Walter Machining Calculator vs botek assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walter Machining Calculator
Calculate machining time, power, torque, and cutting force for various operations. Compare existing tools with new ones to project potential savings.
- Calculate machining time, power, and torque
- Determine cutting force and metal removal rate
- Support for milling, drilling, boring, turning, and grooving
- Thread tapping, forming, and milling calculations
- Material selection for calculations
- Savings calculator for tool comparison
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Walter Machining Calculator Helps the user to calculate machining time, power, torque, cutting force, metal removal rate and chip thickness in a variety of machining operations, like Shoulder-, Face- and Slot-Milling, Drilling, Boring, Turning and Grooving, Thread Tapping, -Forming and -Milling, by selecting the material to machine and entering different machining parameters. With the Savings Calculator the user can also compare existing tool with a new tool and calculate projected savings.
botek assistant
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Calculate your cutting data for the manufacturing processes drilling, milling and turning with the botek assistant. Always and everywhere - even offline - the specially developed app for calculating machining times is available to you. Your advantages: - Clear user-friendly interface - Simple navigation - Integrated links to the product finder or botek Webshop - Hardness values comparison table, triangle calculation, tool-independent cutting data calculation - ISO tolerance table for shafts and bores - Surface comparison table
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: botek assistant at every 2 months against Walter Machining Calculator's every 19 months. botek assistant also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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.
Walter Machining Calculator ships an update every 19 months, botek assistant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walter Machining Calculator | botek assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walter-AG | botek Praezisionsbohrtechnik GmbH |
In-app purchases
Walter Machining Calculator
No in-app purchases
botek assistant
No in-app purchases
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