Doka Tools vs SmartRock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doka Tools
This app streamlines construction site calculations for formwork planning. It quickly optimizes equipment quantities, determines material needs for walls and floors, and calculates concrete pouring rates. Share your plans and design values instantly.
- Material Determination for walls and floors
- Dokaflex system optimization
- Fresh-concrete pressure calculation
- Optimized equipment quantity calculation
- Layout and planning views
- Shareable calculations
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The Doka Tools app is a digital calculation tool for your site. Time-consuming, labour-intensive methods of calculating the optimum equipment quantities are now a thing of the past. With Doka Tools you can plan wall and floor formwork: it takes just a couple of seconds to optimise the components for Dokaflex and to work out the permitted rate of placing and maximum fresh-concrete pressure during pouring. Mobile formwork planning With "Material Determination Wall" and "Material Determination Floor" planning systems you can form in simple components in no time and quickly get an overview of how to best utilise Doka formwork systems. Layout and planning views of your Doka formwork along with the entire piece list and design values appear on your display in little more than the blink of an eye. Gives a boost to efficiency No matter which Dokaflex floor-slab system you are using, the Dokaflex calculations let you optimise the type and the spacing of the necessary beams and props, in just a few mouse-clicks. Digitally calculating the pouring rate The rate at which concrete can be placed has a very great influence on the speed, and thus on the economic efficiency, of CIP concreting work. The Doka Fresh-Concrete Pressure Calculator is a quick and easy way to calculate the permitted rate of placing and max. fresh-concrete pressure. FEATURES - Material Determination floor - Material Determination wall - Dokaflex 30 tec Optimisation - Dokaflex optimisation - Dokaflex Material Determination - Fresh-Concrete Pressure Calculator - ‘Share’ functions for all calculations ABOUT DOKA Doka is one of the world leaders in developing, manufacturing and distributing formwork technology for use in all fields of the construction sector. With more than 160 sales and logistics facilities in over 70 countries, the Doka Group has a highly efficient distribution network which ensures that equipment and technical support are provided swiftly and professionally. An enterprise forming part of the Umdasch Group, Doka Group employs a worldwide workforce of more than 6000.
SmartRock
Monitor concrete projects in real-time with sensor data. Receive custom notifications, generate quality assurance reports, and manage team access. Seamlessly transmit data for advanced analysis and long-term storage.
- Real-time concrete data monitoring
- Customizable threshold notifications
- Quality assurance report generation
- Data transmission to Giatec 360
- Team access management
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Stay in control of your concrete projects with the SmartRock App, a powerful tool that connects to our SmartRock sensors, allowing you to manage your sensor data effortlessly. Access critical information at your fingertips and make data-driven decisions with precision, streamlining your workflow and ensuring the highest standards in concrete monitoring! With the SmartRock App, you can: • Monitor Concrete Data in Real-Time: Stay updated with real-time temperature, strength, and other critical metrics directly from your mobile device. • Receive Notifications: Set your own thresholds to receive notifications tailored to your project needs. Get alerts the moment thresholds are exceeded, so you can address issues promptly and avoid costly delays. • Generate Reports: Create reports for quality assurance and share them with your team. • Transmit data to Giatec 360: Seamlessly transmit your data to our cloud-based dashboard, Giatec 360, for advanced analysis and long-term storage, giving you deeper insights into your project's performance. • Manage Team Access with Ease: Customize project access levels for each team member, ensuring everyone has the right tools and insights for their role.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartRock at 4.6 against Doka Tools's 3.7. SmartRock also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Doka Tools's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SmartRock holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Doka Tools's written reviews are positive against 67% of SmartRock's.
Doka Tools ships an update every 3 months, SmartRock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doka Tools | SmartRock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Umdasch AG | Giatec Scientific Inc. |
Customer experience
Doka Tools
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In-app purchases
Doka Tools
No in-app purchases
SmartRock
No in-app purchases
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