Comparison

Hydrology Formulator vs sSLOPE

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

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About

Hydrology Formulator

This app provides a comprehensive collection of over 1,000 formulas, calculators, and conversions for hydrology and civil engineering. It covers a wide range of topics including groundwater, stormwater, pipe flow, and water pollution.

Highlights
  • 1,000+ formulas and calculators
  • Groundwater analysis tools
  • Stormwater design calculations
  • Open channel and pipe flow equations
  • Water pollution modeling
  • Conversions and reference data
Features
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HYDROLOGY FORMULATOR is the ultimate pocket reference for hydrologists, civil engineers, environmental scientists, and students. Packed with 1,000+ formulas, calculators, and conversions, it covers everything from groundwater analysis to stormwater design — all in one powerful app. HYDROLOGY CALCULATORS Infiltration & Recharge — 17 Calculators - Porosity, Green-Ampt Infiltration, Horton Infiltration, Philip Infiltration, Holtan's Model, Hydraulic Conductivity, Groundwater Recharge, Mean Pore Velocity, Specific Discharge, Volumetric Water Content, and more Evaporation & Transpiration — 8 Calculators - Penman-Monteith ET0, Blaney-Criddle ET, Thornthwaite PET, Crop Evapotranspiration, Saturation Vapor Pressure, Evaporation Rate of Lake, Relative Humidity, Potential Evapotranspiration Open Channel Flow — 12 Calculators - Manning's Equation (SI & US), Chezy Equation, Froude Number, Hydraulic Radius, Hydraulic Jump, Critical Depth, Specific Energy, Reynolds Number, and more Pipe Flow — 7 Calculators - Darcy-Weisbach Equation, Hazen-Williams Velocity (SI & US), Reynolds Number, Water Hammer Pressure, Continuity Equation, Minor Head Loss Stormwater & Watershed — 9 Calculators - SCS Curve Number Runoff, SCS Peak Discharge, IDF Rainfall Intensity, Kirpich Time of Concentration, Gumbel Extreme Value, Detention Storage Volume, Composite Curve Number, and more Pumps & Water Supply — 7 Calculators - Total Dynamic Head, Water Horsepower, Brake Horsepower, NPSHa, Affinity Laws for Flow, Head, and Power Weirs & Orifices — 6 Calculators - Rectangular Weir (SI & US), V-Notch Weir, Broad-Crested Weir, Orifice Flow, Spillway Discharge Water Flow — 10 Calculators - Water Flow Rate, Velocity of Water, Volume of Water Flow, 90° V-Notch calculations, Pipe Total Diameter, and more Surface Runoff — 6 Calculators - Average Velocity, Runoff, Travel Time, Hourly Rate of Rainfall Groundwater — 7 Calculators - Darcy's Law, Thiem Equation, Cooper-Jacob Drawdown, Dupuit Well Flow, Radius of Influence, Storage Properties Soil Pollution — 5 Calculators - Groundwater Pore Velocity, Effective Diffusion, Hydrodynamic Dispersion, Aquifer Parameter, Variance of Pore Velocity River Pollution — 7 Calculators - River Oxygen Deficit, Critical Time & Distance for Oxygen Deficit, Re-Aeration Constants, Dissolved Oxygen, River Flow, Water Temperature Lake Pollution — 4 Calculators - Waste Entering, Equilibrium Concentration, Settling Loss Rate, Particle Deposition Rate Sediment Transport — 4 Calculators - Shields Parameter, Bed Shear Stress, Stokes' Law Settling Velocity, Meyer-Peter Müller Bedload Snow Hydrology — 2 Calculators - Snow Water Equivalent, Degree-Day Snowmelt Culvert Hydraulics — 2 Calculators - Culvert Headwater (Outlet Control), Culvert Outlet Control Head Loss Flood Routing - Muskingum Routing Water Balance - Water Balance Equation, Storage Continuity Plus: Area Formulas, Pollution Cleanup, and more CONVERSIONS & REFERENCE Hundreds of built-in conversions across 16 categories including: - Liquid Measures, Cubic Measures, Linear Measures, Square Measures - Flow Rates, Pressures, Horsepower, BTU, Watts, Power - Hydraulic Conversions, Sand-to-Volume, Ft-Lbs - 8 Temperature Scales (Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Rankine, Réaumur, Newton, Delisle, Rømer) - Metric Conversions and Fraction Conversions KEY FEATURES - Save and review past calculations - Switch between US (Imperial) and Metric units - Clean, intuitive interface designed for field and office use - Premium upgrade unlocks Groundwater, Pollution, Sediment Transport, Snow Hydrology, Culvert Hydraulics, and Flood Routing calculators

About

sSLOPE

Perform quick slope stability analyses on your mobile device. This app uses the simplified Bishop method to calculate the Factor of Safety for soil and rock slopes, supporting various conditions like water tables, external loads, and seismic forces.

Highlights
  • Analyze horizontally layered soil slopes (up to 7 layers)
  • Incorporate water table effects and ponded water
  • Apply vertical external loading
  • Model pseudo-static seismic loads
  • Simulate End Anchored and Soil Nail support
  • Adjust failure surface search limits
  • Utilize Mohr-Coulomb and Hoek-Brown strength criteria
  • Generate and email PDF reports
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sSLOPE is designed to perform a quick slope stability analysis on your phone device. sSLOPE is very simple and easy to use. sSLOPE uses the simplified Bishop method (method of slices) to discretize the soil/rock mass and determine the Factor of Safety (FOS). sSLOPE has the following features: • The stability of horizontally layered soil slope (up to maximum 7 layers) can be analyzed using the latest version (i.e. sSLOPE v3.0). • Water Table can be used for calculating pore pressure. The Water Table can also be used to define ponded water above the slope surface. • Vertical external loading (compression distributed pressure) can be easily applied to the upper slope of a model. • Pseudo-static seismic loads can be added to model by defining the seismic load coefficients in the horizontal and/or vertical directions. • The End Anchored and Soil Nail support can be used to model slope reinforcement. • Failure surface search limits can be modified to narrow down the search area to achieve better accuracy. • Both Mohr-Coulomb and Generalized Hoek-Brown strength criterion can be used to assess stability of soil and rock slopes. • The Settings Tab can be used to configure the main analysis parameters for the model, such as Units of Measurement, Project Title and etc. • The brief summary of analysis results and input data will be displayed in the Report Page. The report button, allows user to save the current model’s input and output information into PDF file. The generated report file can be sent out via email.

Screenshots

Hydrology Formulator4 screens
sSLOPE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hydrology Formulator at Free against sSLOPE's $3.99. Hydrology Formulator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 27 months). sSLOPE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On ratings volume, 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

Hydrology Formulator is free to download; sSLOPE costs $3.99 up front. Hydrology Formulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. sSLOPE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hydrology Formulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hydrology Formulator ships an update every 6 months, sSLOPE every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on July 15, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hydrology Formulator versus sSLOPE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydrology FormulatorsSLOPE
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHistorycentral.com IncRoozbeh Geraili Mikola

Customer experience

Hydrology Formulator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative60.0%

sSLOPE

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hydrology Formulator

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.99
None

sSLOPE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydrology Formulator free?
Hydrology Formulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is sSLOPE free?
sSLOPE costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydrology Formulator or sSLOPE?
Hydrology Formulator is rated higher. Hydrology Formulator averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while sSLOPE averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hydrology Formulator or sSLOPE have ads?
Neither Hydrology Formulator nor sSLOPE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydrology Formulator or sSLOPE?
Hydrology Formulator ships an update every 6 months, and sSLOPE every 27 months. Most recently, Hydrology Formulator was updated on July 15, 2026 and sSLOPE on September 23, 2026.

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