Comparison

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile vs Mud Engineer

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

Head to head
About

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile

This app provides essential data and calculators for oil and gas well calculations. Access key dimensions, strengths, and specifications for tubulars to quickly determine volumes and capacities. Supports multiple unit systems for flexible calculations.

Highlights
  • Instant access to pipe dimensions and strengths
  • Quickly calculate capacity and annulus volumes
  • View volume measurements in Metric or Imperial units
  • Calculate total volumes in various units
  • Calculate volume per depth
  • Copy results with a single click
Features
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Halliburton’s eRedBook® Mobile application is offered as a free download. It is derived from the Halliburton Cementing Tables, the industry-preferred data reference for calculations used in drilling, cementing and/or completing oil and gas wells. eRedBook® Mobile contains volume calculators as well as data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) for Casing, Tubing, Coil Tubing and Drill Pipe. With the Halliburton eRedBook you can: • Have instant access to key dimensions and strengths for pipe, including collapse pressure, inner diameter and weight. 
 • Look up specifications for your most frequently used tubulars to quickly calculate capacity and annulus volumes with just a few taps. 
 • View volume measurements and calculations in Metric or British Imperial units (including custom configurations) represented in character and number format as appropriate.
 • Calculate total volumes in a large range of units (barrels, cubic feet, gallons, cubic meters, liters and more) 
 • Calculate volume per depth in multiple units (barrels per foot, gallons per foot, liters per meter, and more) • Copy results with a single click. 
eRedBook® Mobile is simple to use and indispensable for the on the go field engineers, business development, and engineering students.

About

Mud Engineer

This app provides essential drilling calculations for mud engineers. It helps determine final mud weight, volume adjustments, and the number of sacks needed for various drilling scenarios.

Highlights
  • Final Mud Weight calculation
  • Volume calculations
  • Sack calculations
  • lb/bbl calculation
  • Weight Up calculation
Features
Currently charting
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Mud engineers play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of drilling programs. The Mud Engineer App is an essential tool for mud engineers, providing a foundation for essential drilling calculations. These calculations include Final Mud Weight, Final Volume, Volume 1, Volume 2, End Volume, BBLs required to adjust Mud Weight, Number of Sacks, Volume Increase, lb/bbl, Weight Up, Hydrostatic Pressure, Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD), Annular Velocity, and Pump Output. Calculate the final mud weight by mixing two fluids with different mud weights. Determine the required volume of each fluid with known mud weights and a desired final weight to achieve the desired mud weight. Calculate the number of barrels needed to add a fluid with a known density to reduce mud weight. Weight Up calculation. Calculate hydrostatic pressure from mud weight and true vertical depth. Determine the Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD) from annular pressure loss. Calculate annular velocity from pump rate and hole/pipe geometry. Calculate triplex pump output per stroke and flow rate. Every calculation shows a step-by-step equation worked out with your own numbers and your chosen units, and can be exported as a professional PDF report with input and result tables, your name or company, the date, and an app watermark. All results are saved automatically in a searchable History, with support for multiple unit systems, customizable defaults, decimal precision, and a light or dark theme. Special thanks to Eng. Mahmoud Elbeltagy for contributing to the development of these calculations.

Screenshots

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile4 screens
Mud Engineer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile at Free against Mud Engineer's $2.99. Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (30 vs 1). Mud Engineer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile is free to download; Mud Engineer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mud Engineer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile ships an update every 25 months, Mud Engineer every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on July 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile versus Mud Engineer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalliburton eRedBook® MobileMud Engineer
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.7 (30 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 25 months — betterEvery 34 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#70 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHalliburtonbader alshammari

Customer experience

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile

All ratings30 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative27.3%

Mud Engineer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Mud Engineer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile free?
Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mud Engineer free?
Mud Engineer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile or Mud Engineer?
Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile is rated higher. Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile averages 3.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Mud Engineer averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile or Mud Engineer have ads?
Neither Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile nor Mud Engineer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile or Mud Engineer?
Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile ships an update every 25 months, and Mud Engineer every 34 months. Most recently, Halliburton eRedBook® Mobile was updated on July 20, 2026 and Mud Engineer on September 17, 2026.

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