Comparison

Engineering Calculator HVAC vs FireSprinkPro

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

Head to head
About

Engineering Calculator HVAC

Features
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HVAC engineering calculations in seconds — right on site, without an internet connection. Converting kgf/cm² to bar, checking the velocity in a pipe, sizing an expansion tank or picking a valve Kvs used to mean searching the web, leafing through a handbook and doing arithmetic in your head. Now your phone is enough. UNIT CONVERSION WITHOUT MISTAKES Enter a value once and see it in every unit of the category at the same time. Pressure, flow rate, power, energy, temperature, length, area, volume, mass and velocity: ten categories, about eighty units, including kgf/cm², mmH₂O, Gcal/h, BTU/h and psi. Any value is copied with a single tap, straight into an email or a bill of quantities. PIPE VELOCITY ACROSS EVERY SIZE AT ONCE Enter the flow rate and see the velocity for every pipe size, with a colour hint: where it is too low, where it is fine, where the pipe will get noisy. Steel to GOST 3262 up to DN 350, PP-R PN20, PEX and PE-RT, copper to EN 1057 — with real inner diameters, not nominal ones. Picking a diameter takes a couple of seconds. THERMAL POWER AND FLOW, BOTH WAYS Know the flow rate and you get the power. Know the power and you get the flow rate. Water, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from 10 to 60 percent, with density and specific heat taken at the average temperature rather than approximated. The result comes in kW, kcal/h and Gcal/h at once. VALVES Pressure drop across a control or balancing valve from its Kvs, and the reverse task: which Kvs is needed for a given drop. In bar, kPa and metres of water column. EXPANSION TANK Required membrane tank volume, the nearest standard size, the expansion volume and the tank efficiency. The system volume can be estimated from the installed power. If the temperatures or pressures are inconsistent, the app says so instead of returning a neat but wrong number. PIPE INSULATION Surface area, area per metre, insulation volume and the insulated diameter — numbers ready for a bill of quantities. REFERENCE DATA INSIDE Steel water and gas pipes to GOST 3262 from DN 15 to DN 350, PP-R PN20, PEX and PE-RT, copper pipes to EN 1057. Water density and specific heat by temperature, properties of water and glycol mixtures, volumetric expansion coefficients, the standard range of expansion tanks from 5 to 1000 litres and typical insulation thicknesses by diameter. WHY IT WORKS ON SITE • Fully offline: no internet needed in a basement or on a construction site • Nothing extra: no ads, no sign-up, no subscriptions, no permissions • Input accepts both a comma and a dot, the numeric keyboard opens by itself • Russian and English, light and dark theme • Selected units and settings are remembered WHO IT IS FOR HVAC and plumbing designers, heating and water supply installers, service engineers of boiler houses and heat substations, energy auditors and students of related fields. Written by a practising HVAC engineer for himself and his colleagues. Free.

About

FireSprinkPro

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FireSprinkPro is a professional-grade fire sprinkler hydraulic calculation app for fire protection engineers and designers. Design and analyse wet, dry, deluge, and foam-water sprinkler systems directly on your iPhone or iPad. FireSprinkPro uses the Hardy Cross iterative method with Hazen-Williams friction loss to accurately calculate flow and pressure throughout your pipe network. FEATURES • Pipe network node and branch editor • Hazen-Williams hydraulic calculations • Hardy Cross iterative solver • Automatic most demanding area selection • Demand vs supply curve analysis • Calculation report export • Import and export project files (.fsp) • Design and perform hydraulic calculations offline, with internet access required for account and licence verification • Sample project included to get started immediately DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONALS FireSprinkPro is built for fire protection engineers, hydraulic designers, and contractors who need accurate, portable calculations in the field or office. All calculations follow standard fire protection hydraulic principles used in NFPA 13, SANS 10287, and similar codes.

Screenshots

Engineering Calculator HVAC4 screens
FireSprinkPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Engineering Calculator HVAC at none against FireSprinkPro's 2. FireSprinkPro's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. FireSprinkPro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.49 per month. Engineering Calculator HVAC asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Engineering Calculator HVAC ships an update every 6 months, FireSprinkPro weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Engineering Calculator HVAC versus FireSprinkPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEngineering Calculator HVACFireSprinkPro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeraleksandr bronnikovMichael Fritz

In-app purchases

None

Engineering Calculator HVAC

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FireSprinkPro

Subscriptions1
  • FireSprinkPro Monthly$17.491 Month
One-time1
  • FireSprinkPro Lifetime License$175.99

Questions

Is Engineering Calculator HVAC free?
Engineering Calculator HVAC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FireSprinkPro free?
FireSprinkPro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Engineering Calculator HVAC or FireSprinkPro have ads?
Neither Engineering Calculator HVAC nor FireSprinkPro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Engineering Calculator HVAC or FireSprinkPro?
Engineering Calculator HVAC ships an update every 6 months, and FireSprinkPro weekly. Most recently, Engineering Calculator HVAC was updated on November 9, 2026 and FireSprinkPro on November 10, 2026.

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