Comparison

HyTools vs RAN Expense

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Hydronic calculator
  • Valve sizing and presetting
  • Radiator power estimation
  • Pipe sizing
  • Unit conversion
  • Pressure maintenance calculation
Features
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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.

About

RAN Expense

Features
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RAN Expense is Rantalainen’s travel and expense management application, designed to make handling expenses smooth, fast, and secure. It supports your company throughout the entire expense management process – from recording expenses to transferring the data to financial administration. Employees can easily submit expense claims, mileage reimbursements, and daily allowances using the mobile app. All information is stored securely and is also accessible via a web browser, ensuring that up-to-date data is always available. Through the user interface, you can customize settings, define approval workflows, and transfer data directly to financial management systems. This helps save time and ensures that accounting records remain up to date. Electronic and digital receipts can be transferred seamlessly into the system, and paper receipts can be included simply by taking a photo with a mobile phone. RAN Expense – The future is accounted for

Screenshots

HyTools4 screens
RAN Expense4 screens

Verdict

The call

HyTools and RAN Expense are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HyTools ships an update every 6 weeks, RAN Expense every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HyTools versus RAN Expense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyToolsRAN Expense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIMI Hydronic Engineering International SARantalainen

In-app purchases

None

HyTools

No in-app purchases

None

RAN Expense

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HyTools free?
HyTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RAN Expense free?
RAN Expense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HyTools or RAN Expense have ads?
Neither HyTools nor RAN Expense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HyTools or RAN Expense?
HyTools ships an update every 6 weeks, and RAN Expense every 3 weeks. Most recently, HyTools was updated on September 28, 2026 and RAN Expense on October 8, 2026.

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