Comparison

WELDING PRO vs Wilson Tool

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

Head to head
About

WELDING PRO

This app provides welders with essential tools for cost calculation, parameter optimization, and material selection. It includes databases for filler metals, material compatibility, and equivalents, along with a certificate finder.

Highlights
  • Welding cost calculator
  • Welding parameter optimization
  • Filler metal product search
  • Material to weld compatibility
  • Welding consumable equivalent search
  • Certificate finder
Features
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Welding Pro is intended to help welders and welding technicians getting quick access to daily required information and includes 6 different applications: • Welding Cost calculator calculating the total welding cost in just a few clicks including labor, filler metal and gas cost. Sliders are built in the app to determine the most cost-effective parameters for your welding job by changing the angle of the joint or by changing the current. • Welding parameters Fill in the A height of your filled weld and this app will provide you with the optimum settings for wire speed, volt and travel speed. This parameter app is able to give you the optimum settings for steel, aluminum, stainless steel, for both solid and fluxcored wires and. Just slide the slider until the parameters get green to tell you that they are the optimum settings. • Product search Under this button you will be guided by AWS and or EN ISO standards to find the filler metal that you are looking for, Just select a standard and get free excess to the biggest database the world has to offer. • Material to be Welded Finding the correct filler metal for each basemetal was never that easy, over 50.000 materials are listed in this database to guide you in choosing the filler metal that fits the base metal. This database excepts material names, DIN material numbers, AWS standards, EN ISO standards and much more! • Equivalent search World wide there are many brands that offer welding consumables but now you landed at the filler metal specialist that offers over 2.000 equivalents for almost any brand. Just select the brand you know and the filler metal you currently use and our equivalent will appear. • Certificate finder Certilas was the first company in the world who provided EN 10204 certificates web based, now we have built in a module in this app to get even quicker excess to our quality certificates.

About

Wilson Tool

This app provides comprehensive calculations for sheet metal operations, including punching and bending. It offers tools for determining forces, clearances, and various dimensional aspects of sheet metal fabrication, drawing on decades of industry expertise.

Highlights
  • Punching force calculation
  • Cutting clearance calculation
  • Bending force calculation
  • Minimum flange length
  • Bend deduction
  • Sheet thickness conversions
  • Sheet weight calculation
Features
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Wilson Tool is the most comprehensive app designed for engineers and operators who work with sheet metal. It helps perform various calculations related to punching and bending sheet metal, including: Punching: • Punching force • Cutting clearance • Maximum edge length • Enveloping circle • Pre-punching diameter for countersinks and tapping • Sheet thickness conversions • Sheet weight • Cluster saving Bending: • Bending force • Minimum flange length • V-opening • Spring-back • Radius air-bending • Offset • V-Series Black set-up • Box height • Free space • Bend deduction • Bump bending • Guillotine shearing force • Tool weight Wilson Tool is the global leader in making punching and press brake tools for the sheet metal industry. With more than half a century of expertise in finding solutions for customer challenges and creating innovative products, this app is the result of that experience.

Screenshots

WELDING PRO4 screens
Wilson Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wilson Tool at 5.0 against WELDING PRO's 4.5. Wilson Tool also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wilson Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of WELDING PRO's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wilson Tool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WELDING PRO ships an update every 7 months, Wilson Tool every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WELDING PRO versus Wilson Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWELDING PROWilson Tool
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCertilas Nederland BVWILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL EUROPE LIMITED

Customer experience

WELDING PRO

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Wilson Tool

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WELDING PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Wilson Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WELDING PRO free?
WELDING PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wilson Tool free?
Wilson Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WELDING PRO or Wilson Tool?
Wilson Tool is rated higher. WELDING PRO averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Wilson Tool averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WELDING PRO or Wilson Tool have ads?
Neither WELDING PRO nor Wilson Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WELDING PRO or Wilson Tool?
WELDING PRO ships an update every 7 months, and Wilson Tool every 3 weeks. Most recently, WELDING PRO was updated on June 5, 2026 and Wilson Tool on June 1, 2026.

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