spacing for given conversions using ASTM, Metric or Imperial standards Target Users: • Structural and civil engineers who need to view and select from various reinforcement layouts for a given criteria during member design • Structural and civil engineers who need to quickly get the area of steel provided in a given section during member analysis Key Features: • Generate many reinforcement layouts • Provide ability for combined reinforcement layouts • User-defined rules for bar selection • Provide several bar options for user-defined range Key Input: • Area • Bar size • Number of bars • Bar spacing • Combined reinforcement layouts Key Output: • Area for given reinforcement layouts • Reinforcement layouts for given bar options and spacing requirements • Alternative reinforcement layouts for given layouts
Block Calculator Plus
This app provides nine specialized calculators to accurately estimate masonry materials for various construction projects. It helps calculate blocks, bricks, mortar, concrete, and gravel needed for walls and other structures, supporting multiple units of measurement.
- 9 concrete block estimation calculators
- Estimate blocks, bricks, mortar, and fill
- Supports US customary and metric units
- Calculate for walls, concrete, and gravel
- Area and volume calculation tools
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9 concrete block estimation calculators to estimate masonry material for block and brickwork projects. Estimate blocks or bricks needed for a wall, mortar, concrete fill, concrete, or gravel. 9 Free Calculators: - block calculator - brick calculator - mortar calculator - block fill calculator - concrete calculator - gravel/sand calculator - retaining wall calculator - area calculator - volume calculator Enter dimensions in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, or meters. Get results in US customary or metric measurements. Based on the calculators on Inch Calculator(www.inchcalculator.com) that are trusted by millions of people world-wide for material estimation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CSiRebar at none against Block Calculator Plus's shown. CSiRebar also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Block Calculator Plus's advantage is ratings volume (964 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
CSiRebar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Calculator Plus has 964 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CSiRebar ships an update fortnightly, Block Calculator Plus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSiRebar | Block Calculator Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (964 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 964 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Computers and Structures, Inc. | Calc Hub, LLC |
Customer experience
CSiRebar
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In-app purchases
CSiRebar
No in-app purchases
Block Calculator Plus
No in-app purchases
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