Phrikolat HDD Basics vs ITS Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phrikolat HDD Basics
This app provides essential drilling fluid product information, mixing tables for various soil conditions, and HDD-related data for jobsite professionals. It offers offline calculations for common jobsite needs, eliminating the need for internet or external devices.
- Drilling fluid product information
- Mixing tables for soil conditions
- HDD pipe dimensions and characteristics
- Unit conversion tables
- Offline jobsite calculations
- Reference tables
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The Phrikolat App is addressed to everyone who is involved in Drilling Fluids and Horizontal Directional Drilling at HDD jobsites. It is mainly meant for Phrikolat customers and customers want to be. Target group No. 1 are jobsite supervisors, drillers and surveyors of small and medium size drilling rigs. In this App you will find information on the Phrikolat drilling fluid products and their use in different soil conditions (mixing tables) as well as tables with HDD related dimensions and main characteristics of HDPE-Pipes, conversion tables of physical units and much more. Main subject of the App are simple calculations for almost everything that has to be calculated in the everyday jobsite – without Internet, without Laptop, without calculator and above all without the time consuming search around for old recordings. No internet connection available at the jobsite? After installing the App runs without internet and phone reception. Currently there are 24 simple calculations and 13 reference tables. The use of the Phrikolat App is very easy and comfortable – it really is an App for the jobsite. Phrikolat Drilling Specialties GmbH is a service company for the construction industry. For more than 15 years we are specialized on the supply and development of Drilling Fluids for the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and we are well known for our technical job site support.
ITS Connect
This application streamlines field evaluations for operator qualifications, replacing paper forms with digital records. It offers a step-by-step process, offline capabilities with automatic syncing, and digital signature capture for improved efficiency and defensibility of OQ programs.
- Digital Operator Qualification (OQ) task evaluations
- Evaluator metrics dashboard
- Step-by-step process flow
- Worker lookup (QR code/manual)
- Offline capability with automatic sync
- Digital signatures capture
- Document OJT completions
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ITS Connect is a powerful mobile app that enables evaluators to easily conduct digital Operator Qualification (OQ) task performance evaluations in the field, greatly improving efficiency and reporting, as well as strengthening OQ program defensibility. Key Features: • Evaluator metrics dashboard • Simple step-by-step process flow • Worker lookup via QR code or manually • Offline capability (automatic data sync once network connection reestablished) • Digital signatures capture • Document on-the-job training completions • Automatic creation of a digital record of evaluation, uploaded to ITS Benefits: • Streamlines performance evaluations • Eliminates mountains of paper and the burden of manual evaluation processing • Enables real-time qualification reporting and verification • Digital ROE streamlines audits and helps safeguard the defensibility of your OQ program
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ITS Connect at every 2 weeks against Phrikolat HDD Basics's every 4 months. ITS Connect also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Phrikolat HDD Basics against 3.9 for ITS Connect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ITS Connect has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Phrikolat HDD Basics ships an update every 4 months, ITS Connect every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phrikolat HDD Basics | ITS Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.9 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 337 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phrikolat Drilling Specialties GmbH | Industrial Training Services |
Customer experience
Phrikolat HDD Basics
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In-app purchases
Phrikolat HDD Basics
No in-app purchases
ITS Connect
No in-app purchases
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