Pipe Tools vs F Numbers
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
F Numbers
Quickly find filler metal groupings for welding procedures and performance qualifications. Access classifications with descriptions of intended use, based on ASME and AWS standards.
- Filler metal grouping lookup
- Welding procedure qualification
- Performance qualification data
- Classification descriptions
- ASME Section IX data
- AWS standards data
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F Numbers: Quick lookup of filler metal groupings for welding procedure and performance qualification. Lookup includes classifications with respective descriptions of intended use. Data is provided by C-spec. F-numbers and A-numbers assignments are based on ASME Section IX Table QW-432 and QW-442, ASME Section II Part C, AWS B2.1 Table B1 and B2, and AWS A5.1 through AWS A5.36.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: F Numbers at 5.0 against Pipe Tools's 4.1. F Numbers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Pipe Tools's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. F Numbers asks for nothing beyond the download.
F Numbers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Tools has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pipe Tools ships an update every 12 months, F Numbers every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Tools | F Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bri-Steel Manufacturing | ASMEIX CORPORATION |
Customer experience
Pipe Tools
F Numbers
In-app purchases
Pipe Tools
- Unlock Pro Tools$0.99
F Numbers
No in-app purchases
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