Bridle vs Fractio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bridle
This app simplifies the complex process of calculating bridles for the entertainment rigging industry. It leverages modern technology and intuitive multi-touch gestures to provide a smooth and efficient user experience for riggers.
- Quickly shows bridle leg lengths
- Calculates all forces within the bridle
- Presents all beam loads
- Realistic visual bridle representation
- View all necessary information at a glance
- Multiple input methods: swipe, scroll, type
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Bridle is the innovative bridle creation app for the entertainment rigging industry with a fresh perspective to the ancient craft of calculating bridles. Bridle combines something basic as gravity and physics with the power of modern technology, cause we feel that a swipe using multi touch technology means more then a thousand key strokes. Creating a bridle using the innovative Bridle user interface is a smooth and refreshing experience. Easy of use and maximum functionality has been our prime goal during the development of this app, and this goal is being achieved every time a bridle leg or a beam load is calculated by you as the rigger. UNITS: Imperial, Metric FEATURES: Quickly shows bridle leg lengths for 2-way bridles Calculates all forces within the bridle Presents all beam loads: horizontal, vertical, diagonal Realistic overview in the visual bridle representation view View all the info you need at a glance Multiple ways to input values: Swipe, Scroll, Type
Fractio
A versatile calculator designed for everyday use, handling numbers, fractions, and various measurements like linear, area, volume, and weight. It offers a natural display format and essential functions for common calculations.
- Fractional and decimal notation
- Linear, area, volume, and weight calculations
- US and metric unit conversions
- Natural number display
- Memory, rounding, percentage, trig, and log functions
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Fractio is a calculator for people that deal with plans, patterns, models, recipes, etc. In addition to plain numbers using either decimal or fractional notation, it can calculate linear measurements, areas, volumes, and weights, all in a variety of units including US and metric units. It includes easy conversion between the supported measurement units. Fractio displays numbers in "natural" format (not scientific notation), and is intended to calculate numbers that people use commonly. It includes memory, rounding, percentage, square/square root, trig, and log functions. Send bug reports, feature requests, etc to FractioApp@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fractio at Free against Bridle's $15.99. Fractio also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 46%). Bridle's advantage is chart position (#194 vs unranked) and ratings volume (33 vs 11). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Fractio is free to download; Bridle costs $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for Bridle against 3.2 for Fractio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Bridle's written reviews are positive against 67% of Fractio's.
Bridle ships an update every 8 months, Fractio every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bridle | Fractio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (33 ratings) — better | 3.2 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Production Innovators v.o.f. | James Campbell |
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Bridle
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In-app purchases
Bridle
No in-app purchases
Fractio
No in-app purchases
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