Comparison

Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) vs KICKDRILL

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

Head to head
About

Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)

This tool assists petroleum industry professionals with well control and planning calculations. It determines maximum kick volume using Boyle's Law and gas law options, supporting vertical and 3D directional wells. Users can import well survey data from CSV files.

Highlights
  • Maximum Kick Volume calculation
  • Boyle's Law and Gas Law options
  • Support for vertical and 3D wells
  • 3D well planning creation
  • Import well survey data from CSV
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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The Kick Tolerance provides to drilling engineers, chemists, students and other professionals in the petroleum industry a productivity helpful tool in the drilling operations (well control) and well planning step of oil wells. This application deals the concept: - Kick Tolerance as Maximum Kick Volume applying the Boyle's Law and also with options for Gas Law (temperature and gas compressibility factor effects). Note about the gas Z factor in this app: PV = nRTZ. Formulas by Hall and Yarborough (1973) correlation to estimate z-factor of natural gas. The Kick Tolerance calculations as maximum kick volume can be applied on vertical and 3D directional wells. It provides a 3D well planning creation tool like our app "Directional Drilling". The well planning and survey stations can also be imported from CSV text files, for example: "MD","INC","AZI","TVD","N/S","E/W" "1000.0","0.0","0.0","1000.0","0.0","0.0" "1100.0","3.0","10.0" "1200.0","6.0","15.0" ... The values can be "quoted" or unquoted and separated by: - Comma: 1.00,2.00,3.00 - Semicolon: 1.00;2.00;3.00 or 1,00;2,00;3,00 - Tab: 1.00 2.00 3.00 (TSV file) - Space: 1.00 2.00 3.00 - Dark Mode (iOS 13 or greater) Please you can contribute with suggestions for improvements, correcting the English translation, reporting bugs and sharing it with your friends. 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. Thanks

About

KICKDRILL

This app provides drilling and well personnel with a flexible and effective way to practice and maintain essential well control knowledge. It offers exam-style questions aligned with industry standards, training and exam modes, and instant explanations to reinforce learning.

Highlights
  • Exam-style questions
  • API and NORSOK aligned
  • Training mode
  • Exam mode
  • Instant explanations
  • Progress tracking
Features
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KickDrill – Train Well Control Anytime, Anywhere KickDrill helps drilling and well personnel practice and maintain essential well control knowledge. Whether you're preparing for recertification or refreshing your skills on the job, KickDrill gives you fast, focused training based on real operational scenarios. - Exam‑style questions aligned with current API and NORSOK requirements - Training mode and exam mode - Instant explanations to reinforce learning - Track your progress over time - Designed for drilling, well, and subsea professionals KickDrill makes well control training simple, flexible, and effective — so you can stay confident and prepared. View our terms & conditions: https://kickdrill.com/terms-and-conditions/

Screenshots

Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)4 screens
KICKDRILL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KICKDRILL at Free against Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)'s $29.99. Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On update cadence, ads 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

KICKDRILL is free to download; Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) costs $29.99 up front. KICKDRILL sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) versus KICKDRILL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)KICKDRILL
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlos MouraRichard Steffensen

Customer experience

Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

KICKDRILL

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

In-app purchases

None

Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol)

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

KICKDRILL

Subscriptions3
  • KICKDRILL Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • KICKDRILL Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • KICKDRILL Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • KICKDRILL Subscription$9.99

Questions

Is Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) free?
Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KICKDRILL free?
KICKDRILL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) or KICKDRILL have ads?
Neither Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) nor KICKDRILL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) or KICKDRILL?
Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) ships an update every 2 months, and KICKDRILL every 2 months. Most recently, Kick Tolerance (Max Kick Vol) was updated on November 3, 2026 and KICKDRILL on November 3, 2026.

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