MantisApp vs PipeSketch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MantisApp
Access and manage your MantisBT bug tracking system from your iPhone or iPad. View, create, edit, and comment on issues, and manage attachments. Additional features like unlimited issues and search are available via in-app purchase.
- Manage multiple MantisBT servers/accounts
- View issue attachments
- Create, edit, and comment on issues
- View related issues
- Unlimited issues (in-app purchase)
- Search issues (in-app purchase)
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MantisApp is the client for the open-source bug tracker MantisBT – on iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPhone Duo. Keep an eye on your projects and issues, report bugs on the go and update issues in seconds. CLEAR OVERVIEW • Multiple MantisBT servers and accounts in one app • Issue lists with status colors, priority, handler, category and date • Issue details with description, notes, attachments, relationships, tags and custom fields • iPad, Mac and iPhone Duo: list and issue side by side WORK FAST • Create and edit issues, change status and add notes • Upload photos, camera shots, files and drawings as attachments • Swipe actions and context menus for common tasks • Send files from other apps to MantisApp via Share MANTISAPP PRO • All issues of every project (the free version shows the three newest) • Search and filters by status, category, handler and more • Notifications for new and updated issues • Drawings and markups as attachments • Custom colors for every status Pro is available as a one-time purchase or as a yearly or monthly subscription (yearly with a one-week free trial). One purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Mac with the same Apple ID. PRIVATE No ads, no tracking. Your data goes straight to your MantisBT server; passwords are kept in the Keychain. REQUIREMENTS A MantisBT server version 1.2 or later with the SOAP API enabled (MantisBT 2.x recommended, tested with 2.28). A demo account is available right in the app. Questions and ideas: support@lbergelt.de Privacy Policy: https://lbergelt.com/apps/mantisapp_privacy.php?lang=en Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PipeSketch
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Plan your bathroom or whole-house plumbing on a wall or floor photo and hand your plumber a polished Plumbing Brief PDF. HOW IT WORKS Photo a wall or floor plan, start from a blank grid, or scan the space with LiDAR. Set the scale with one reference line. Place fixtures and the pipes route themselves to your supply, drain and vent points. Check the warnings. Export. AUTO-ROUTING Every fixture gets its hot and cold supply, its waste or soil drain and its vent run automatically. Drag any run to take it manual. Move a fixture and its pipes follow. FIXTURES AND ROUGH-IN 25 fixture types, from WC, basin, sink, shower, bath and bidet to appliances, valves, meter and floor drain, each with region-typical rough-in heights. RULES BY REGION Live warnings for missing traps, insufficient fall and undersized connections, checked against EN 806 and EN 12056 (EU), BS EN 806 with Building Regulations Part G and H (UK), IPC and UPC (US, as a planning reference only, not jurisdiction-compliant) and AS/NZS 3500 (AU/NZ). Where a check is not modelled for your region, the app says so. PROPERTIES One water system per place. Scan a whole house with LiDAR into a floor plan, then group rooms and bathrooms under a property with a shared region profile. THE PLUMBING BRIEF A PDF for your plumber with surface sketches, a fixture schedule, a pipe list with sizes and materials, the warnings and a "questions for my plumber" checklist. PNG and CSV export too. FLOOR HEATING (separate purchase, included in Trade) Plan underfloor heating on a LiDAR scan or on a floor plan file (.roomsketch) from PipeSketch or WireSketch. Sort rooms into storeys with a manifold each, choose the floor system and pipe, and get loop layouts. EU (EN standards) and UK homes also get room-by-room heat-load estimates and flow rates using the EN 12831 and EN 1264 methods with manufacturer-typical output coefficients, plus heat source advice; elsewhere, layout planning only. The Parts tab lists planning quantities, from pipe to manifolds, to check with your installer and share as CSV or PDF. Build-up advice says what the floor needs room for. PipeSketch does not size the heat source, pump or mixing valve. A read-only sample home shows a plan and its parts list before you buy. TRADE MODE (separate purchase) Turn a plan into a priced document: customers, a price book, estimates by default and binding offers when you choose, with PDF export. Offers can include the floor heating parts. You write the terms; the app never adds legal text. KNOWLEDGE BASE Plain-language entries on the standards and the formulas the app uses, including what it deliberately simplifies. 9 LANGUAGES English, German, French, Dutch, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese. PRIVACY AND ADS Your planning data stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud. The free version is ad-supported, with consent where required, and any one-time purchase removes all ads. PipeSketch is a planning tool and does not replace a professional. All plumbing and heating work must be designed, verified and carried out by a qualified installer in accordance with local regulations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MantisApp at none against PipeSketch's shown. PipeSketch's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. MantisApp sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PipeSketch sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MantisApp ships an update every 2 months, PipeSketch every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | MantisApp | PipeSketch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lars Bergelt | Aydin Can Polatkan |
In-app purchases
MantisApp
- MantisApp Pro – Monthly$0.991 Month
- MantisApp Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Large Tip$8.99
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- MantisApp Pro – Lifetime$12.99
PipeSketch
- Hot Water Planner$7.99
- Floor Heating Planner$9.99
- PipeSketch Pro$14.99
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- PipeSketch Trade$29.99









