McWane Pocket Engineer v2 vs Archon Fire
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 !
Archon Fire
This app allows users to capture trip times and pressure values for trip tests using compatible hardware. Results can be saved to your device's photo library and shared with colleagues or reports.
- Capture trip times
- Capture pressure values
- Pair with Archon Probes
- Save results to photo library
- Share results with colleagues
- Attach results to reports
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The Archon Fire app works with Arbiter's Archon (ACN1) to let you confidently capture trip times and pressure values for full and partial trip tests. Easily pair the Archon Probes to your mobile device, then run tests and capture the results right to your photo library. Share the results with your colleagues or attach them to your reports. With Archon Fire you always get Reliable Results!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Archon Fire at 5.0 against McWane Pocket Engineer v2's 3.9. McWane Pocket Engineer v2's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Archon Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McWane Pocket Engineer v2 has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
McWane Pocket Engineer v2 ships an update every 3 months, Archon Fire every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McWane Pocket Engineer v2 | Archon Fire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McWane, LLC | Arbiter Incorporated |
Customer experience
McWane Pocket Engineer v2
Archon Fire
In-app purchases
McWane Pocket Engineer v2
No in-app purchases
Archon Fire
No in-app purchases
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