Comparison

Metal + vs Pipe Fitting

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

Head to head
About

Metal +

Easily calculate the weight and price of various metal forms and alloys. Save your projects and access calculations offline. This tool supports multiple units and metal types for precise results.

Highlights
  • Calculate weight of round, sheet, tube, rectangle forms
  • Supports steel, aluminum, nickel, copper, gold, silver alloys
  • Calculate paint surface area
  • Weight converter
  • Price per kilogram/ton converter
  • Save items and projects
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Metal+ can calculate the weight of any metal form, such as round, sheet, tube, rectangle, and much more. Metal alloys such as steel, aluminum, nickel, copper, gold, silver, and others are supported, and paint surface calculation is performed. To find out how many pieces and how long they are, use the Weight Converter. Calculate price per kilogram / ton from piece price using a price converter. Save items and projects to your favorite list. No need internet (work offline). No background processes. Fast and simple. Less clicks. Accurate results. Remembers your settings for next use. Privacy protected no personal info is collected.

About

Pipe Fitting

This app calculates various pipe fitting measurements, including offsets, rolling offsets, and elbow cuts. It allows users to input dimensions and angles to determine travel, take-out, and cut lengths, with options for welder's gaps and different elbow types. It also includes a triangle solver and supports multiple units of measurement.

Highlights
  • Offset and rolling offset calculations
  • Elbow cut and miter cut functions
  • Take-out calculations for various elbow types
  • Triangle solver
  • Unit conversion (feet/inches/meters)
  • Hands-free Siri integration
  • Results update in real-time
Features
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Pipe Fitting is a pipe fitting calculator for offsets, rolling offsets and elbow cuts. Enter the offset and the fitting angle, and it gives you the travel, the take-out of each elbow and the length to cut, with the welder's gap already allowed for. Example: a 12" offset with two 2" long-radius 45° elbows and a 1/16" gap. The travel is 16.97", each elbow takes out 1.24", and you cut the pipe at 14.36". • Basic offset: any two of run, offset and angle give the travel and the cut length, with or without gaps. • Rolling offset calculator: offset, roll and run (or the angle) give the travel and the cut length. • Parallel offsets: the cutback for pipes running side by side. • Back-to-back elbows: X° + Y° and 90° + X° fittings from a center-to-center distance, with the angle to cut. • Elbow miter cut: cut any angle from a standard 90 and mark it, with the outside (heel), inside (throat) and centerline arcs and the chords. • Take-outs for short-radius, long-radius and 3R elbows, from 1/8" to 48" NPS and DN6 to DN1200. • Triangle solver: any three sides or angles give the rest, plus perimeter and area. • Feet, inches and fractions down to 1/16", or meters, centimeters and millimeters: pick the unit on the keypad. • Results update as you type, and each calculator keeps your last numbers. • Siri: say "Rolling offset with Pipe Fitting" to open it hands-free. • On iPhone and iPad. HOW TO CALCULATE A ROLLING OFFSET True offset = √(offset² + roll²), and travel = √(offset² + roll² + run²). With 45° fittings the run equals the true offset, so the travel is the true offset × 1.414, the 45° offset multiplier. For a 12" offset with an 8" roll: true offset 14.42", travel 20.40". Take off two 1.24" elbows and two 1/16" gaps, and the cut is 17.79". Pipe Fitting does every step for you. Built for pipefitters, steamfitters, pipe welders, plumbers and apprentices, in the shop or on the job site. All seven calculators are free to use with ads; Premium removes them. Made by xNeat, the team behind Calculator+ and Conduit Bending. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Metal +3 screens
Pipe Fitting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Metal + at none against Pipe Fitting's shown. Metal + also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Pipe Fitting's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (138 vs 12). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Metal + sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pipe Fitting sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Metal + against 4.7 for Pipe Fitting. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Fitting has 138 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metal + ships an update every 4 months, Pipe Fitting every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Metal + versus Pipe Fitting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetal +Pipe Fitting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better4.7 (138 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings12138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed SaadxNeat.com

Customer experience

Metal +

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Pipe Fitting

All ratings138 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Metal +

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
2 purchases

Pipe Fitting

Subscriptions2
  • Pipe Fitting3 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Pipe Fitting7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Metal + free?
Metal + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pipe Fitting free?
Pipe Fitting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Metal + or Pipe Fitting?
Metal + is rated higher. Metal + averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Pipe Fitting averages 4.7 from 138 ratings.
Do Metal + or Pipe Fitting have ads?
Pipe Fitting shows ads; Metal + does not.
Which is updated more often, Metal + or Pipe Fitting?
Metal + ships an update every 4 months, and Pipe Fitting every 2 weeks. Most recently, Metal + was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pipe Fitting on November 14, 2026.

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