Comparison

CutMatryx vs CUTs! Material Cut List

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

Head to head
About

CutMatryx

Features
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Turn your parts list into a clear cutting plan. CutMatryx plans one-dimensional cuts for bars, tubes and profiles — for metalwork, woodworking and your workshop. PLAN WITH YOUR MATERIAL Enter quantities, lengths, profiles and material grades. Include existing remnants, purchase lengths, kerf and allowances. See how your parts fit across the bars and what material remains. STRAIGHT AND MITER CUTS Set start and end angles and account for your saw’s capabilities. Clear cutting diagrams help you check orientation and cutting order. FROM JOB TO WORKSHOP Organize projects and parts lists. With Pro, compare purchasing options, plan material costs, release production plans and record your progress. Material, purchasing and workshop PDFs bring the key details together. BRING IN YOUR LISTS With Pro, import CSV, Excel (.xlsx), PDF, images and scans. Export from Numbers as an Excel file first. Check recognized details before accepting them. START FOR FREE Basic includes one saved project with one parts list, up to 10 items and 50 parts. Calculation, straight cuts, miter cuts, remnants and the full PDF preview are included. UNLOCK PRO ONCE A one-time in-app purchase raises project and quantity limits and unlocks imports, saving/sharing/printing PDFs, workshop progress, and purchasing and cost planning. Technical capacity limits still apply. The current price is shown before purchase. Purchases can be restored through Apple. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Enter data and calculate locally on your device. When iCloud sync is available, your projects stay connected across the same Apple Account. Choose millimeters, centimeters, meters or inches. CutMatryx supports planning and does not control machinery. Check dimensions, materials and saw settings before production. The app optimizes linear cuts, not surfaces or sheets.

About

CUTs! Material Cut List

Features
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CUTs! is a material cut list calculator for planning cuts from long materials such as wood, cable, pipe, aluminum profiles, LED strips, rods, wiring materials, and other linear stock. Before cutting, CUTs! helps you check how many pieces to cut, how many full-length materials to buy, whether existing scraps can be used first, and how much material will be left over. The key feature is scrap-first cut planning. CUTs! can use your existing scrap pieces first, then calculate how many new materials are still needed. For example, if you plan to use 4 m stock but already have one 2 m scrap and two 1.5 m scraps, enter them into CUTs!. The app will try to use those scraps before adding new full-length materials. This helps reduce waste, reuse leftover material, and make better purchasing decisions before work begins. CUTs! is useful for woodworking, cable cutting, pipe cutting, aluminum frame cutting, LED strip cutting, electrical work, DIY, fabrication, event setup, exhibition construction, stage setup, lighting installation, furniture making, and many jobs that involve cutting materials by length. Main features: ・Create cut lists for long materials ・Calculate full-length materials to buy ・Use existing scraps before new stock ・Add multiple scrap lengths and quantities ・Include extra allowance in each cut ・Add kerf, blade thickness, or cutting loss in fixed mm ・Switch units: mm, cm, m, in, ft ・Show total cut length, leftover length, and usage rate ・Save results as record cards ・Export record cards as PDF ・Remove ads with an in-app purchase Use scraps first Many workshops, garages, job sites, and storage areas have leftover pieces from previous work. CUTs! lets you enter scrap lengths and quantities, then prioritizes those scraps when creating a cutting plan. If your scraps are enough, you can create a plan without buying new stock. If not, CUTs! shows how many full-length materials should be added. Know what to buy CUTs! shows the number of full-length materials needed after considering cut lengths, quantities, scraps, allowance, and kerf. Use it before ordering materials, preparing job-site stock, or checking inventory. Reduce leftover material CUTs! creates practical cut plans designed to reduce leftover material. It places cut pieces efficiently into scraps and full-length stock to create a clear cutting list. It does not guarantee a mathematically perfect global optimum, but it is built for fast and practical cut planning. Allowance and kerf support CUTs! supports extra allowance for each cut. Kerf is entered in fixed millimeters, making small values such as 2 mm or 3 mm easy to handle. Multiple units CUTs! supports mm, cm, m, in, and ft. Use metric units for construction, electrical work, and fabrication, or imperial units for woodworking, DIY, and imported materials. Record cards and PDF export Calculation results can be saved as record cards with stock, scraps, cut lengths, quantities, total cut length, total leftover length, usage rate, and cutting details. You can export record cards as PDF and use them as work instructions, purchase planning documents, or shareable cut lists. Recommended for wood cut lists, cable length planning, pipe cutting, aluminum profile cutting, LED strip cutting, purchase planning, using scraps before buying new material, reducing material waste, DIY, construction, installation, event setup, exhibition work, stage work, and PDF sharing. Simple workflow: 1. Enter full-length stock 2. Add scraps if available 3. Enter allowance and kerf 4. Enter cut lengths and quantities 5. Tap Calculate CUTs! then shows a cutting plan, required purchase quantity, total leftover length, and usage rate. CUTs! is free to use and includes ads. Interstitial ads may be shown after every 3 successful calculations. You can remove ads with a non-consumable in-app purchase. CUTs! helps you reuse scraps, reduce material waste, plan purchases, and create clear cut lists before cutting begins.

Screenshots

CutMatryx4 screens
CUTs! Material Cut List2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CutMatryx at none against CUTs! Material Cut List's shown. CutMatryx also leads on device support (3 vs 1). CUTs! Material Cut List's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price and in-app purchases 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. CutMatryx sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CUTs! Material Cut List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CutMatryx ships an update every 8 months, CUTs! Material Cut List every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
CutMatryx versus CUTs! Material Cut List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCutMatryxCUTs! Material Cut List
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEugen MuehlTAKAO OGASAWARA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CutMatryx

One-time1
  • CutMatryx Pro$4.99
1 purchases

CUTs! Material Cut List

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is CutMatryx free?
CutMatryx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CUTs! Material Cut List free?
CUTs! Material Cut List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CutMatryx or CUTs! Material Cut List have ads?
CUTs! Material Cut List shows ads; CutMatryx does not.
Which is updated more often, CutMatryx or CUTs! Material Cut List?
CutMatryx ships an update every 8 months, and CUTs! Material Cut List every 9 days. Most recently, CutMatryx was updated on October 30, 2026 and CUTs! Material Cut List on October 25, 2026.

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