Southwire® Conversion Calc vs Workman's Calculator Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Southwire® Conversion Calc
This utility app facilitates conversions between copper and aluminum electrical wiring. It allows users to calculate pricing, unit of measure, conversion factors, and weight based on product length. The app comes preloaded with numerous cable types for easy calculation.
- Copper to aluminum conversion
- Aluminum to copper conversion
- Pricing unit of measure calculation
- Conversion factor calculation
- Weight per product length calculation
- Preloaded cable data
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Southwire's Conversion Calculator helps to convert copper to aluminum or aluminum to copper, pricing unit of measure, conversion factor and weight per product length. Preloaded with many cables for calculation.
Workman's Calculator Pro
This construction calculator simplifies complex measurements for tradespeople. It allows simultaneous calculations in feet, inches, yards, and meters, with an intuitive interface for fractions and decimals. Get accurate results quickly to save time on the job.
- Simultaneous multi-unit calculations (feet, inches, yards, meters)
- Intuitive fraction input with dynamic button display
- Handles decimal multiplication
- Multiple display options (feet, inches, decimals)
- Designed for speed and accuracy in construction
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The calculator has been rebuilt, and it's built for the trades! Workman's Construction Calculator is the best, and simplest construction calculator available on the App Market. With the most intuitive way to calculate measurements. Work with Feet, inches, yards, meters, and regular numbers. Simultaneously! Never before has a calculator worked like this! Do you want to put in 3/16 of an inch? Press the numerator button, click 3, and click 16 afterward, done. Yes, 16. One of the unique parts of Workman's Calculator is that the buttons change. When selecting a numerator only odd values are shown (1, 3, 5, 7, 9). After clicking one of the values the appropriate denominator values appear. If the numerator is 9 or higher, automatically 16 is selected. The denominators will always be more than the numerator. Need to multiply by a decimal? Go ahead. Choose how you wish to view your calculations. • Feet • Inches • Decimals Workman's Calculator is about being quick and getting you your calculations that you need, so there's more time getting done what needs to be done and less time on the phone.
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Verdict
Southwire® Conversion Calc and Workman's Calculator Pro both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Workman's Calculator Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of Southwire® Conversion Calc's. Workman's Calculator Pro also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (51 vs 5). Southwire® Conversion Calc's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On rating, 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
Southwire® Conversion Calc is free to download; Workman's Calculator Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Southwire® Conversion Calc against 4.1 for Workman's Calculator Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workman's Calculator Pro has 51 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Southwire® Conversion Calc's written reviews are positive against 67% of Workman's Calculator Pro's.
Southwire® Conversion Calc ships an update every 4 months, Workman's Calculator Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Southwire® Conversion Calc | Workman's Calculator Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 4.1 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #198 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Southwire Company | Bret Hardman |
Customer experience
Southwire® Conversion Calc
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In-app purchases
Southwire® Conversion Calc
No in-app purchases
Workman's Calculator Pro
No in-app purchases
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