Thermo Physical Prop vs XSpecApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thermo Physical Prop
Access essential thermo-physical property data for seventeen common industrial fluids. This app provides quick reference for engineers and students in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer, aiding in flow system design computations.
- Data for 17 common industrial fluids
- SI and USCS unit options
- Transport properties (density, viscosity, etc.)
- Gas properties (molecular weight, specific heat ratio, etc.)
- Steam table with saturated and superheat conditions
- Humid air properties (humidity ratio, dew point, etc.)
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This app provides important thermo-physical property data on seventeen fluids that are very common in industrial applications. Data helps in computation of various parameters pertaining to flow system design involving heat and energy transfers. This App can become very handy for engineers and students dealing with thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfers as a quick reference guide. Fluids: Air, Steam, Water, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Helium, CO2, Methane, Ethane, Chlorine, Ammonia, Argon, Hydraulic oil, HFC (R410A), Mercury, Sulfuric Acid. Properties: The property data is presented in SI and USCS units for the given pressure and temperature conditions. Property data is displayed in two parts. The first part is on transport properties that are common to all fluids and presented in home screen as shown in the screen shot. The second part is displayed as plus properties that are exclusively for gases and steam as given below. •Thermo-physical Transport properties. o Density (ρ) – function of temperature and pressure o Viscosity (μ) – function of temperature o Specific Heat (cp) – function of temperature o Thermal conductivity (K) – function of temperature •Gas properties o Molecular wt. (MW) o Specific heat ratios (cp/cv) o Thermal diffusivity (α) o Prandtl number (Pr) For steam, additional thermodynamic property data are provided in the form of a Steam Table covering all 3 states such as saturated water, saturated vapor and superheat conditions at a given pressure and temperature. Besides, a separate section is provided for saturation properties where users can choose either temperature or pressure as primary argument as shown in the screen shot. Similarly for Air, there is a section on humid air properties that are consistent with psychrometric chart. Users can choose either wet-bulb temperature or relative humidity as primary argument in addition to dry bulb temperature. The result includes humidity ratio, dew point temperature, specific volume, specific enthalpy and entropy for both dry and humid air as shown in the screen shot. In addition app notes has a link to a complete documentation on implementation and validation of math-models with industry examples. Refrigerant Freon-R12 is no longer used in any HVAC or industrial applications. Therefore it has been replaced with HFC R410A and app provides transport properties and vapor pressure data for a given saturated liquid temperature. It is often very cumbersome to read and interpolate these data from a chart or a reference table. Therefore, this app can be very useful for all HVAC personnel including students for obtaining these data with speed and accuracy at given operating temperature and pressure.
XSpecApp
This application displays EDXRF spectra, allowing users to manually identify elements, calculate ROIs, and add annotations. It supports saving, loading, and printing spectra with detailed information. The app can also acquire spectra using a digital pulse processor via USB, Serial, or wireless connections.
- Manual element identification
- ROI calculation for peaks
- Spectrum annotations
- Spectrum printing with ROIs
- Save and load spectra
- Acquire spectra via digital pulse processor
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XSpecApp displays EDXRF spectra providing the following capabilities: * Manual identification of elements * ROI (integrals) for identified peaks * Annotations on spectrum * Printing of spectrum with calculated ROIs * Saving and Loading of spectrum, with annotations and element information * NEW: Acquire spectra using an Amptek DP5 digital pulse processor. Supported interfaces are USB, Serial, and XSpecConnect (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) . Please visit www.xrfconsulting.com for details on XSpecConnect.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: XSpecApp at Free against Thermo Physical Prop's $4.99. XSpecApp also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months). Thermo Physical Prop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
XSpecApp is free to download; Thermo Physical Prop costs $4.99 up front. XSpecApp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thermo Physical Prop asks for nothing beyond the download.
XSpecApp holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Thermo Physical Prop ships an update every 8 months, XSpecApp every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thermo Physical Prop | XSpecApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaup Shenoy Associates | Brian Cross, XRF Consulting, LLC |
Customer experience
Thermo Physical Prop
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In-app purchases
Thermo Physical Prop
No in-app purchases
XSpecApp
- XSpecApp$24.99
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