Comparison

Duct Calculator Elite vs Thingview

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

Head to head
About

Duct Calculator Elite

This app simplifies HVAC duct sizing calculations. It computes duct size, velocity, pressure drop, and flow rate with an intuitive interface. Supports various units and duct materials for precise HVAC design.

Highlights
  • Calculate duct size, velocity, pressure drop, flow rate
  • Duct Size by Airflow mode
  • Duct Size by Dimension mode
  • Pressure Drop calculations
  • Customizable units and duct materials
  • Uses ASHRAE Handbook friction loss equations
Features
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Duct Calculator Elite™ replaces your ductulator wheel with fast, precise duct sizing built on the friction-loss equations of the ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals. Trusted by HVAC professionals, mechanical engineers, and contractors since 2013. One price — no subscriptions, no ads, no accounts. THREE CALCULATORS, ONE TAP APART • DUCT SIZE BY AIRFLOW — Set airflow and either velocity or friction, and solve for round and rectangular duct dimensions. Specify the rectangular aspect ratio to match your available space. The nearest standard round and rectangular sizes are shown with the friction they actually run at. • DUCT SIZE BY DIMENSION — Enter a round diameter or rectangular height and width, then lock airflow, velocity, or friction and solve for the remaining variables. • PRESSURE DROP — Convert between duct length, pressure drop, and friction. Find the exact pressure drop of a given installation, or the maximum duct length that maintains your design pressure drop. DESIGN TOOLS • FRICTION RATE — Enter your available static pressure and duct run, add fittings from a built-in list of typical equivalent lengths (elbows, tees, wyes, supply boots), and get your total effective length and target friction rate — the Manual D style residential design workflow. Then send the result straight into Duct Size by Airflow with one tap. • AIRFLOW FROM HEAT LOAD — Enter a sensible heat load and temperature difference to get the required airflow, corrected for air density. ENGINEERING-GRADE MATH Solves the Colebrook friction-factor equation directly for each duct material's surface roughness — the same method behind the ASHRAE friction chart — rather than interpolating from lookup tables. Roughness values come from Table 1 of the 2025 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals, and the app shows you the one it used. Rectangular results use the Huebscher equivalent-diameter equation; air density is corrected for your temperature and elevation, and air viscosity for your temperature, so results hold up at altitude and outside room temperature. Below the turbulent range where the published methods agree, results are flagged as approximate. PRECISE ENTRY, BUILT FOR THE FIELD Type exact values directly in place — no cumbersome sliders, no pop-up entry screens. Confirm with a tap and every dependent value recalculates instantly. A clean layout keeps every result in view as you work, and everything runs fully offline. CONFIGURED FOR REAL JOB CONDITIONS • Duct dimensions: inches, centimeters, or millimeters • Airflow: CFM, cubic feet per second, cubic meters per second, cubic meters per hour, or liters per second • Velocity: feet per second, feet per minute, or meters per second • Pressure loss: inches of water per 100 ft or pascals per meter • Duct materials: galvanized steel, spiral steel, galvanized spiral (corrugated), aluminum, uncoated carbon steel, PVC plastic pipe, concrete, phenolic duct (pre-insulated), flexible duct (metallic), flexible duct (helix core, insulated), fibrous glass liner (spray coated), and fibrous glass liner (faced, smooth) • Air temperature (°F, °C, K) and elevation (feet or meters) corrections The next time you head to a meeting or out to the job site, leave the ductulator at home — everything you need is on your iPhone or iPad. Questions or ideas for the next version? Email techsupport@cyberprodigy.com — we read every message.

About

Thingview

Visualize your ThingSpeak data channels with ease. Simply input your channel ID to start viewing your data in a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Visualize ThingSpeak channels
  • Enter channel ID to view data
  • Easy to use interface
  • Data visualization tool
Features
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ThingView enables you to visualize your ThingSpeak channels in an easy way, just enter the channel ID and you are ready to go.

Screenshots

Duct Calculator Elite4 screens
Thingview4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Thingview at $1.99 against Duct Calculator Elite's $9.99. Thingview also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). Duct Calculator Elite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, 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

Duct Calculator Elite costs $9.99 and Thingview $1.99 up front. Thingview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Duct Calculator Elite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Duct Calculator Elite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duct Calculator Elite has 234 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duct Calculator Elite ships an update every 15 months, Thingview every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Duct Calculator Elite versus Thingview: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuct Calculator EliteThingview
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (234 ratings) — better4.3 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings234 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#188 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyberprodigy LLCMarcelo Prolo

Customer experience

Duct Calculator Elite

All ratings232 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative38.9%

Thingview

All ratings35 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.9%
Negative31.1%

Bugs and requests

Duct Calculator Elite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Thingview

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App closes abruptly when creating channel
  • App does not open on mobile version
  • Search button covered by keyboard when adding channel
  • Only 3 days of data displayed
  • Time scale fixed to two hours on overview screen
Show 15 more
  • Zoom axes option has no effect
  • Latest version displays graphs on left 1/3 of screen
  • Display shrunk on iPad/iPhone
  • Stopped using full screen, wide border on right/bottom
  • Only graph/trend available, other widgets not visible
  • Year button shows same data as month button
  • Month and year time presets do not work
  • App crashes immediately after clicking on channel
  • Invalid URL error when adding channel
  • App isn't working with iOS 14 after changing standard browser
  • Not possible to retrieve data for a complete year
  • App closes when consulting a channel
  • Refresh button doesn't work and crashes app
  • App crashes randomly
  • Asking to purchase app again after reinstalling

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add status update reporting
  • Add lat/long display
  • Add alert/notification options
  • Add widget support
  • Add auto-refresh functionality
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  • Add Apple Watch functionality
  • Allow user-defined Y-axis max scale
  • Allow plot color to follow ThingSpeak settings
  • Show date along with time on X-axis
  • Improve visibility of selected panel/point
  • Move last reading number to bottom left
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add ability to set desired data amount (points or time)

In-app purchases

None

Duct Calculator Elite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Thingview

One-time1
  • Thingview Full$1.99

Questions

Is Duct Calculator Elite free?
Duct Calculator Elite costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thingview free?
Thingview costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Duct Calculator Elite or Thingview?
Duct Calculator Elite is rated higher. Duct Calculator Elite averages 4.8 out of 5 from 234 ratings, while Thingview averages 4.3 from 35 ratings.
Do Duct Calculator Elite or Thingview have ads?
Thingview shows ads; Duct Calculator Elite does not.
Which is updated more often, Duct Calculator Elite or Thingview?
Duct Calculator Elite ships an update every 15 months, and Thingview every 2 months. Most recently, Duct Calculator Elite was updated on October 29, 2026 and Thingview on October 29, 2026.

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