Comparison

Pipe Tools vs Pipefitter

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

Head to head
About

Pipe Tools

This app provides a comprehensive steel pipe handbook with charts for wall thickness, mass, and pressure calculations. It facilitates quick conversions and cost comparisons, allowing users to prepare and send customized PDF quotes for pipe sales.

Highlights
  • Steel pipe charts (wall thickness, mass)
  • Unit conversions (feet, meters, pounds, kg)
  • Pipe cost comparison
  • Customizable PDF quote generation
  • Mechanical and hardness conversions
  • Pressure and wall thickness calculations
Features
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Steel Pipe Handbook that fits in your pocket! Great tool for pipe purchasers & sales, pipe manufacturers, pipe yard inspectors, fabricators, oilfield workers, NDE techs, truck operators, designers, heat treaters, and engineers. Steel pipe charts for wall thickness (inch & mm) and pipe mass (lb/ft and kg/m) from ASME B36.10M, and casing and tubing charts from API 5CT. Quick conversion between feet, metres, pounds, kilograms, CWT, net tons, metric tonnes for any pipe size. Compare pipe costs $/ft, $/m, $/lb, $/kg, $/CWT, $/net ton, $/metric tonne for your pipe size. Prepare quotes for pipe sales and send customized pdf to your customers - all from within the app! Info from various pipe specs (ASTM, CSA, API, NACE) Mechanical conversions (for strength & toughness). Calculator for Carbon Equivalents. Hardness conversions (scales include HRBW, HRC, HV, HBW, UTS) Calculate the weight of a truckload of steel pipe. Check typical AISI alloy content. Calculate the weight & buoyancy of pipe including its coatings and contents. Calculate ASME B31.3 maximum pressures and minimum wall thicknesses. www.bri-steel.com sales@bri-steel.com 2020 Bri-Steel Manufacturing, All Rights Reserved

About

Pipefitter

This tool simplifies complex pipefitting calculations for odd angles, offsets, and standard fittings. It provides clear visual guides and measurements for creating and assembling pipes, speeding up the workflow for professionals.

Highlights
  • Calculate odd angles and offsets
  • Measure face-to-face and center-to-center
  • Select standard pipe sizes
  • Generate clear visual guides
  • Supports ANSI and DIN elbows
Features
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Application Pipefitter allows you to calculate odd angles, elbows, tees, problematic offset pipes and mark them with measuring tape, caliper or height gauge on the work bench. You can measure everything in a simple way: from "face to face", or ”center to center”, and quickly get the solution in the App. Standard pipe sizes and long radius elbows (including ANSI and DIN) can be selected from the list of up to 40 inches. The entire process consists of three steps: 1) determining the purpose of calculation (question mark symbol) 2) entering the data 3) displaying the result of a calculation. The result: we have all the necessary information which are needed to create and fold your pipe. Drawings clearly show you the way of what you are looking for and what you need to do. It speeds up the process of work of pipe fitters. The application is being updated all the time and oriented to develop and extend, basing on suggestions of other pipe fitters.

Screenshots

Pipe Tools4 screens
Pipefitter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pipe Tools at Free against Pipefitter's $6.99. Pipe Tools also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.7) and review sentiment (79% vs 45%). Pipefitter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 36 months). On 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

Pipe Tools is free to download; Pipefitter costs $6.99 up front. Pipe Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pipefitter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Tools has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Pipe Tools's written reviews are positive against 45% of Pipefitter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, Pipefitter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pipe Tools versus Pipefitter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe ToolsPipefitter
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.2 (20 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB38 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBri-Steel ManufacturingTomasz Szymanski

Customer experience

Pipe Tools

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%

Pipefitter

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative48.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Tools

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
None

Pipefitter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipe Tools free?
Pipe Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pipefitter free?
Pipefitter costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipe Tools or Pipefitter?
Pipe Tools is rated higher. Pipe Tools averages 4.2 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Pipefitter averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Pipe Tools or Pipefitter have ads?
Neither Pipe Tools nor Pipefitter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Tools or Pipefitter?
Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, and Pipefitter every 3 months. Most recently, Pipe Tools was updated on October 8, 2026 and Pipefitter on October 12, 2026.

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