Comparison

Pipe Tools vs Pipefitter_Pro

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_Pro

This app is a pipe calculation tool that helps determine offsets, angles, and pipe segments. It offers a visual representation of angles and a slider for quick offset dimensioning, with dynamic angle updates. Future updates aim to include 3D angle calculations.

Highlights
  • Calculate pipe offsets
  • Determine angles
  • Calculate pipe segments
  • Visual angle representation
  • Slider for offset dimensioning
  • Dynamic angle updates
Features
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Pipefitter Pro is a calculator for pipefitters. It calculates offsets, elbow angles and spool lengths, and draws what it works out. Choose a case from the menu, enter the pipe diameter and elbow radius on the workshop keypad, then read the available results: angles, the spool between elbows, elbow takeout, arc lengths and caliper dimensions. CASES AND VIEWS • BACK TO BACK — two elbows, with either the angle or the offset unknown. • S TYPE — offset, travel or a fixed 45° option. • TEE OFFSET — calculations that include the branch diameter. • CALCULATOR — one elbow cut out of a 90°. • 3D — two elbows in space, set using the A, B and C dimensions of a box. • SLIDER / SLIDER S TYPE / SLIDER TEE — change the angle and watch the offset change. • 3D SLIDER — set the elbow orientation in a spatial model and read the angles, the insert and the live box dimensions. The box is a visual reference, not a cut length. Depending on the case, results appear on the Angle, Dimensions and Elbow tabs; selected cases add a 3D view you can rotate and zoom. UNITS AND INPUT Lengths in millimeters, centimeters and inches. Feet-and-inches notation and decimal or fractional inches are also supported. Choose 1/16 or 1/32 precision for inch fractions. Angles are given in decimal degrees. The workshop keypad and fraction picker help you enter dimensions; add frequently used cases to favorites. PIPE AND ELBOW DIMENSIONS The DIMENSIONS tile opens the built-in NPS/DN table. It contains outside diameters and centerline radii for long-radius and short-radius elbows. Add and edit dimensions, then use them in calculations. Save a list backup to a file and restore the list from a backup. BEFORE YOU CUT Pipefitter Pro supports the preparation of workshop work. Check the dimensions against your technical documentation and your shop procedures before cutting and welding.

Screenshots

Pipe Tools4 screens
Pipefitter_Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pipe Tools at Free against Pipefitter_Pro's $10.99. Pipe Tools also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (79% vs 50%). Pipefitter_Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#146 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pipe Tools is free to download; Pipefitter_Pro costs $10.99 up front. Pipe Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pipefitter_Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. 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 50% of Pipefitter_Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, Pipefitter_Pro every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pipe Tools versus Pipefitter_Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe ToolsPipefitter_Pro
PriceFree — better$10.99
Rating4.2 (20 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 36 months — betterEvery 47 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#146 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB50 MB
Age rating17+4+
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_Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Tools

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
None

Pipefitter_Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipe Tools free?
Pipe Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pipefitter_Pro free?
Pipefitter_Pro costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipe Tools or Pipefitter_Pro?
Pipe Tools is rated higher. Pipe Tools averages 4.2 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Pipefitter_Pro averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pipe Tools or Pipefitter_Pro have ads?
Neither Pipe Tools nor Pipefitter_Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Tools or Pipefitter_Pro?
Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, and Pipefitter_Pro every 47 months. Most recently, Pipe Tools was updated on October 8, 2026 and Pipefitter_Pro on October 15, 2026.

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