Pipe Tools vs Pipe Source
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
Pipe Source
Access comprehensive steel pipe specifications and industry conversion calculators. Easily find pipe charts for various sizes and schedules, and quickly convert units like feet to tons and $/ft to $/ton. Connect with industry experts for immediate assistance.
- Imperial and metric pipe charts
- Wall thickness and weight per foot data
- Oil Country and Tubular product information
- Industry conversion calculators
- Contact industry experts
- Branch locator
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Pipe Source brought to you by Kelly Pipe is a convenient resource for common steel pipe specifications as well as useful industry conversion calculators! This application includes imperial and metric pipe charts displaying wall thickness and weight per foot for Pipe sizes 1/8” – 52” and Schedules 5- Double Extra Heavy. Similar information is also provided for commonly stocked Oil Country and Tubular products including API drift and Coupling OD for well casing and tubing. Multiple built-in industry related calculators make it easy to convert feet to tons and $/ft to $/ton. The Pipe Source enables users to readily contact industry experts at a nearby Kelly Pipe branch to get immediate answers to their questions. With over 100 years in the business, an expert knowledgeable staff, Kelly Pipe is the Ultimate Source for Carbon Steel Pipe and Oil Country Tubular Goods!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pipe Source at none against Pipe Tools's 1. Pipe Source also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 36 months) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15.1). Pipe Tools's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). 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. Pipe Source asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pipe Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Tools has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, Pipe Source every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Tools | Pipe Source |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (20 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bri-Steel Manufacturing | Kelly Pipe Co. LLC |
Customer experience
Pipe Tools
Pipe Source
In-app purchases
Pipe Tools
- Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
Pipe Source
No in-app purchases
