Greenheck Toolbox vs CaptiveAire Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Greenheck Toolbox
This utility app provides two essential tools for HVAC professionals: a Fan Law Calculator to adjust fan performance based on changes in speed, and a Ductulator to quickly size ductwork. Easily calculate and determine duct dimensions and airflow with various input parameters.
- Fan Law Calculator
- Ductulator App
- Adjust fan performance
- Size HVAC ductwork
- Calculate airflow
- Determine duct dimensions
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Greenheck’s Toolbox includes a Fan Law Calculator and a Ductulator App. To use the Fan Law Calculator, input existing rpm, cfm, static pressure, and horse power. Modify any one measurement and the remaining three calculate. Greenheck’s Ductulator app allows you to quickly and easily size HVAC duct. Input your duct shape, rounded dimension, air temperature, elevation and select roughness. Next determine sizing by airflow or dimensions, select velocity or friction factor, input your volume, velocity, aspect ratio and calculate. Your results will be displayed.
CaptiveAire Toolbox
This app provides over 40 HVAC and building-systems engineering calculators. It's designed for field use, offering standard industry formulas for cooling, heating, ventilation, electrical sizing, and more. Access detailed formula definitions and reference data.
- 40+ HVAC engineering calculators
- Cooling and heating load calculations
- Ventilation and airflow tools
- Electrical sizing and motor circuits
- Duct and piping pressure drop
- Reference data and psychrometric chart
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The CaptiveAire Toolbox puts 40+ HVAC and building-systems engineering calculators in your pocket. Designed for engineers, contractors, and technicians, every formula uses standard industry references (ASHRAE, AMCA, NEC), sized so you can run sanity checks in the field instead of pulling out a laptop. Cooling: Total Cooling Load (enthalpy-based with humidity), Sensible Cooling Load, Latent Cooling Load, SEER, Cost of Cooling, Tons to BTU/hr conversions, DX/MPU Cooling, Evaporative Cooling, DMUA mode logic, Cooling Density Factor. Heating: BTU output for direct and indirect fired heaters, Input and Output BTU/hr for IBT systems, Temperature Rise from BTU and CFM, Heat Pump capacity with airflow and outdoor temperature adjustment, Reheat Coil leaving conditions, Manifold Pressure for natural gas and LP, Heating Density Factor. Ventilation and Airflow: Room Volume CFM, Sensible Heat CFM, Cooling Load CFM, Duct Velocity CFM, Outdoor Air Load (sensible plus latent), Psychrometric properties from dry bulb plus RH or wet bulb, Fan Energy Index per AMCA 208, Motor Adjusted Frequency for VFDs, ERV ROI Calculator with degree-day economics. Electrical Sizing: Wire Size per NEC Table, MCA and MOCP for motor circuits, Amperage from horsepower. Piping and Structural: Round Duct Sizing using Darcy-Weisbach and Colebrook-White, Duct Velocity and Friction, Piping Pressure Drop with fittings equivalent length, Pitched Roof curb height variation. Valve and Flow Sizing: Kv from flow rate, flow rate from Kv, pressure drop from Kv, Cv to Kv conversion, Heat Load to Flow Rate for water and glycol. Reference: ASHRAE Weather Station data with autocomplete address search, returning heating and cooling design temperatures, solar irradiance, wind speeds, and monthly design-day temperatures. Interactive Psychrometric Chart with property calculations. Modern HVAC versus Traditional Rooftop Unit comparison. Each calculator includes the formula and variable definitions accessible from the title bar. Tap the info icon to see exactly what equation drives the result. Built by the engineering team at CaptiveAire Systems. No tracking, no ads, no account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CaptiveAire Toolbox at 5.0 against Greenheck Toolbox's 3.0. CaptiveAire Toolbox also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Greenheck Toolbox's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CaptiveAire Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Greenheck Toolbox ships an update every 2 months, CaptiveAire Toolbox weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Greenheck Toolbox | CaptiveAire Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greenheck | Captive-Aire Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Greenheck Toolbox
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In-app purchases
Greenheck Toolbox
No in-app purchases
CaptiveAire Toolbox
No in-app purchases
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