Comparison

Pipefitter's Mate vs Pipe Offset Calc

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

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Pipefitter's Mate

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Pipefitter's Mate — seven pipe layout calculators for the field. Offline. No ads. No accounts. Enter the dimensions and the numbers are already there. Cut list, ordinates and spool weight update as you type, and every result shows the method behind it, so you can check it before you cut. THE SEVEN TOOLS Simple offset RUN and OFFSET in. TRAVEL, PIPE CUT, SETBACK, CUT ANGLE, INSIDE ARC and OUTSIDE ARC out. Rolling (compound) offset Set and roll across two planes. True offset, travel and pipe cut, with the derivation shown. Lateral branch Fishmouth ordinates for a branch meeting a header at any angle from 30 to 90 degrees. Saddle branch Ordinates for a square 90 degree branch. The lateral tool reproduces this exactly at 90. Trunnion / dummy leg Ordinates for a support landing on the back of an elbow, checked against published cutback data. Equal-spread offsets Stagger a bank of two to four parallel lines so the spacing stays even through the offset. Flange two-holing Bolt hole layout straddling the centerline, to ASME B16.5. ELBOW ANGLES Presets for 45, 22.5, 11.25, 30 and 60 degrees plus custom, with the run derived for you. PIPE DATA, BUILT IN NPS 1/2" through 40". Schedules STD, XS, XXS, SCH 40 and SCH 80. Long and short radius elbows. Wall thickness to ASME B36.10M, elbow geometry to B16.9, flanges to B16.5. Where a schedule is not standard for a given size, the app says so rather than guessing. CUT LIST AND WELD GAP When the pipe cut exceeds stock length, the app works out the sticks and generates a cut list, deducting your root gap per joint across elbow welds and field welds. Set stock length to match your region: 6 m, 20 ft, 24 ft, 40 ft or custom. SPOOL WEIGHT Pipe, both elbows and the weld beads, totalled — so you know what you are lifting before it is on the strop. DRAWINGS A CAD-style diagram for every tool, with dimension callouts and weld markers. Pinch to zoom and pan. Legible in light and dark. TRADE INDEX A built-in reference covering fabrication, geometry, measurement and pipe sizing terms. ALSO Save and load named spools. Switch between millimeters and inches with one tap. Screen-stays-on mode for when your hands are full. Bigger type and glove-sized targets throughout. PROJECT WORKFLOW Enter feet, inches and fractions with a dedicated keypad, or use decimal millimeters. Choose display precision without rounding the underlying calculation. Open diagrams fullscreen to inspect large layouts. Organize saved calculations by project, line and spool. Add drawing numbers, revisions, operator details and notes, then include them in fabrication PDFs. Search your library and make copies without overwriting the original. Export and restore local JSON backups through the system file picker. BRANCH TEMPLATES Create tiled saddle and lateral templates for A4, A3 or Letter paper, with overlap, alignment marks and a 100 mm calibration square. Print at actual size and measure both axes before use. Templates omit kerf, bevel, wall thickness and weld shrinkage; always check against the workpiece. Technical notes explain the calculation assumptions and application limits. Bundled standards data has no recorded source edition and is not a substitute for current project standards. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Calculations work without a network connection and stay on your device. Network access is used only to check the App Store for a newer version. No accounts, no data collection, no ads, no tracking. Pipefitter's Mate is a tool to assist. Always verify against project specifications before fabrication.

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Pipe Offset Calc

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A pipefitter's offset calculator. One-time purchase — no subscription, no ads, no accounts. Enter an offset and a fitting angle and get travel, run and the cut length, with a drawing that redraws as you type — so a mistyped number shows up as a wrong shape before it becomes a wrong cut. FREE · Simple offsets at 11¼, 22½, 30, 45, 60 and 90 degrees · Grade and fall — percent and inches per foot · Feet-inch-fractions: type 12'6-3/8" the way you write it, or millimetres · The live drawing, in every mode UNLOCK ONCE · Rolling offsets — set and roll in, true offset, travel, and the roll angle to turn the fitting to · Take-outs — cut length with both fittings subtracted, from ASME B16.9 elbow tables · Measure your own fitting and save it, for the angles no standard tabulates · Pipe data — steel schedule 40 and 80, outside diameter, wall, inside diameter WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM The geometry is verified two ways: published trade multipliers, and a check that rebuilds each offset as 3-D coordinates and measures it without using trigonometry at all — so it cannot share a wrong assumption with the formula it checks. Take-outs are a published table cross-checked against two independent references. Every table names its source inside the app. BUILT FOR THE JOB Works with no signal. No account, no sign-in, nothing to lose in a plant room. Glove-sized keys, a fraction key, and a backspace rather than a clear-all. Full VoiceOver support and text that scales to the largest accessibility size.

Screenshots

Pipefitter's Mate4 screens
Pipe Offset Calc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pipe Offset Calc at Free against Pipefitter's Mate's $7.99. Pipe Offset Calc also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Pipefitter's Mate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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

Pipe Offset Calc is free to download; Pipefitter's Mate costs $7.99 up front. Pipe Offset Calc sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pipefitter's Mate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipefitter's Mate ships an update fortnightly, Pipe Offset Calc every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

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Pipefitter's Mate versus Pipe Offset Calc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipefitter's MatePipe Offset Calc
Price$7.99Free — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorin ChiriacAliaksei Shuliakouski

In-app purchases

None

Pipefitter's Mate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pipe Offset Calc

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$12.99

Questions

Is Pipefitter's Mate free?
Pipefitter's Mate costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pipe Offset Calc free?
Pipe Offset Calc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pipefitter's Mate or Pipe Offset Calc have ads?
Neither Pipefitter's Mate nor Pipe Offset Calc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipefitter's Mate or Pipe Offset Calc?
Pipefitter's Mate ships an update fortnightly, and Pipe Offset Calc every 5 days. Most recently, Pipefitter's Mate was updated on November 9, 2026 and Pipe Offset Calc on October 29, 2026.

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