Comparison

Pipe Tools vs Pipe Fitting

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

Pipe Fitting

This tool provides precise pipe layout calculations for professionals in welding and fabrication. It offers various offset and fitting calculators, along with data tools for custom angles and triangle solutions. Easily switch between imperial and metric units for field or shop use.

Highlights
  • Offset calculators (basic, rolling, parallel)
  • Back-to-back fitting solutions
  • Elbow miter cut and triangle solver
  • Imperial and metric unit switching
  • Designed for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Pipe Fitting Calculator is the all-in-one solution for pipefitters, welders, and fabricators who need fast and accurate pipe layout calculations in the field or the shop. Designed for iPhone & iPad, this powerful tool delivers pro-level precision with a clean, easy-to-use interface—built specifically for real-world jobsite demands. Offset Calculators – Basic Offset – Fast and reliable offset math – Rolling Offset – Handles advanced rolling angles – Rolling Offset – Handles advanced rolling angles – Parallel Offset – Multi-line equal spread configurations Back-to-Back Fittings – X° + Y° Elbows – Compound angle fitting solutions – 90° + X° Elbows – Odd-angle transitions simplified Data Tools – Elbow Miter Cut Create custom angles from standard 90s – Triangle Solver – Instantly solve triangle dimensions, angles, and area You can easily switch between imperial(inches) or metric(cm) Pipe Fitting Calculator is one stop solution for fast and accurate bending! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pipe Tools4 screens
Pipe Fitting1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pipe Tools at 79% against Pipe Fitting's 33%. Pipe Tools also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Pipe Fitting's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pipe Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pipe Fitting sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Fitting holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Fitting has 116 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Pipe Tools's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pipe Fitting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Tools ships an update every 12 months, Pipe Fitting every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pipe Tools versus Pipe Fitting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe ToolsPipe Fitting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (19 ratings)4.6 (116 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings19116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBri-Steel ManufacturingxNeat.com

Customer experience

Pipe Tools

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%

Pipe Fitting

All ratings116 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Tools

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
2 purchases

Pipe Fitting

Subscriptions2
  • Pipe Fitting3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pipe Fitting7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Pipe Tools free?
Pipe Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pipe Fitting free?
Pipe Fitting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pipe Tools or Pipe Fitting?
Pipe Fitting is rated higher. Pipe Tools averages 4.1 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Pipe Fitting averages 4.6 from 116 ratings.
Do Pipe Tools or Pipe Fitting have ads?
Pipe Fitting shows ads; Pipe Tools does not.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Tools or Pipe Fitting?
Pipe Tools ships an update every 12 months, and Pipe Fitting every 5 days. Most recently, Pipe Tools was updated on June 10, 2026 and Pipe Fitting on September 27, 2026.

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