Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop vs Mechanical Engineering Toolkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop
This app calculates friction and fitting losses in liquid flow systems using the Darcy-Weisbach equation. It offers extensive databases for fluids, pipes, and fittings, with customizable units and reporting options. Verified against published data, it's designed for engineers needing accurate pressure drop calculations.
- Friction and fitting loss calculations
- Darcy-Weisbach equation with Colebrook-White
- Integrated databases for fluids, pipes, and fittings
- User-definable custom data
- Imperial and Metric unit support
- Professional Excel and PDF reports
- Results verification against published data
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Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop is a pressure loss calculator app from Pipe Flow Software that calculates friction loss and fitting loss results. It uses the Darcy-Weisbach equation with Colebrook-White friction factors, together with K values for fittings, to provide accurate calculations. Pipe Flow Software applications are used by engineers in over 100 countries worldwide. The Pressure Drop App has an intuitive user interface that allows for easy entry of the input data, including changes in elevation, and selection of valves & fittings. Comprehensive results include Reynolds number, friction factor, flow type (laminar or turbulent), friction losses, fitting losses, fluid velocities and more. Each result is clearly displayed using expandable sections that reveal further information as needed. Users can select pipe materials, pipe diameters, pipe fittings (k factors) and liquids from the integrated databases, and these can also be extended with user specific data for custom pipe materials, diameters, fittings, and liquids. The App can operate in Imperial or Metric units and each individual field can be further customised to use a specific unit. Results values can be displayed to a specified number of decimal places. Pipe Flow Pressure Drop calculation results have been verified against multiple cases of published results from well known sources. The results of these calculations are included in the Results Verification PDF document which can be accessed from within the App. Engineers can easily perform their pressure drop calculations in the office or on site. Professional Excel and PDF reports can easily be shared with others. Results can also be saved to the library within the App. The Pipe Flow Pressure Drop software has unrivalled functions and features that aren't often found in other pressure loss calculator apps: - Liquid properties database for water, oils, acids, and other fluids. - Pipe material database for various Steel, Aluminium, Copper, HDPE, and other pipes. - Fitting database for standard valves and bends, with associated K factor values. - User definable custom materials, fluids and fittings. - Professional Excel and PDF reports showing calculation results. - Results verification against published data to provide confidence in the calculation results. - Configurable post decimal places for display on screen and in reports. - Automatic conversion between a wide range of units. - Compatibility with Pipe Flow Wizard files for iOS, macOS and Windows. - Calculation engine based on the same reliable calculation engine that is used by Pipe Flow Software's premier Pipe Flow Expert software, which is trusted by users in over 100 countries worldwide. - High quality, reliable software, and unrivalled customer support. Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop is offered as a free trial download and can be purchased for a one-time fee within the App. Terms of Use: https://www.pipeflow.com/pipe-flow-mobile-software/pipe-flow-mobile-software-license-terms
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit
This utility app provides a comprehensive collection of engineering equations and formulas for students and professionals. Easily perform calculations by selecting a formula and inputting variables, with detailed instructions and reference material included.
- Engineering equations and formulas
- Mechanics of Material calculations
- Theory of Elasticity formulas
- Composite Material properties
- Reference material
- Variable input for calculations
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Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is a professional engineering calculator for students, researchers, and practicing engineers. Choose a formula, enter your variables, and get instant results — with calculation steps, formulas, diagrams, and unit conversions shown along the way. Switch between SI and Imperial units anytime, save favorites, and find the right tool fast with recommendations by major. Save your inputs as named projects, and export any result as text, image, CSV or PDF. Categories and tools: Mechanics of Material • Moments of inertia of plane areas • Force-displacement relation of a bar • Torsion formula and angle of twist • Flexure formula of a beam • Transverse shear stress • Deflections and slopes of cantilever and simple beams • Plane stress transformation and Mohr's circle • Principal stresses and planes • Spherical shell and thin-walled pressure vessel stresses • Buckling load of a column • Thermal deformation and stress • Combined loading • Bolted / riveted joints • Fatigue safety factor • Shaft power and torque Statics • Centroid of an area • Resultant of a force system • Beam reactions • 2D truss analysis Machine Design • Helical compression springs • Spur gear geometry and stresses • Shaft fatigue design (DE-Goodman) • Bearing L10 life • Belt and chain drives • Bolt preload / torque-tension • Fillet weld strength • Press / shrink-fit interference • Shaft critical speed (Dunkerley) • Beam natural frequency (five end conditions) • Torsional natural frequency (one or two rotors) Fluids & Thermal • Reynolds number and flow regime • Pipe pressure drop (Darcy-Weisbach with Colebrook) • Pump and fan power • Composite wall conduction • Fin efficiency • Heat exchanger sizing by LMTD Theory of Elasticity • Constitutive relation of linear elastic material • Stress/strain of linear elastic material Composite Material • Lamina and laminate stress/strain • Lamina engineering constants • Laminate plane and 3D properties • Rule of mixtures • Failure criteria (Tsai-Hill, Tsai-Wu) Reference Tables • Drill & tap chart (metric and imperial thread series) • ISO 286 fits & tolerances • Standard sections (AISC W, IPE, HEB) • Unit converter No account required. Works offline. Available in English, Chinese, German, French, and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop at none against Mechanical Engineering Toolkit's shown. Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Mechanical Engineering Toolkit's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (64 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mechanical Engineering Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mechanical Engineering Toolkit has 64 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop ships an update fortnightly, Mechanical Engineering Toolkit every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop | Mechanical Engineering Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | 4.8 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pipe Flow Software | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop
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In-app purchases
Pipe Flow Liquid Pressure Drop
- Pipe Flow Pressure Drop$4.99
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit
- Remove Ads$2.99
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