Comparison

FSWizard PRO vs iMI

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

Head to head
About

FSWizard PRO

This app calculates optimal cutting speeds and feeds for CNC milling and turning operations. It supports various materials, tools, and machining techniques like chip thinning and HSM. Includes helpful charts and calculators for machinists.

Highlights
  • CNC milling and turning speed calculator
  • Material and tool-based cutting condition calculation
  • Chip thinning and HSM support
  • Built-in drill and tap charts
  • GD&T reference
  • Triangle and fillet calculators
Features
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CNC Milling and Turning Speed and Calculator (Wizard) Absolutely the best CNC machinist speed and feed calculator around. Calculate cutting conditions simply by choosing your work and tool material. No need to know any numbers. FSWizard will automatically use recommended cutting speed and chip load. Made by a machinist for machinists. Improve productivity and optimize cutter life. Supports Chip thinning and HSM machining. Suggests optimum cutting depth and balances cutting parameters. *Milling, drilling, and turning speeds and feeds for various materials. * Built-in Drill and Tap charts for both imperial and metric systems will not leave you looking for one in your toolbox. *Tap drill sizes for most common imperial and metric taps. *Tap drill sizes for BSP and NPT pipe threads. *GD&T Reference *Triangle Calculator will be a great help to anyone who needs to calculate oblique or a right angle triangle *Fillet Calculator will find tangent points to a circle and two lines *Milling Tools available: Solid Endmill, Indexed Endmill, and Facemill, Solid and indexable drills *Drilling Tools: Jobber Drill, Hi-Performance Parabolic Drill, Spade Drill, Reamer *Turning Tools: Profiling and Grooving Charts: Drill chart, Imperial, Metric, Pipe Tap charts are also included in the free version. FSWizard works with both metric and imperial units. Please visit: https://hsmadvisor.com/?page=help&article_id=4811_supported-materials-list For a list of workpiece materials available in the PRO version

About

iMI

This AI assistant is designed for manufacturing professionals on the shop floor. It provides answers to technical questions, helps troubleshoot issues, and offers tools for optimizing processes and calculating ROI. Securely store and access your private manufacturing documents.

Highlights
  • AI-powered manufacturing Q&A
  • G-code optimization
  • Machining strategy generation
  • Work instruction drafting
  • ROI calculator
  • Private on-device document vault
Features
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ARLO is a manufacturing AI built for the shop floor — not a general-purpose chatbot adapted for it. Ask about G-code, feeds and speeds, CAM strategy, toolpath troubleshooting, work instructions, or anything else that comes up during a shift. Get an answer that actually fits your machine, your role, and your experience level. iMI: Inference puts ARLO in your pocket. COLLAB WITH ARLO A full conversational interface for manufacturing questions. Ask follow-ups, work through setups step by step, or think out loud about a problem. Conversation history lets you save, name, and return to sessions — including picking up where you left off across multiple days (Pro). AI TOOLS Structured tools for the tasks you do every day: optimize G-code, generate machining strategies, draft work instructions, summarize documents, translate content, and more. ROI CALCULATOR Build and present the business case for new equipment or process improvements — right on the spot. Choose from four scenarios: • CNC Machine purchase • Cost Per Part reduction • Downtime & OEE improvement • Internal Tool evaluation Fill in the form, tap Generate, and export a branded PDF proposal to share instantly. VAULT — PRIVATE ON-DEVICE KNOWLEDGE Load your own documents — machine manuals, tooling catalogs, post-processor documentation, shop standards — directly into ARLO's context. Vault indexes everything on-device and automatically injects relevant content into your questions. Your documents never leave the app. Available to Pro subscribers. ZERO-TRUST MODE For organizations handling sensitive or proprietary information. Every session is fully stateless — nothing is written to or read from disk, and all data is cleared when the app closes. Pro only. PLANS Free — 5 uses per day. Collab with ARLO. Starter — $9.99/month. 300 uses, all AI Tools, Conversation History. Pro — $19.99/month. 1,000 uses, Vault, Zero-Trust Mode. Additional use packs available as one-time in-app purchases. iMI: Inference is developed by Multiaxis LLC — built by people with decades in manufacturing, for the people who keep shops running. The Power of MULTIAXIS® with the Intelligence of ARLO™ Terms of Use: https://multiaxis.ai/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://multiaxis.ai/privacy.html

Screenshots

FSWizard PRO4 screens
iMI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iMI at Free against FSWizard PRO's $17.99. iMI also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FSWizard PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

iMI is free to download; FSWizard PRO costs $17.99 up front. iMI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. FSWizard PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iMI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FSWizard PRO has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FSWizard PRO ships an update monthly, iMI every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
FSWizard PRO versus iMI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFSWizard PROiMI
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (24 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#178 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEldar GerfanovMichael Kaminski

Customer experience

FSWizard PRO

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

iMI

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FSWizard PRO

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

iMI

Subscriptions2
  • ArloInference Starter$9.991 Month
  • ArloInference Pro$19.991 Month
One-time3
  • 250 Uses — Project Sprint$4.99
  • 600 Uses — Heavy Week Pack$9.99
  • 1500 Uses — Power User Pack$19.99

Questions

Is FSWizard PRO free?
FSWizard PRO costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iMI free?
iMI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FSWizard PRO or iMI?
iMI is rated higher. FSWizard PRO averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while iMI averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FSWizard PRO or iMI have ads?
Neither FSWizard PRO nor iMI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FSWizard PRO or iMI?
FSWizard PRO ships an update monthly, and iMI every 4 days. Most recently, FSWizard PRO was updated on October 8, 2026 and iMI on September 21, 2026.

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