Comparison

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit vs Polygon

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Engineering equations and formulas
  • Mechanics of Material calculations
  • Theory of Elasticity formulas
  • Composite Material properties
  • Reference material
  • Variable input for calculations
Features
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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.

About

Polygon

Calculate complex properties of any polygonal figure, including centroids, moments of inertia, and perimeter. Simply input vertex coordinates for instant results, saving significant time on tedious calculations.

Highlights
  • Polygon Centroids
  • Moments of Inertia (Ix, Iy, Ixy)
  • Polar Moment of Inertia
  • Radius of Gyration
  • Principal Moments of Inertia
  • Area and Perimeter
  • Side Lengths
  • Hollow Sections
Features
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Polygon will allow you to calculate complex and tedious calculations related to any polygonal figure, whether concave or convex, regular or irregular, in a simple and instantaneous way: - Polygon Centroids - Moments of Inertia Ix, Iy, Ixy - Polar Moment of Inertia - Radius of gyration - Principal Moments of Inertia (Iu, Iv and their respective angles) - Area and Perimeter of the polygon - Length of each side of the polygon - Even incorporate hollow sections - Rotate the axes to a custom angle - Define new custom axes at any point - and much more You just have to enter the coordinates of the vertices of your polygon and press the button and it will immediately calculate all the previous properties, saving valuable time. Subscription Terms: Payment will be charged to Itunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turnerd off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Setting after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. For in-app purchases and subscriptions, see Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit4 screens
Polygon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mechanical Engineering Toolkit at 4.8 against Polygon's 3.0. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). Polygon's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Polygon sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mechanical Engineering Toolkit has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit ships an update every 8 days, Polygon weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit versus Polygon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMechanical Engineering ToolkitPolygon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (64 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAPPS BAY LIMITEDAdrian Caballero

Customer experience

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit

All ratings64 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Polygon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mechanical Engineering Toolkit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
4 purchases

Polygon

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Access$2.991 Month
  • Pro Access$4.996 Months
  • Pro Access$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Access$9.99

Questions

Is Mechanical Engineering Toolkit free?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Polygon free?
Polygon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mechanical Engineering Toolkit or Polygon?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is rated higher. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Polygon averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mechanical Engineering Toolkit or Polygon have ads?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit shows ads; Polygon does not.
Which is updated more often, Mechanical Engineering Toolkit or Polygon?
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit ships an update every 8 days, and Polygon weekly. Most recently, Mechanical Engineering Toolkit was updated on September 24, 2026 and Polygon on September 20, 2026.

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