Comparison

Pipe Tools vs PipeDims

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

PipeDims

Features
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This app provides the user with an ability to find steel or poly pipe dimensions for English(US) or Metric (European) standard pipe sizes.

Screenshots

Pipe Tools4 screens
PipeDims2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PipeDims at none against Pipe Tools's 1. Pipe Tools's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Pipe Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PipeDims asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pipe Tools versus PipeDims: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe ToolsPipeDims
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 36 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBri-Steel ManufacturingBrook Wallace

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Tools

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
None

PipeDims

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipe Tools free?
Pipe Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PipeDims free?
PipeDims is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pipe Tools or PipeDims have ads?
PipeDims shows ads; Pipe Tools does not.

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