Comparison

StudPlan vs RedX Construction Calculator

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

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About

StudPlan

Features
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Plan wall framing in seconds — wood or steel, straight or rake/gable — with full material takeoffs, client quotes, and cut lists ready for the job site. Built for iOS 17. No accounts. No analytics. No advertising. No tracking SDKs. 100% offline — every calculation runs on your phone, so it works in a basement or anywhere else with no signal. WHAT YOU CAN DO • FRAME A SINGLE WALL Enter length, height, and on-center spacing (12", 16", 19.2", or 24"). Choose 2x4 or 2x6 lumber. Get instant stud counts, plate lengths, board feet, wood volume, and wall area, with a live layout and your choice of end-stud configuration. Tap any field to type over it instantly. • STEEL FRAMING Cold-formed steel studs for non-load-bearing partitions — track and stud linear-foot takeoffs, gauge selection, and self-drilling screw counts. • RAKE, GABLE & ASYMMETRIC GABLE WALLS Enter a pitch (3:12 to 12:12, or custom) or low/high heights. Gable walls support a center or off-centre ridge with independent left/right slopes. Every stud comes out with its exact length and bevel angle, ready to cut. • DOORS, WINDOWS & CORNERS Drop in any opening with its rough opening size, and position it from the left edge, right edge, or center — one tap. King studs, jack studs, cripples, sills, and headers are calculated for you, including built-up trimmer posts for wide openings per IRC R602.7.5. • CUT LIST & MATERIAL TAKEOFF A full board-by-board takeoff — studs, plates, headers, blocking — per wall and across the project. Sheathing and drywall sheet counts, insulation coverage, and fastener estimates included. A buy list shows how many sticks of each market length to order, exportable as CSV. • 4×8 SHEET LAYOUT See exactly where OSB or plywood panels land on your wall. Edges on a stud are green; unsupported joins are flagged red before you start nailing. • FIXTURE BACKING Point-placed blocking for grab bars, TV mounts, and cabinets, each with its own board footage and diagram placement. • PRESETS One tap loads standard pre-cut heights (92-5/8", 104-5/8", 116-5/8"). Or save your own wall configuration once and reuse or update it on any wall. • MARK-OUT GUIDE A copy-ready list of measured positions along the plate — for marking studs on-site without re-counting. • MULTI-WALL PROJECTS Save framing jobs across multiple walls with intersection tracking (shared studs auto-deducted at T-junctions). Duplicate a wall or start the next one pre-filled with the last. Undo an accidental delete. Track totals: studs, plates, board feet, wood volume, wall area, and cost. • CLIENT QUOTE PDF & EXPORT A client-ready estimate with labor hours, material subtotal, markup, and tax — without exposing your cut list. Or export a full PDF with diagrams, cut lists, mark-out positions, and material summary. • IMPERIAL AND METRIC Feet-inches-fractions down to 1/8", or millimeters. Switch anytime without losing your project. • YOUR OWN iCLOUD SYNC Projects sync across your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account — optional, can be turned off in Settings. Never touches our servers; there are none. • IRC REFERENCE BUILT IN IRC R602.7 header sizing, bearing and point loads, nominal vs. actual lumber sizes, steel gauge-to-mil, common rough opening sizes, corner stud configurations, and roof pitch to angle conversions. PRIVACY FIRST StudPlan runs on-device. No login. No analytics. No advertising. No tracking SDKs. No camera, photo library, location, or microphone access requested. Turn on iCloud sync and your projects sync only through your own iCloud account — never through our servers, because we don't have any. 3-day free trial, then $1.99/week. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options available. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://taxlite.net/stud_plan/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://taxlite.net/stud_plan/privacy.html

About

RedX Construction Calculator

This free utility app performs complex calculations for construction professionals. It handles feet-inch-fraction math, roof pitches, stair layouts, and unit conversions with ease. Offers step-by-step guides and both light and dark modes.

Highlights
  • Feet-inch-fraction math
  • Roof pitch and rafter solvers
  • Stair layout calculations
  • Unit conversion (imperial/metric)
  • Area and volume calculations
  • Step-by-step guides
Features
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The 100% FREE construction calculator. REDX CALC is the feet-inch-fraction calculator for framers, carpenters, contractors and builders: rafter, stair, roof pitch and framing math with no ads, no subscriptions and no in-app purchases. Work the way you measure: add, cut and convert full feet-inch dimensions with fractions, and switch between imperial and metric in one tap. FEET & INCHES MATH • Add, subtract, multiply and divide feet-inch measurements with fractions • Adjustable fraction precision • Instant conversion between yards, feet, inches, meters, cm and mm • Percent, square, square root and reciprocal functions • Memory keys and automatic calculation history RIGHT TRIANGLES & ROOFS • Pitch, Rise, Run and Diagonal keys: enter what you know, tap to solve the rest • Hip/Valley and Jack rafter solvers • Miter angles for trim and framing STAIRS, ARCS & CIRCLES • Stair layouts: risers, treads, stringers and the stairwell opening • Arc solver for arched openings • Circle facts, columns and cone volumes DIMENSIONS • Length, Width and Height registers for areas and volumes • Unit-aware math keeps your results in the units you build with KNOW-HOW BUILT IN • Step-by-step guides for the basics, roofs, stairs, circles, conversions and more • Light and dark mode 100% FREE. FOREVER. No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Every feature included. Part of the RedX Apps family: RedX Decks, RedX Roof, RedX Walls and RedX Stairs. Terms of Use https://www.redxapps.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

StudPlan4 screens
RedX Construction Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RedX Construction Calculator at none against StudPlan's 4. RedX Construction Calculator also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. StudPlan sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. RedX Construction Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StudPlan versus RedX Construction Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudPlanRedX Construction Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZHENGQIAO JIANGRedX Technology Inc

In-app purchases

4 purchases

StudPlan

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$79.99
None

RedX Construction Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StudPlan free?
StudPlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RedX Construction Calculator free?
RedX Construction Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StudPlan or RedX Construction Calculator have ads?
Neither StudPlan nor RedX Construction Calculator shows ads.

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