Pipe Tools vs Severe Service
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
Severe Service
This app helps users perform initial sizing for control valves, diagnose issues by selecting symptoms, and explore severe service applications across various industries. It also provides access to a technical library with videos and PDFs, a product catalog, and a contact feature for expert assistance.
- Control valve sizing tool
- Issue diagnosis by symptom
- Industry application explorer
- Technical library with videos and PDFs
- Fisher product catalog
- Keyword search functionality
- Direct contact with experts
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App Features: • Sizing Tool: Quickly perform initial sizing for Fisher globe control valves. Share the results with anyone. • Diagnose an Issue: Choose the symptom that’s causing you headaches, then view Fisher products that combat the issue. • Industry Application: Access a list of severe service applications in Hydrocarbon, Power, and General Industries. • Technical Library: Keep up-to-speed on severe service issues by watching our videos and viewing PDFs. • Products: Browse thru an alphabetical listing of Fisher products and learn more about their functionality. • Search: Enter the first few letters of a keyword to easily find available topics and documents. • Contact Us: Submit a question, we have experts available to answer your questions at every step of the process.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Severe Service at 4.7 against Pipe Tools's 4.2. Severe Service also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 36 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Severe Service asks for nothing beyond the download.
Severe Service holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 7 respectively.
Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, Severe Service monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Tools | Severe Service |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bri-Steel Manufacturing | Emerson Process Management |
Customer experience
Pipe Tools
Severe Service
In-app purchases
Pipe Tools
- Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
Severe Service
No in-app purchases
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