Construction Calc Lite vs Fractio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Construction Calc Lite
A specialized calculator for construction professionals and anyone working with measurements in feet and inches. Perform complex calculations, scale drawings, and determine angles and material quantities with ease. Features include fractional inch support, history recall, and customizable rounding.
- Feet, inch, and fractional inch calculations
- Drawing scaling
- Miter and triangle angle calculations
- Material quantity and cost estimation
- Fraction reduction
- History list for value reuse
- Customizable rounding precision
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Designed by tradespeople, for tradespeople. Construction Calc Lite handles the heavy lifting of jobsite math—fractions, dimensional conversions, framing, and layout—so you can focus on the build. Whether you're a carpenter, concrete finisher, framer, superintendent, or DIYer, Construction Calc Lite delivers fast, accurate jobsite calculations with zero guesswork. WHY TRADES CHOOSE CONSTRUCTION CALC • True Feet-Inch-Fraction Math: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in full dimensional fractions down to 1/16th (or user-set precision) with automatic reduction. • Seamless Unit Switching: Effortlessly mix Imperial and Metric. Convert feet-inch-fractions to meters, centimeters, or millimeters in a single tap. • Split-Screen Display: View decimal values, feet/inch fractions, memory registers, and scale factors simultaneously in large, high-visibility text. • Visual Cut & Layout Solvers: Dedicated modules for right triangles, miters, arcs, and baluster spacing complete with clear visual diagrams. • 50 Memory Registers & Full History: Never lose a cut list or measurement. Easily recall previous calculations on the fly. DEDICATED MODULES FOR EVERY TRADE • Framing & Layout: Calculate stud, fence post, and baluster spacing (horizontal, angled, or circular). • Miters & Trim: Visual miter and bevel angle calculator for crown molding and finish carpentry. • Geometry & Stairs: Instant solutions for right triangles, diagonals, rafter lengths, arcs, and chords. • Concrete, Volume & Area: Quickly calculate slab volume, footings, room square footage, and block/tank capacities. • Materials & Coverage: Estimate drywall sheets, tile, paint, and material costs with built-in waste allowances. • Smart Blueprint Scaling: Instantly scale plan drawings up or down to true field dimensions. BUILT FOR THE JOBSITE • High-Contrast Display: Large, legible fonts engineered for bright outdoor sunlight or dark crawl spaces. • Works 100% Offline: No cell service required on remote sites.
Fractio
A versatile calculator designed for everyday use, handling numbers, fractions, and various measurements like linear, area, volume, and weight. It offers a natural display format and essential functions for common calculations.
- Fractional and decimal notation
- Linear, area, volume, and weight calculations
- US and metric unit conversions
- Natural number display
- Memory, rounding, percentage, trig, and log functions
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Fractio is a calculator for people that deal with plans, patterns, models, recipes, etc. In addition to plain numbers using either decimal or fractional notation, it can calculate linear measurements, areas, volumes, and weights, all in a variety of units including US and metric units. It includes easy conversion between the supported measurement units. Fractio displays numbers in "natural" format (not scientific notation), and is intended to calculate numbers that people use commonly. It includes memory, rounding, percentage, square/square root, trig, and log functions. Send bug reports, feature requests, etc to FractioApp@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Construction Calc Lite at 4.6 against Fractio's 3.2. Construction Calc Lite also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (144 vs 11). Fractio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 54%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Construction Calc Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Construction Calc Lite has 144 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Construction Calc Lite's written reviews are positive against 67% of Fractio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Construction Calc Lite ships an update monthly, Fractio every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Construction Calc Lite | Fractio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (144 ratings) — better | 3.2 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 144 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snappy Appz Inc. | James Campbell |
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Construction Calc Lite
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In-app purchases
Construction Calc Lite
No in-app purchases
Fractio
No in-app purchases
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