Comparison

CONCREATE vs Pipe Craftsmen

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

Head to head
About

CONCREATE

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CONCREATE is the go-to concrete calculator for contractors, builders, and construction professionals who need fast, accurate volume estimates on the job site. Whether you're pouring a foundation footing, a concrete slab, a column, or a wall, CONCREATE gives you the numbers you need β€” instantly, with no internet required. FREE CALCULATORS - Slab Calculator Enter length, width, and depth to get the exact cubic yards or cubic meters needed for any flat pour. - Footing Calculator Calculate concrete volume for strip footings and pad footings β€” ideal for foundations and post bases. - Column Calculator Round or square columns: enter diameter (or side) and height to get precise volume. - Wall Calculator Enter wall dimensions and instantly know how much concrete your forms require. - Bag Calculator Find out how many 40 lb, 60 lb, or 80 lb bags you need for any project. - Unit Converter Switch seamlessly between cubic yards, cubic feet, cubic meters, and liters. - Rebar Calculator γ€€spacing, bar count, and total weight - Block Calculator γ€€CMU block and mortar estimates - Cost Estimator γ€€Total material cost with custom pricing PRO FEATURES Upgrade to CONCREATE Pro for a one-time payment and unlock: - Ad-free experience - Calculation history - PDF export for job records and quotes WHY CONCREATE Works 100% offline β€” no Wi-Fi needed on the job site Imperial & Metric β€” toggle between US and metric units Clean, distraction-free interface built for field use No subscription β€” Pro is a one-time purchase Download CONCREATE and stop guessing on your next pour.

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Pipe Craftsmen

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Pipe Craftsmen is the pipefitter's toolbox: the numbers you work to, in the tape's own language, with every dimension copied from the published standards and every drawing showing where the number actually runs on the steel. THE CALCULATOR Feet, inches and fractions natively - 5'-6" + 3'-9" reads back 9'-3". Metric keys, angle mode with decimal and DMS entry, store and recall shared across every keypad in the app, session history, and your starred measurements one tap from the display. Every answer is ready to copy, store, or feed the next sum. THE FITTINGS REFERENCE Every dimension of every fitting, from the published tables: - Butt weld (ASME B16.9): all sixteen types - Socket weld (ASME B16.11): classes 3000/6000/9000, measured to the socket bottom, your pull-back applied - Threaded (ASME B16.11): all ten types including street elbows, plugs and bushings - the make-on subtracts, because a thread makes the pipe longer - Flanges (ASME B16.5): all six kinds, classes 150-2500, raised-face rule built in - Grooved (Victaulic): elbows, tees and crosses, with the groove specification itself - gasket seat, width, diameter, and the lightest wall that may be roll or cut grooved Every page draws its fitting in section with the selected takeoff dimensioned on the steel. Set your root gap, socket pull-back, thread make-on and grooved separation once; every takeoff in the app follows. THE TOOLS - Pipe Offset: solve the triangle from any two facts, then get the fitting each end needs, the pipe between, and its weight - Equal Spread: parallel lines turning together - the advance that keeps the spread equal through the corner - Rolled Offset: roll, set and advance into one travel, with the bend angle and the roll angle told apart - Miter Joints: cut angle, cutback, and the blank drawn flat on the bench, marked for cutting - Fitting Cutdown: a 90 cut to any angle, with the three arcs to mark - Rolled Olet: set a roll angle with a tape measure - Tube Bending: the four lines of a bend, worked out from the drawing's centerline, with the gain falling out of them - Tube Bending Run: tube, bends, tube - every line to mark and the length to cut, for the whole run at once - Pipe Information: bore, wall, circumference, and the weights you rig by - empty, full of water, and per foot THE FITTING FINDER Search the whole reference set without leaving the calculator. It opens on the size and connection you work in, keeps a shelf of the fittings you starred, and a click on any result opens everything that fitting measures - inside to end, outside to end, the with-gap variants, the bend - ready to drop straight into your sum. IN YOUR POCKET Built for a phone held one-handed on a rack: big keys, answers that read at arm's length, and everything reachable without a signal. On an iPad the pages open out - the drawing beside the numbers rather than above them. BUILT FOR THE TRADE Answers read the way a tape does. Drawings are to the steel's own proportions. Arrange the menus your way, star what you use, and it all persists. Some tools are part of Pro. The calculator, the fittings reference and pipe information are free to use. Terms of Use: https://pipe-craftsmen.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://pipe-craftsmen.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

CONCREATE3 screens
Pipe Craftsmen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pipe Craftsmen at none against CONCREATE's shown. CONCREATE's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. CONCREATE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pipe Craftsmen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
CONCREATE versus Pipe Craftsmen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCONCREATEPipe Craftsmen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 months
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size33 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeita OgasawaraVICTOR DIGITAL TOOLS LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CONCREATE

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$1.99
2 purchases

Pipe Craftsmen

Subscriptions2
  • Pipe Craftsmen Pro Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Pipe Craftsmen Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is CONCREATE free?
CONCREATE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pipe Craftsmen free?
Pipe Craftsmen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CONCREATE or Pipe Craftsmen have ads?
CONCREATE shows ads; Pipe Craftsmen does not.

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