Comparison

Kreg Tool vs ARES Tool

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

Head to head
About

Kreg Tool

Discover a wide range of woodworking tools and accessories for cutting, measuring, joining, clamping, and routing. Explore innovative solutions for woodworkers to create projects with ease and precision.

Highlights
  • Cutting and Measuring tools
  • Joining solutions (Kreg Jig)
  • Clamping devices
  • Routing systems
  • Pocket-hole technology
Features
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Kreg Tool Cutting and Measuring – Saw Attachments, Saw Accessories, Measuring and marking, Track Components Joining – Kreg Jig, Kreg jig Screws, Kreg Jig Plugs, Kreg Jig Accessories, Deck Jig and Accessories, Pocket Hole Machinery Clamping – Face Clamps, Bench Klamps, Automaxx Bar Clamps, Corner Clamps, Klamp Tables Routing – Router Table system, Routing Accessories, Beaded Face Frame systems Great product ideas emerged when two disciplines, woodworking and metalworking, collided. In 1986, Craig Sommerfeld was in the process of building his home and needed to find a way to attach his doweled face frames to his kitchen cabinet carcass members. Although he was a tool and die-maker by trade, and woodworker out of necessity, Craig had a problem. Not wanting to nail the face frames on and then fill them with putty, he designed and built “Craig’s Jig”, which was a single-hole pocket hole jig crafted from steel and aluminum. Craig’s Jig allowed him to attach the face frames from the cabinet’s interior, where the joint could be hidden from view. Encouraged by friends and coworkers, Craig built a few more jigs and set out to show them to the public at local woodworking shows. At these shows Craig met an audience who had no knowledge of the joinery method he was promoting, yet they were very interested in learning about a new way to build projects with wood. Week after week, month after month, year after year, Craig continued to build his products and promote them at weekend woodworking shows. Hundreds of trade shows and thousands of demonstrations later, Kreg Tool Company has emerged as the leader in pocket-hole technology. From Kreg Jigs® to fully-automatic machines, Kreg offers simple solutions that have changed the way thousands of woodworkers join wood. In addition, Kreg offers other innovative tools for clamping, joining, routing, cutting and measuring, and more.

About

ARES Tool

Access your preferred tool shopping destinations through a single, user-friendly application. Browse and discover a wide range of tools with convenience.

Highlights
  • Access favorite tool shops
  • Convenient app interface
  • Browse tool selections
  • Discover new tools
Features
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Conveniently access all of your favorite tool shopping with the ease of an app.

Screenshots

Kreg Tool4 screens
ARES Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ARES Tool at 100% against Kreg Tool's 0%. ARES Tool also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.1). Kreg Tool's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). 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

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

ARES Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kreg Tool has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Kreg Tool's written reviews are positive against 100% of ARES Tool's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kreg Tool versus ARES Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKreg ToolARES Tool
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.1 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLee's ToolsMJD Industries, LLC

Customer experience

Kreg Tool

All ratings15 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ARES Tool

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kreg Tool

No in-app purchases

None

ARES Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kreg Tool free?
Kreg Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ARES Tool free?
ARES Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kreg Tool or ARES Tool?
ARES Tool is rated higher. Kreg Tool averages 1.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while ARES Tool averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kreg Tool or ARES Tool have ads?
Neither Kreg Tool nor ARES Tool shows ads.

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