CPF TechTools vs AIM Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPF TechTools
This app offers essential on-the-go technical calculators for plumbing professionals. It includes tools for expansion/contraction and temperature de-rating, with more features planned for future updates.
- Expansion calculator
- Contraction calculator
- Temperature de-rating calculator
- Tools for plumbing professionals
- Future tool additions planned
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Charlotte Pipe Tech Tools App provides simple, on-the-go technical tools for the plumbing industry. Tools featured include an expansion and contraction calculator and a temperature de-rating calculator. Ideal for plumbing engineers, contractors, architects and other industry professionals. Additional tools will be added soon.
AIM Lite
Access critical asset information 24/7 with this mobile technology. Empower your field personnel to make informed, safe decisions by integrating asset identification with mobile access.
- On-demand asset information access
- 24/7 availability
- Integrates asset identification
- Empowers field personnel
- Supports safe decision-making
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Marking Services, Inc. (MSI) offers AIM Lite technology delivering on-demand, 24/7 access to critical asset information. AIM Lite integrates asset identification with mobile technology empowering your personnel to access critical information to make good, safe decisions in the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CPF TechTools at 55% against AIM Lite's 0%. AIM Lite's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AIM Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of CPF TechTools's written reviews are positive against 0% of AIM Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CPF TechTools ships an update every 2 months, AIM Lite monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPF TechTools | AIM Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company | Marking Services Inc |
Customer experience
CPF TechTools
AIM Lite
In-app purchases
CPF TechTools
No in-app purchases
AIM Lite
No in-app purchases
