Comparison

SteelSolve vs Construction Pro

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

Head to head
About

SteelSolve

This app simplifies complex calculations for construction professionals. It supports various units, allows for easy expression editing, and provides instant results as you type. Features include built-in functions for rise, run, diagonal, and slope, along with estimating capabilities.

Highlights
  • Feet, Inch, and Fraction Input
  • Unit Assignment and Conversion
  • Full Expression Editing
  • Instant Results as You Type
  • History Tape for Previous Entries
  • Rise, Run, Diagonal, and Slope Functions
  • Estimating Functions
Features
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- Feet, Inch, and Fraction Input, along with other units in 28 categories. - Fully Functional Unit calculator - ft x ft = sqft. Quickly convert result to other units. - See the whole expression, and tap numbers to edit. Answers are live. - Free of Annoying Ads, No Internet connection required. - Powerful Dictation such as “5 feet 4 and 3/8 plus 36 and a quarter inch" - Date and Time Calculations built in - “Today + 7 weeks” - History tape to store, categorize, re-use and export your calculations. - Rise, Run, Diagonal, and Slope functions built-in. - Pricing units to turn quantities into prices: 500 lbs * 25 $/lb. - Quick Fraction entry buttons and fractions in your results. - Smart Parentheses that are not strict: 1 + 2 ) x 3 - Unit Combinations such as deg-min-sec or lb-oz. Powerful Dictation - Tell the Calculator what to calculate: - “26 feet times 42-feet-7 times 6 inches, convert to cubic yards” - “50 feet times 40 pounds per foot times a dollar 50 per pound plus 30 percent margin” - “4 foot run, 3 foot rise, slope” - “Average of 2 and a half feet and 4 meters” - “Convert 7 and 3/4 meters to decimal feet” - “13 tablespoons times 3 in cups” - “Working Days until December 20th” - “August 11th of last year plus 3 weeks” Custom version with additional features: - Purchase for a one-time fee. - Use Pro Accent Theme for a beautifully colored keypad. - Customize your Calculator Keypad with a catalog of available buttons. - Add custom units with intelligent suggestions for composite units. - Add custom functions to calculate more complex expressions. - Edit the Look up Database, write your own pages and calculators, share customizations with others. Specialized Calculators: - Right Triangle Calculator, Oblique Triangle, Arc Segment, Graphing Calculator, and more for Geometry. - Spacing Calculators that give you running dimensions, for standard spacings and picket railings. - Compound Miter and Compound Angle Calculators with visuals to show angled cuts. - Date Difference and Date Add or Subtract Calculators with Working/Calendar Days. - Stair Stringer and Rake Wall calculators for framers, including layout drawings. - Finance Calculators - Mortgage, Interest, with graphs. - Excel-Style Formula Solver - Export what you’re seeing to PDF or PNG - Talk to these calculators with dictation - Custom Calculator pages - Make 2 of your own in the free version. Steel and Wood Shapes and Tools: - Steel and Wood Shapes Database with accurate shape visualizations. - Enter the Length of a Profile to quickly calculate the weight or board-feet. - Use Steel List and Wood List to keep track of a list of Material or calculate weights. Export to PDF or CSV. - Material Nesters for lengths and 2D sheets that give you an optimized cutting layout. - Filter to find shapes by their dimensions with Pipe Search & WF Search. - Customizable Home Screen for quick access to your favorite shapes & calculators. - Find a shape using natural language dictation. HSS 6 by 6 by quarter - Steel Grating load tables and calculators. - Deflection calculators for Steel & Wood Beams, Rigging calculators

About

Construction Pro

This tool simplifies construction calculations with fast feet-inch-fraction input. It offers features for framing, roofing, stair layout, and material estimating, allowing users to save and revisit results.

Highlights
  • Feet-inch-fraction input
  • Unit conversions
  • Paperless history tape
  • Saved calculations
  • Stair calculator
  • Roof estimator
  • Material estimating
Features
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Construction calculator for contractors, carpenters and remodelers. Construction Pro ends the costliest jobsite mistakes: wrong feet-inch-fraction math, bad rafter and stair cuts, and over-ordered materials. Every answer is exact — rafter lengths, stair stringers, concrete yards, board feet, drywall sheets — with cut angles and waste factored in. From room scan and blueprint takeoff to client-ready bid PDFs with line items, markup, tax and site photos, measure once and order right. 100+ jobsite calculators in one offline app: roofing, flooring, framing, concrete, lumber, tile, paint, plumbing and electrical, built high-contrast for gloves and sunlight. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SteelSolve4 screens
Construction Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: SteelSolve at free against Construction Pro's freemium. SteelSolve also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). Construction Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. SteelSolve sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Construction Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SteelSolve against 5.0 for Construction Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SteelSolve has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SteelSolve ships an update monthly, Construction Pro every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SteelSolve versus Construction Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteelSolveConstruction Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeber HarkerManh Nguyen

Customer experience

SteelSolve

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Construction Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SteelSolve

One-time1
  • Custom$12.99
3 purchases

Construction Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is SteelSolve free?
SteelSolve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Construction Pro free?
Construction Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SteelSolve or Construction Pro?
SteelSolve and Construction Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SteelSolve or Construction Pro have ads?
Neither SteelSolve nor Construction Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SteelSolve or Construction Pro?
SteelSolve ships an update monthly, and Construction Pro every 10 days. Most recently, SteelSolve was updated on October 24, 2026 and Construction Pro on October 24, 2026.

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