Mechanical Engineering Toolkit vs Woodworker's Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Woodworker's Toolbox
This app provides essential tools for woodworkers, including a fraction calculator that handles measurements in fractions, decimals, or metric. It also features a board feet calculator for lumber cost estimation and a drill bit selector to find the right size bit for your needs.
- Fraction calculator
- Board feet calculator
- Drill bit selector
- Large buttons for shop use
- One-handed operation
- No account or data collection
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Stop doing shop math in your head. Woodworker's Toolbox is a complete set of workshop calculators built for real woodworkers — fraction math, board feet, drill bits, Janka hardness, and more. Large buttons, one-handed operation, no account required. CALCULATORS • Fraction Calculator — add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions without converting to decimals. • Board Feet Estimator — calculate board feet and lumber cost by the piece or by the project. • Pocket Hole Guide — select material type, enter thickness, get the right screw length and thread type every time. • Wood Movement — predict shrinkage and expansion based on species, cut, and moisture change. REFERENCE • Wood Species Database — 280+ species with Janka hardness ratings. Know how hard a wood is before you buy it. • Drill Bit Selector — enter your screw size, get the right bit rounded up to the nearest standard size. • Pilot Hole Chart — quick reference for pilot holes, clearance holes, and countersinks by screw size. • Drill Index — complete reference organized by fractional, numbered, lettered, and metric sizes. • Imperial ↔ Metric Converter — no mental gymnastics. DESIGNED FOR THE SHOP Dark mode. Works offline. No ads, no subscription, no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mechanical Engineering Toolkit at Free against Woodworker's Toolbox's $9.99. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (64 vs 4). Woodworker's Toolbox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit is free to download; Woodworker's Toolbox costs $9.99 up front. Mechanical Engineering Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Woodworker's Toolbox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Woodworker's Toolbox 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Mechanical Engineering Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 50% of Woodworker's Toolbox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit ships an update weekly, Woodworker's Toolbox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mechanical Engineering Toolkit | Woodworker's Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | APPS BAY LIMITED | Jeffrey Paquette |
Customer experience
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit
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In-app purchases
Mechanical Engineering Toolkit
- Remove Ads$2.99
Woodworker's Toolbox
No in-app purchases
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