Comparison

iBuild vs ConstructionCalcs

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

Head to head
About

iBuild

Features
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iBuild is the construction material calculator designed for builders, contractors, and DIY enthusiasts. Estimate exactly what you need to buy for your next project in seconds. Calculate quantities for 16 material types across 6 categories: Drywall and panels (sheets, screws, tape, compound, studs and tracks), Masonry (hollow brick, solid brick, and concrete block with mortar), Flooring (ceramic, porcelain, vinyl, and laminate with adhesive and grout), Interior and exterior paint with coverage per coat, Roofing (ceramic tiles and corrugated metal sheets) and Insulation. Enter dimensions or total area, add door and window openings, adjust waste percentage, and get a full shopping list with exact quantities, bags, cans, and linear meters. Use your iPhone camera to measure walls and surfaces with augmented reality. Point, tap, and get real-time dimensions with precision. Measurements feed directly into the calculator. Draw floor plans with walls, doors, windows, and text labels. Pinch to zoom, pan to navigate, and see live stats. Export professional PDF plans with dimensions and grid overlay, ready to share. Save every calculation with a custom title. Review past estimates anytime with full material breakdowns. Available in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, and Simplified Chinese. Built for the job site. Fast, offline, and precise.

About

ConstructionCalcs

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Feet, inches and sixteenths. Added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, and read back the way your tape reads. If you have ever turned 3/8" into a decimal, added a column of them, turned it back and cut it wrong, this is the app that stops that. WHAT IT DOES TODAY The feet-inch calculator takes 12' 7 3/8" as an input, not as a problem. Add, subtract, multiply or divide by a scalar and get a mixed fraction, rounded to the sixteenth or the eighth, whichever your tape shows. The unit converter moves between feet and inches, decimal feet, plain inches, millimeters and meters. Plans in metric, tape in imperial, one tap between them. The concrete slab calculator gives cubic yards from real feet-inch dimensions, with a waste factor you can see and change, so the ready-mix order is right the first time. ON A JOB SITE, NOT AT A DESK - It opens and works with no signal. Everything runs on the device - No account, and nothing you type leaves the phone - Big keys, one hand, readable in daylight - Every answer has a copy button, because the answer's next stop is a text message - One small banner sits on the home screen and never on a calculator. Pro removes it WHAT PRO IS FOR The free calculators stay free, and there is no cap on how much you calculate. Pro unlocks the answers on the estimating calculators, keeps your jobs and projects saved between visits, and takes the banner away. WHAT IS COMING Tape fraction rounding, equal spacing, diagonal and square check, concrete bags, footings, columns, rebar grids, block walls, stud and plate counts, on-center layout, roof pitch, common rafters, roof area, stair and stringer layout, drywall sheets, paint coverage, gravel, and markup versus margin are in build. Subscribe for what ships today, not for what is coming. ESTIMATING AID ONLY This is a calculator, not a code authority. Always verify against your local code and the approved plans. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iBuild4 screens
ConstructionCalcs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iBuild at none against ConstructionCalcs's 2. ConstructionCalcs's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ConstructionCalcs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. iBuild asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
iBuild versus ConstructionCalcs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBuildConstructionCalcs
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1715.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodrigo ProkopowiczTosh Labs Private Limited

In-app purchases

None

iBuild

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ConstructionCalcs

Subscriptions2
  • TradeCalcs Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • TradeCalcs Pro Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is iBuild free?
iBuild is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ConstructionCalcs free?
ConstructionCalcs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iBuild or ConstructionCalcs have ads?
iBuild shows ads; ConstructionCalcs does not.

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