Tech vs Pressly Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tech
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Tech-Nav is your smart production tool – built for toolmakers, process engineers, and injection molding professionals. Calculate cavities, cycle times, and production data in seconds – directly on your iPhone, fully offline. Features: • Cavity & cycle time calculations • Real-time unit converter (metric & imperial) • Fast production calculations • Intuitive shop floor interface • Works offline – no internet required Who is it for? Perfect for: • Injection molding technicians • Production planners • Tooling & engineering professionals Save time, reduce errors, and make better decisions – right on the shop floor.
Pressly Guide
This mobile toolkit provides injection molding professionals with practical calculators, reference guides, and checklists for process development and troubleshooting. It's designed to support better decision-making on the shop floor, even without an internet connection.
- Injection molding calculators
- Process readiness checklists
- Defect-oriented guidance
- Material and process references
- Offline-friendly operation
- Troubleshooting support
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Pressly Guide is a mobile-first reference and calculator toolkit for injection molding professionals. Built to support better decisions on the shop floor, during startup, and throughout process development. Designed for technicians, process engineers, and manufacturing engineers, Pressly combines practical calculators, structured reference guides, and lived-experience checklists into a fast, offline-friendly app you can trust when time and clarity matter. What Pressly helps with: Injection molding calculators for clamp tonnage, shot size, residence time, cooling time, and more Process readiness and startup watch-outs based on real-world molding behavior Defect-oriented guidance to help frame root cause questions—not jump to conclusions Material and process references that support engineering judgment, not replace it Built with intent: Pressly is guidance, not instruction. It’s designed to help users ask better questions, recognize common pitfalls, and organize what they already know—especially in early trials, transfers, and troubleshooting scenarios. Who it’s for: Injection molding technicians and setup personnel Process, tooling, and manufacturing engineers Engineers transitioning into plastics processing roles Whether you’re dialing in a new process, preparing for a trial, or sanity-checking assumptions on the floor, Pressly keeps essential knowledge in your pocket—no spreadsheets, binders, or signal required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tech at Free against Pressly Guide's $0.99. Pressly Guide's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On in-app purchases and device support 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
Tech is free to download; Pressly Guide costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tech | Pressly Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fabian Ottowitz | MICHAEL GEORGE FAWCETT |
In-app purchases
Tech
No in-app purchases
Pressly Guide
No in-app purchases
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