McWane Pocket Engineer v2 vs TRIPAC Engineering Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
McWane Pocket Engineer v2
This comprehensive virtual assistant aids professionals in the waterworks and sewer industries with ductile iron pipe design and comparisons. It offers specialized calculators for pipeline design, performance, and thrust restraint, along with product literature and manufacturing videos.
- Ductile iron pipe design
- Material comparisons
- Product and industry literature
- Manufacturing videos
- Eight specialized calculators
- Pipeline design and performance analysis
- Thrust restraint design
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The McWane Pocket Engineer is a must-have for Contractors, Designers, Inspectors, and Engineers plus Sales & Support personnel alike in the WaterWorks and Sewer industries. An easy-to-use comprehensive virtual assistant covering ductile iron pipe design, manufacture, use, and comparisons to alternate materials. Contains product and industry literature, submittal data, manufacturing videos and contact information, along with eight (8) specialized calculators to perform and compare pipeline designs and performance. Compute flow rates, velocities, head loss, energy savings, hydrotest allowances, minimum radius, tonnages, contained volumes of pipelines, and all-inclusive thrust restraint design with unprecedented intuitive ease. Based upon and developed through more than 20-years of coast-to-coast experience in designing and trouble-shooting water & sewer industry applications of all kinds. More than an APP, it’s truly like having an engineer in your pocket !
TRIPAC Engineering Box
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The Tripac Engineering Box is a mobile toolkit that provides access to industry standards, instructions for installing modular seals, and a quick way to report issues in the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: McWane Pocket Engineer v2 at every 3 months against TRIPAC Engineering Box's every 7 months. TRIPAC Engineering Box's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
McWane Pocket Engineer v2 ships an update every 3 months, TRIPAC Engineering Box every 7 months. Both last shipped on September 14, 2026.
| Parameter | McWane Pocket Engineer v2 | TRIPAC Engineering Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McWane, LLC | Tripac Marketing, Inc. |
In-app purchases
McWane Pocket Engineer v2
No in-app purchases
TRIPAC Engineering Box
No in-app purchases
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