Comparison

McWane Pocket Engineer v2 vs SOSRemoteTouch

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Ductile iron pipe design
  • Material comparisons
  • Product and industry literature
  • Manufacturing videos
  • Eight specialized calculators
  • Pipeline design and performance analysis
  • Thrust restraint design
Features
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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 !

About

SOSRemoteTouch

This app automates field service operations with intelligent scheduling and real-time updates. It is designed to run on various mobile devices, offering a comprehensive solution for managing a mobile workforce.

Highlights
  • Intelligent scheduling
  • Mobile dispatch
  • Real-time field updates
  • Mobile device agnostic
  • Automates mobile workforce
Features
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SOSMobile from InsightAtlast is suite of software that provides Utilities with intelligent scheduling, mobile dispatch and real-time updates to and from the field, affordably automating their entire mobile workforce. The application is designed to be mobile device agnostic, so it will run on anything from a smart phone all the way up to ruggedized tablets and PC's. SOSRemoteTouch is the version of our client software that runs on smartphone and other similar devices (like the iPad).

Screenshots

McWane Pocket Engineer v24 screens
SOSRemoteTouch3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SOSRemoteTouch at 5.0 against McWane Pocket Engineer v2's 3.9. McWane Pocket Engineer v2's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SOSRemoteTouch 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

McWane Pocket Engineer v2 ships an update every 3 months, SOSRemoteTouch every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
McWane Pocket Engineer v2 versus SOSRemoteTouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMcWane Pocket Engineer v2SOSRemoteTouch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMcWane, LLCTim Fischer

Customer experience

McWane Pocket Engineer v2

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

SOSRemoteTouch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

McWane Pocket Engineer v2

No in-app purchases

None

SOSRemoteTouch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is McWane Pocket Engineer v2 free?
McWane Pocket Engineer v2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SOSRemoteTouch free?
SOSRemoteTouch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, McWane Pocket Engineer v2 or SOSRemoteTouch?
SOSRemoteTouch is rated higher. McWane Pocket Engineer v2 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while SOSRemoteTouch averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do McWane Pocket Engineer v2 or SOSRemoteTouch have ads?
Neither McWane Pocket Engineer v2 nor SOSRemoteTouch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, McWane Pocket Engineer v2 or SOSRemoteTouch?
McWane Pocket Engineer v2 ships an update every 3 months, and SOSRemoteTouch every 2 months. Most recently, McWane Pocket Engineer v2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and SOSRemoteTouch on November 1, 2026.

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