Pipe Tools vs Xpy Bell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Xpy Bell
Monitor your home's exterior with this Wi-Fi doorbell camera. See and speak to visitors remotely, record footage, and receive motion alerts. Features night vision and cloud backup for continuous surveillance.
- HD wireless outdoor doorbell camera
- Two-way audio communication
- Remote viewing and visitor interaction
- Night vision capabilities
- Google Drive cloud backup
- Motion detection with push notifications
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Focusing on the connected home of the future, Nexxt Solutions introduces an innovative outdoor Wi-Fi doorbell camera. Its high-definition lens along with its two-way communication feature, allows you to see and greet visitors from wherever you are. Night vision ensures that you will keep on clearly monitoring all activity in and around your home even in low light conditions. Complete with Google Drive integration, the doorbell backs up and stores footage captured by the camera directly to the cloud. This battery-powered doorbell can be installed virtually anywhere. Moreover, with round-the-clock surveillance, coupled with our mobile application, important moments will never go unnoticed again as long as the XpyBell is guarding your front door. Features: • HD wireless outdoor doorbell video camera • 720p / 1.0MP • Mobile access using the included application • Answer the door from your mobile device. • View a live feed and interact with guests or possible intruders • Record and playback footage • Google One Drive ready for instant cloud backup • Motion detection alarm with push notification to application • Supports two-way communication • Supports P2P connection • Easy QR code setup • IEEE 802.11n wireless connection • H.264 compression • IP55 outdoor housing • IR LEDs for night vision
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pipe Tools at 79% against Xpy Bell's 0%. Pipe Tools also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). Xpy Bell's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Pipe Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Xpy Bell asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pipe Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Tools has 20 ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of Xpy Bell's.
Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, Xpy Bell every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Tools | Xpy Bell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (20 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bri-Steel Manufacturing | Accvent LLC |
Customer experience
Pipe Tools
Xpy Bell
In-app purchases
Pipe Tools
- Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
Xpy Bell
No in-app purchases









