Walter Machining Calculator vs FSWizard
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.
FSWizard
This app is a comprehensive calculator for CNC machinists, simplifying the calculation of speeds and feeds for milling, drilling, and turning operations. It automatically suggests optimal cutting conditions based on material choices and supports advanced features like chip thinning and HSM machining.
- Milling, drilling, and turning speeds and feeds
- Automatic cutting condition suggestions
- Chip thinning and HSM support
- Built-in drill and tap charts (imperial/metric)
- GD&T reference
- Triangle and fillet calculators
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CNC Milling and Turning Speed and Feed Calculator (Wizard) Absolutely the best CNC machinist speed and feed calculator around. Calculate cutting conditions simply by choosing your work and tool material. No need to know any numbers. FSWizard will automatically use recommended cutting speed and chip-load. Made by a machinist for machinists. Improve productivity and optimize cutter life. Supports Chip thinning and HSM machining. Suggests optimum cutting depth and balances cutting parameters. *Milling, drilling, and turning speeds and feeds for various materials. * Built-in Drill and Tap charts for both imperial and metric systems will not leave you looking for one in your toolbox. *Tap drill sizes for most common imperial and metric taps. *Tap drill sizes for BSP and NPT pipe threads. *GD&T Reference *Triangle Calculator will be a great help to anyone who needs to calculate oblique or a right angle triangle *Fillet Calculator will find tangent points to a circle and two lines *Milling Tools available: Solid End-mill, Indexed End-mill, and Face-mill, Solid and indexable drills *Drilling Tools: Jobber Drill, Hi-Performance Parabolic Drill, Spade Drill, Reamer *Turning Tools: Profiling and Grooving Charts: Drill chart, Imperial, Metric, Pipe Tap charts are also included in the free version. FSWizard works with both metric and imperial units. The free version has All major groups of materials.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FSWizard at 4.6 against Walter Machining Calculator's 3.0. FSWizard also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (84% vs 63%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FSWizard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FSWizard has 47 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Walter Machining Calculator's written reviews are positive against 84% of FSWizard's.
Walter Machining Calculator ships an update every 19 months, FSWizard every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walter Machining Calculator | FSWizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walter-AG | Eldar Gerfanov |
Customer experience
Walter Machining Calculator
FSWizard
In-app purchases
Walter Machining Calculator
No in-app purchases
FSWizard
No in-app purchases
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