HVAC Quick Load vs ASHRAE 365
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HVAC Quick Load
This app provides quick, rule-of-thumb HVAC load calculations for various building types. It estimates heating and cooling loads, as well as air flows, based on building type, area, and occupancy. Results can be emailed with an Excel spreadsheet attachment for further analysis.
- Rule-of-thumb HVAC load calculations
- Supports commercial, industrial, and residential buildings
- Estimates cooling/heating loads and air flows
- Email results with Excel spreadsheet attachment
- IP and SI unit support
- HVAC Equipment Locator included
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The HVAC Quick Load is the one and only rule-of-thumb HVAC heating and cooling load application for the iPhone and iPad. This app performs rule-of-thumb HVAC cooling and heating load calculations for many types of commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential buildings. It allows you to quickly calculate the total required cooling and heating loads (in BTU/hr or Tonnage) and air flows (CFM or L/s) by inputting just the building type, total square area and number of people. You can email all of the inputs and results to any email address. In addition, the email includes an Excel spreadsheet attachment from which you can perform more extensive calculations. The basis of the calculations for this utility come from various authoritative HVAC texts that list average cooling and heating load values per square foot for many building types. All values can be displayed in English (IP) and Metric (SI) units. The following is a sample of some of the types of buildings that can be modeled: 1. Cocktail Lounges, Bars, Taverns, Clubhouses 2. Computer Rooms 3. Dining Halls, Lunch Rooms, Cafeterias, Luncheonettes 4. Hospital Patient Rooms, Nursing Home Patient Rooms 5. Jails 6. Kitchens 7. Libraries, Museums 8. Malls, Shopping Centers 9. Medical/Dental Centers, Clinics, and Offices 10. Nightclubs 11. Offices, Commercial 12. ..... and many more This app is great for use out in the field to quickly analyze the cooling and heating properties of a building. However, please note, that it is by no means a substitute for rigorous heating and cooling load calculations, and HVAC equipment and materials should not be selected based upon the results from this application. We also offer the following additional HVAC applications for the iPhone and iPad: 1. HVAC Duct Sizer 2. HVAC Pipe Sizer – Gas Low Pressure 3. HVAC Pipe Sizer - Gas High Pressure 4. HVAC Pipe Sizer – Liquid 5. HVAC Pipe Sizer – Steam 6. Steam Tables 7. Psychrometric Plus 8. Psychrometric LT 9. HVAC Pipe Sizer Plus 10. HVAC Pipe Sizer Gas Plus 11. HVAC Toolkit 12. HVAC Toolkit Ultimate 13. HVAC Residential Load Calcs 14. HVAC Load Plus 15. HVAC Equipment Locator 16. ASHRAE Duct Fitting Database 17. ASHRAE 62.1 Ventilation Load Calcs 18. HVAC Psych HD 19. HVAC ResLoad-J 20. HVAC Residential Load Calcs HD
ASHRAE 365
Access ASHRAE information year-round. Stay updated on global conferences and events, connect with the community via social media, and discover resources to support the Society.
- Conference and event updates
- Social media integration
- Resource discovery
- Society support information
- Year-round access
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ASHRAE 365 is your year-round app for ASHRAE information. Stay up-to-date on upcoming worldwide conferences and events, connect with others through social media, find resources, and learn how to support the Society.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HVAC Quick Load at 45% against ASHRAE 365's 0%. ASHRAE 365's advantage is price (Free vs $6.99) and rating (4.2 vs 3.3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
ASHRAE 365 is free to download; HVAC Quick Load costs $6.99 up front. HVAC Quick Load sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ASHRAE 365 asks for nothing beyond the download.
ASHRAE 365 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of HVAC Quick Load's written reviews are positive against 0% of ASHRAE 365's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HVAC Quick Load ships an update every 9 months, ASHRAE 365 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HVAC Quick Load | ASHRAE 365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carmel Software Corporation | ASHRAE, Inc. |
Customer experience
HVAC Quick Load
ASHRAE 365
In-app purchases
HVAC Quick Load
- HVAC Equipment Locator$9.99
ASHRAE 365
No in-app purchases
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