Comparison

HVAC Load Plus vs Ductulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HVAC Load Plus

Perform detailed heating and cooling load calculations for buildings in the field using your iPhone. Access a vast weather database and construction data to generate comprehensive reports that can be emailed or exported to spreadsheets.

Highlights
  • Detailed heating and cooling load calculations
  • 1000+ city weather database
  • Extensive construction type data
  • Unlimited project creation and storage
  • Comprehensive load breakdown reports
  • Emailable HTML reports with spreadsheet attachments
  • Company information display on reports
Features
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The HVAC Load+ iPhone app allows you to perform detailed heating and cooling block loads for small commercial and residential buildings out in the field by taking advantage of the simplicity and power of the iPhone. It performs heating and cooling block load calculations based upon industry standard calculation methods. The following is just a small sample of the features included in this app: 1. Includes a 1000+ world-wide city weather database 2. Includes data for 100s of construction types for walls, roofs, floors, doors, windows, skylights, ceilings, and more 3. Allows you to create and store an unlimited number of projects. You can also copy existing projects to new projects for easy reuse of data 4. Allows you to specify an unlimited # of opaque types (ie – doors, walls, roofs, floors, ceilings), window types, and skylight types for each building 5. Allows you to view comprehensive cooling and heating load breakdown reports including breakdown by opaque load, window load, skylight load, infiltration load, ventilation load and internal load contributions 6. Opaque inputs include opaque type, opaque construction number, dimensions, and opening areas 7. Window inputs include window type, internal and external shading type, overhang dimensions, window area, and more.. 8. Skylight inputs include skylight type, dimensions, orientation, and more.. 9. Additional input types include # of people, # of bedrooms, ventilation airflow, and more.. 10. Includes the ability to display a comprehensive HTML report that you can email to yourself or others, and it also includes a spreadsheet attachment that you can open in Excel to further massage data on your desktop 11. Includes ability to input your company information to display on the emailed report 12. Includes ability to display units in either English (IP) or Metric (SI). 13. Equipment location services It also includes 2 bonus modules: 1. The "HVAC Equipment Locator" has the same functionality as our stand-alone Locator app. It allows you to input information about all of your HVAC equipment, upload it to a remote web server (at www.carmelsoft.com/EL), and SAFELY share information about it with other technicians within your company. The equipment's GPS coordinates become its globally unique identifier, allowing you to input and retrieve information about it just by standing next to it. 2. The “HVAC Quick Load” module allows you to quickly perform rule-of-thumb heating and cooling load calcs based upon just inputting the building type, square area, and # of people. Please see the description located under the stand-alone "HVAC Quick Load" app for more details about it. The benefits of using this app are: 1. Great for use out in the field. Quickly size heating and cooling equipment, show the client, then email the results back to your office for further analysis. 2. Show off your advanced on-screen reports to clients convincing them you are using cutting-edge technology 3. Save time by inputting information in the field and then returning to your office to perform more in-depth analysis This app was designed by Carmel Software Corporation, a 20-year old software design firm specializing in engineering analysis software applications geared toward engineers, architects, technicians, and home owners. In fact, our software powers the analysis capabilities of major Autodesk software tools such as Revit (The makers of AutoCAD). We will continue to update this app based upon user feedback. Please email us at info@carmelsoft.com for any comments. We also offer training and tutorial videos at: www.carmelsoft.com/HVACLoadPlus.

About

Ductulator

Instantly calculate HVAC duct sizes based on airflow, friction rate, or velocity. This tool provides accurate duct dimensions in seconds without needing charts, supporting various duct types and units.

Highlights
  • Instant duct sizing
  • Friction rate or velocity calculation
  • Multiple valid duct dimensions
  • IP and SI units support
  • Detailed sizing mode
  • Rectangular, circular, and flexible ducts
Features
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Size HVAC ducts instantly using airflow, friction or velocity. Get accurate duct dimensions in seconds — no charts required. • Get a range of suitable duct sizes based on friction rate or velocity. • Get multiple valid duct dimensions instantly. • Tap on Friction Rate or Velocity to toggle between calculation methods. • IP and SI units. • Detailed sizing mode to adjust the duct dimensions and air flow rates. • Supports rectangular, circular and flexible ducts. • Automatic friction and velocity updates. Calculations are based on standard air 0.075 lb/ft3 (1.2 kg/m3) in clean galvanized steel or non-metallic flexible ducts. Any feedback is welcome, and will be the basis for future updates.

Screenshots

HVAC Load Plus4 screens
Ductulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ductulator at $3.99 against HVAC Load Plus's $24.99. Ductulator also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). HVAC Load Plus's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On ads 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

HVAC Load Plus costs $24.99 and Ductulator $3.99 up front. HVAC Load Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ductulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ductulator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ductulator has 361 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of HVAC Load Plus's written reviews are positive against 50% of Ductulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HVAC Load Plus ships an update every 9 months, Ductulator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
HVAC Load Plus versus Ductulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHVAC Load PlusDuctulator
Price$24.99$3.99 — better
Rating2.8 (5 ratings)4.7 (361 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5361 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#39 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperCarmel Software CorporationWassim Murr

Customer experience

HVAC Load Plus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Ductulator

All ratings317 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.6%
Negative36.4%

Bugs and requests

HVAC Load Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ductulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Decimal point doesn't work on calculator
  • New flex option isn't working properly
  • Friction rate can't be changed in the latest version
  • Skips duct sizes (e.g., 24-26)

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to pick duct size and see CFM
  • Include flat oval ducts
  • Option to select round or square duct
  • Ability to enter duct size and get CFM
  • Option for flex duct

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HVAC Load Plus

One-time1
  • HVAC Equipment Locator$9.99
None

Ductulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HVAC Load Plus free?
HVAC Load Plus costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ductulator free?
Ductulator costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HVAC Load Plus or Ductulator?
Ductulator is rated higher. HVAC Load Plus averages 2.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Ductulator averages 4.7 from 361 ratings.
Do HVAC Load Plus or Ductulator have ads?
Neither HVAC Load Plus nor Ductulator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HVAC Load Plus or Ductulator?
HVAC Load Plus ships an update every 9 months, and Ductulator every 2 months. Most recently, HVAC Load Plus was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ductulator on November 3, 2026.

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