Comparison

HeavyCalc Pro vs Pipe Calc Elite

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

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About

HeavyCalc Pro

This professional construction calculator helps engineers and excavators perform complex calculations for yards, feet-inch-fractions, and metric units. It streamlines estimating time, improves design accuracy, and reduces material and labor expenses with fast, precise solutions for areas, volumes, and loads.

Highlights
  • Dimensional math and conversions (yards, feet-inch-fractions, metric)
  • Calculate areas, volumes, and weight per volume
  • Fast square-ups and right angles
  • Cut/fill, shrink, and swell calculations
  • Cost per unit and pricing solver
  • Built-in help with key definitions and examples
Features
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Yard, Feet-Inch-Fraction, Metric Heavy Construction Math Calculator from Calculated Industries® The official Heavy Calc Pro from Calculated Industries is now available for iPhone and iPad users. And while perhaps obvious, if you change from an iOS device to a non-iOS device, you WILL need to buy a new license as they are incompatible. It helps engineers, excavators and heavy construction professionals cut estimating time, improve design accuracy, and reduce material and labor expenses. Increase efficiency in the field or in the office with fast, accurate solutions for square-ups, cut/fill, swell/shrink, areas, volumes and loads. Built with the same features and functions and the same core engine that powers the industry-standard handheld HeavyCalc Pro from Calculated Industries. Need to quickly and accurately solve a dirt or excavation problem for a job? Do it on your iPhone or iPad anytime, anywhere instantly. Ideal for Engineers, Designers, Excavators, Highway and Heavy Construction • Work directly in and convert between all building dimensional formats: yards, feet-inch-fractions, inch fraction, decimal feet (10ths, 100ths), decimal inches and metric (m, cm, mm) • Easily calculate areas, volumes and weight per volume, truck loads • Fast square-ups, right angles • Simplify and speed up grid-cell and cut/fill estimates FEATURES: • Created by Calculated Industries, the originator of the award-winning Construction Master® calculators • Built-in help – just press and hold the desired key for full, clear definitions, explanations and examples of keystrokes Dimensional Math and Conversions • Yards • Feet-Inch-Fractions • Metric (m, cm, mm) • Decimal Feet (10ths, 100ths), Decimal Inches • D.M.S. to Decimal Degree Conversions. Dedicated Functions and Keys Help You Solve • Instant Square-up and Drop • Number of Loads: calculate Load volume, number of Loads, Load size • Cut/Fill estimates – proposed and existing • Shrink and Swell calculations using Compacted, Bank and Loose volumes • Percent Grade and Slope Built-in Area and Volume Solutions • Length, Width, Height (Depth) keys • Square and Cubic formats • Instant Weight per Volume • Pounds, Tons, Kilograms or Metric Tons Special Functions • Entry Editing Backspace Key – with a swipe of a finger • Cost per Unit: Solve unit cost and pricing • Paperless Tape • 4 Memories •User-Definable Preferences

About

Pipe Calc Elite

An advanced calculator for pipe trade professionals, offering quick access to pipe data, dimensions, and complex calculation solutions. It handles fractions and unit conversions, making it an essential tool for plumbers and fabricators on the job site.

Highlights
  • Pipe data and dimensions
  • Pressure loss calculations
  • Offset and cutback calculations
  • Fraction and unit conversions
  • 7 pipe material options
  • Detailed pipe data lookup
Features
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Pipe Calc Elite is the pipe trades calculator for pipefitters, plumbers, steamfitters, welders and sprinkler fitters. Solve simple and rolling offsets, take-outs and cut lengths in feet, inches and fractions, look up pipe data for seven materials, and work out pressure loss through pipe, valves and fittings. One purchase. No subscription, no ads, no account, and no data collected. Everything, including the full user's manual, works with no signal on the job site. On the App Store since 2013. OFFSETS AND FITTINGS • Simple and rolling offsets: offset, run, travel, roll and advance • Take-out and cut length for butt-weld long and short radius, field-cut, and threaded Class 150, 300, 3000 and 6000 elbows • Thread make-up by pipe size, or enter your own • Welder's gap, cutbacks, arc lengths and odd-angle fittings • Enter your own take-out when your fittings differ from the standard • When the fittings are longer than the centerline allows, the cut length shows how much you are short • Slope, grade, drop per foot and fitting angle PIPE DATA • Steel, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron, Aluminum, Brass, PVC and Copper, 1/8" to 42", with dimensions per ASME B36.10 and B36.19 and the ASTM copper and PVC standards • Schedules 10 to 160, Standard, Extra Strong and Double Extra Strong; stainless 5S to 160S; PVC Schedule 40, 80, 120 and SDR 21 to 41; copper Type K, L, M, DWV, Medical and ACR • Inside and outside diameter, wall thickness, internal area, volume per foot, and dry and filled weight per foot, with a cross-section drawing • Filled weight for water or any fluid density you set FLOW AND PRESSURE LOSS • Pressure loss by flow rate or velocity, per foot or over a run • Darcy-Weisbach with Colebrook-White friction • Ten valves and fittings, with loss coefficients from the ASHRAE Handbook by size and by threaded or welded joint • Water temperature from 32 to 212°F sets the viscosity • Answers in psi, psf, feet of head, inches of mercury, kPa and bar, with the Reynolds number and friction factor used • Flow, velocity, force, pressure and area solved from each other CALCULATOR AND CONVERSIONS • Add, subtract, multiply and divide feet, inches and fractions, down to 1/64, with meters and millimeters mixed in • Areas and volumes carry their units: 5 in x 5 in is 25 square inches • Conversions for length, area, volume, weight, flow, velocity, pressure, force and temperature • Sine, cosine, tangent and their inverses, degrees-minutes-seconds, powers and roots, and percent • Store values and recall them later, even after the app is closed The full user's manual, with worked examples, is built in: hold Offset, Convert or any other function key to open it at that key's section. Technical support is free. If you have questions, suggestions for improving this app, or find a bug, please email us at techsupport@cyberprodigy.com and we will respond as soon as possible. Pipe Calc Elite™ is not associated with Pipe Trades Pro™ and Cyberprodigy LLC is not affiliated with Calculated Industries, Inc.

Screenshots

HeavyCalc Pro4 screens
Pipe Calc Elite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pipe Calc Elite at $19.99 against HeavyCalc Pro's $39.99. Pipe Calc Elite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (69% vs 33%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HeavyCalc Pro costs $39.99 and Pipe Calc Elite $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pipe Calc Elite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Calc Elite has 178 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of HeavyCalc Pro's written reviews are positive against 69% of Pipe Calc Elite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeavyCalc Pro ships an update every 18 months, Pipe Calc Elite every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HeavyCalc Pro versus Pipe Calc Elite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeavyCalc ProPipe Calc Elite
Price$39.99$19.99 — better
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)4.8 (178 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6178 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 months — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCalculated IndustriesCyberprodigy LLC

Customer experience

HeavyCalc Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Pipe Calc Elite

All ratings152 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%

In-app purchases

None

HeavyCalc Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Pipe Calc Elite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HeavyCalc Pro free?
HeavyCalc Pro costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pipe Calc Elite free?
Pipe Calc Elite costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HeavyCalc Pro or Pipe Calc Elite?
Pipe Calc Elite is rated higher. HeavyCalc Pro averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Pipe Calc Elite averages 4.8 from 178 ratings.
Do HeavyCalc Pro or Pipe Calc Elite have ads?
Neither HeavyCalc Pro nor Pipe Calc Elite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeavyCalc Pro or Pipe Calc Elite?
HeavyCalc Pro ships an update every 18 months, and Pipe Calc Elite every 24 months. Most recently, HeavyCalc Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pipe Calc Elite on November 6, 2026.

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