Comparison

Hydrology Formulator vs Desktop Journey

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

Desktop Journey

Transform your phone into a useful desk companion. It displays your calendar and reminders at a glance, and features a gamified element where you complete small tasks to defeat enemies during your workday. An optional subscription unlocks weather information.

Highlights
  • At-a-glance calendar and reminders
  • Time and date display
  • Gamified task completion
  • Customizable tasks
  • Optional weather display
  • Ad-free experience
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The perfect app to run while your phone is in its charging stand at your desk! Aside from an optional subscription to additionally show the current temperature and weather (to help cover the app author's cost of access to a weather API), Desktop Journey is completely free, and ad-free! Make your phone's screen useful while you're working on other things by having it show a dashboard of at-a-glance views of the current time and date, and current and upcoming items from your iOS calendar and reminders. At the bottom of the screen, a hero accompanies you, walking along through various biomes as you journey through your own work day. A few times a day, an enemy character will confront the hero. You can defeat the enemy by doing a task, from a set that you customize, such as doing a few push-ups, standing up and stretching, or tidying your workspace. Or, just skip the encounter if it's not a convenient time. Enjoy your Desktop Journey!

Screenshots

Hydrology Formulator4 screens
Desktop Journey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Desktop Journey at every 8 days against Hydrology Formulator's every 6 months. Desktop Journey also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). Hydrology Formulator's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Hydrology Formulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Desktop Journey sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hydrology Formulator against 5.0 for Desktop Journey. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hydrology Formulator ships an update every 6 months, Desktop Journey every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hydrology Formulator versus Desktop Journey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydrology FormulatorDesktop Journey
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHistorycentral.comJonathan Schneider

Customer experience

Hydrology Formulator

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

Desktop Journey

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hydrology Formulator

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.99
1 purchases

Desktop Journey

Subscriptions1
  • Full Unlock1 Month trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Hydrology Formulator free?
Hydrology Formulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Desktop Journey free?
Desktop Journey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hydrology Formulator or Desktop Journey?
Hydrology Formulator and Desktop Journey are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hydrology Formulator or Desktop Journey have ads?
Neither Hydrology Formulator nor Desktop Journey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydrology Formulator or Desktop Journey?
Hydrology Formulator ships an update every 6 months, and Desktop Journey every 8 days. Most recently, Hydrology Formulator was updated on November 1, 2026 and Desktop Journey on November 3, 2026.

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