Pipe Tools vs Metal +
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
Metal +
Easily calculate the weight and price of various metal forms and alloys. Save your projects and access calculations offline. This tool supports multiple units and metal types for precise results.
- Calculate weight of round, sheet, tube, rectangle forms
- Supports steel, aluminum, nickel, copper, gold, silver alloys
- Calculate paint surface area
- Weight converter
- Price per kilogram/ton converter
- Save items and projects
- Offline functionality
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Metal+ can calculate the weight of any metal form, such as round, sheet, tube, rectangle, and much more. Metal alloys such as steel, aluminum, nickel, copper, gold, silver, and others are supported, and paint surface calculation is performed. To find out how many pieces and how long they are, use the Weight Converter. Calculate price per kilogram / ton from piece price using a price converter. Save items and projects to your favorite list. No need internet (work offline). No background processes. Fast and simple. Less clicks. Accurate results. Remembers your settings for next use. Privacy protected no personal info is collected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Metal + at 4.7 against Pipe Tools's 4.2. Metal + also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 36 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Pipe Tools's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Metal + sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Metal + holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively.
Pipe Tools ships an update every 36 months, Metal + every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Tools | Metal + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bri-Steel Manufacturing | Mohamed Saad |
Customer experience
Pipe Tools
Metal +
In-app purchases
Pipe Tools
- Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
Metal +
- Remove Ads$4.99
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