HyTools vs QuickSelect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HyTools
This app provides HVAC professionals with a comprehensive suite of hydronic calculation tools. It assists with tasks like valve sizing, pressure drop calculations, and radiator power estimation. The tool offers unit conversion and language selection for user convenience.
- Hydronic calculator
- Valve sizing and presetting
- Radiator power estimation
- Pipe sizing
- Unit conversion
- Pressure maintenance calculation
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IMI Hydronic Engineering proudly presents HyTools, the user-friendly hydronic calculator App for HVAC professionals. Features include: - Hydronic calculator (enter any two values and get the third one): - flow - Kv/Cv - pressure drop - power - flow - temperature difference - flow - valve setting - pressure drop - Dirt and air separator pressure drop calculation - Valve sizing and presetting - Radiator power estimation (panel and column) - Radiator valve sizing and presetting - Pipe sizing - Unit conversion - Run-time selection of localisation - Run-time selection of language - Pressure maintenance and vacuum degassing calculation and selection for heating, cooling and solar systems Stay tuned for great upcoming updates adding further hydronic calculation functions. Please visit www.imi-hydronic.com for more information and contact details. Phone numbers to local support can be found here: http://www.imi-hydronic.com/en/contact/ IMI Hydronic Engineering International SA is the leading global provider and expert in hydronic distribution systems and room temperature control, with experience in more than 100,000 projects worldwide. We help our customers everywhere optimise HVAC systems so they deliver desired comfort with optimal efficiency. IMI Hydronic Engineering is part of the international engineering group IMI plc which is listed as a member of the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange.
QuickSelect
Instantly select and size Westermeyer Industries catalog products for HVAC systems. Input system conditions to find optimal products, perform sizing calculations, and generate PDF summaries. It also allows for checking existing installations and organizing selections into projects.
- Quick product selection
- Instant sizing calculations
- PDF summary generation
- Check existing installations
- Project organization
- Transcritical CO2 selections
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The QuickSelect App is designed around the premise of quick selection and sizing of Westermeyer Industries catalog product. Refrigeration and air conditioning system conditions may be entered for quick retrieval of products that will operate at peak performance. This App supplements the standard catalog but will conduct all necessary sizing calculations instantly and provide clear and concise pdf files summarizing the selections. May also double check existing product installations to ensure proper sizing. Product Selections Included: - Oil Separators** - Liquid Receivers** - Suction Line Accumulators** - Water Cooler Condensers - Direct Expansion Chiller Barrels - Mueller Pressure Relief Valves **Transcritical CO2 Selections Available A Projects section allows for adding product selections to a group, where this Project can be exported via pdf, listing all the selections and initial conditions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: QuickSelect at 100% against HyTools's 50%. QuickSelect also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
QuickSelect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of HyTools's written reviews are positive against 100% of QuickSelect's.
HyTools ships an update every 6 weeks, QuickSelect monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HyTools | QuickSelect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IMI Hydronic Engineering International SA | Westermeyer Industries Inc. |
Customer experience
HyTools
QuickSelect
In-app purchases
HyTools
No in-app purchases
QuickSelect
No in-app purchases









