Comparison

PipeDims vs PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator

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

Head to head
About

PipeDims

Features
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This app provides the user with an ability to find steel or poly pipe dimensions for English(US) or Metric (European) standard pipe sizes.

About

PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator

This app provides pipefitters with essential reference data and field calculators for pipe dimensions, fittings, and flanges. It offers offline functionality and a user-friendly interface designed for field use. All data is verified from published sources, ensuring accuracy for critical calculations.

Highlights
  • Verified pipe dimensions
  • Fitting takeoff calculations
  • Flange data and bolt-up
  • Rolling offset calculator
  • Miter cut calculations
  • Offline functionality
  • Fraction-native calculations
Features
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The pipefitter's pocket reference and field calculator. One purchase, no subscription, no account. Yours. REFERENCE: verified, not scraped Every dimension in PipeBook is extracted from two independent published sources, machine-compared, and hand-resolved against a third before it ships. The handful of values that haven't cleared that process are marked in the app, in plain sight, rather than quietly shipped. No guesses, no filler. • Pipe schedules (ASME B36.10M/B36.19M): wall, ID in decimals and 16ths, weight per foot. NPS 1/8 to 48, Schedule 5 through XXS • Fitting takeoffs (ASME B16.9), the takeouts on the print: 90s and 45s (LR and SR), tees, concentric and eccentric reducers, caps, stub ends, 1/2 to 24 • Flanges (ASME B16.5, classes 150/300/600): OD, thickness, bolt circle, hub, length thru hub, plus the full bolt-up: stud count, diameter, and length (RF and RTJ) and B16.20 ring gasket numbers CALCULATORS: fraction-native, in 16ths, 32nds or 64ths • Rolling offset: set, roll, travel, run. Pick a pipe size and get the end-to-end cut length with the takeoffs and your welder's root gap already subtracted • Cut a fitting: any angle out of a factory 90, with the heel, centerline and throat marks • Miter cuts: cut angle, cutback, heel-to-throat drop, segment lengths • Parallel offset: equal-spread runs through any turn • Right angle: any two of set, run, travel or angle gives the rest, with grade in percent and inches per foot • Weight & fill: pipe, plate and tube weight, and what the line holds. Pounds and gallons per foot of water, for rigging and hydro • Feet & inches: running tape math that accepts 3' 4 1/2 and never loses a 16th BUILT FOR THE FIELD • Works completely offline. No license checks, no sign-in, nothing to time out in a basement or on a pipeline right-of-way • Send the welder the cut: the text and a dimensioned diagram, straight out of the calculator, with the root gap it assumed printed on the drawing • Type "6 90" and get the 6-inch takeoffs. "6 150" gets the flange. "dn150" works too • Metric: one switch and every calculator takes and gives millimetres. Tables show mm, kg/m and DN • Pin your job's sizes; your recent lookups stay one tap away • Screen stays awake while a table is open • Big targets that work with gloves on No ads. No subscription. No accounts. Features never move behind a paywall. Built in the U.S.A. by one developer who answers email.

Screenshots

PipeDims2 screens
PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PipeDims at Free against PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator's $12.99. PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#82 vs unranked). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

PipeDims is free to download; PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
PipeDims versus PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipeDimsPipeBook Pipefitter Calculator
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#82 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrook WallaceAaron Peabody

In-app purchases

None

PipeDims

No in-app purchases

None

PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PipeDims free?
PipeDims is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator free?
PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PipeDims or PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator have ads?
PipeDims shows ads; PipeBook Pipefitter Calculator does not.

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