# Pipe Trades Pro Calc

> Calculator | Welding & Piping

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596142100](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596142100)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id596142100`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Calculated Industries
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (4,311 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.7.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-11
- **First published:** 2013-01-30
- **Size:** 51 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pipe-trades-pro-calc/id596142100)
- **Website:** [https://www.calculated.com](https://www.calculated.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.calculated.com/calc-apps/privacy.asp](https://www.calculated.com/calc-apps/privacy.asp)

## Description

Pipe Trades Pro Calc is a comprehensive calculator designed for pipe trades professionals—welders, pipefitters, steamfitters, and sprinklerfitters—delivering precision calculations and a wealth of pipe data to streamline field work.

Features include calculating cut lengths, offsets, right angles, and rolling offsets; flow rates, velocity, and pressure loss analyses; feet-inch-fractions, trigonometry, unit conversions, and offline access with a clean, mobile-optimized interface for quick, on-site use.

## Rankings

- #27,547 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Pipe Trades Pro Calc as a portable, field-ready calculator that serves as a reliable go-to tool for pipe trades, often replacing a physical calculator. However, the major recurring complaints focus on the pricing model (subscription vs. one-time purchase), immediate paywall charges, offline verification issues, and occasional glitches. Many also question the value relative to a physical calculator. Overall, strong field utility is tempered by significant pricing and reliability concerns across multiple reviews.

### Pros

- Portable and always-with-you field calculator on iPhone, making it easy to use in the field.
- Widely used as the go-to daily calculator for pipe trades professionals.
- Replaces the need to carry a separate physical calculator on the jobsite.
- Trusted, long-standing tool with ongoing improvements and added functionality.

### Cons

- Subscription pricing model on Apple (annual fee) vs a one-time purchase, seen as expensive or greedy by many users.
- Immediate paywall or charges after starting a free trial, which users feel is misleading.
- Offline usability issues due to subscription verification (may not work without service).
- Occasional glitches and instability (glitches after updates or reinstall).
- Perceived poor value compared to a physical calculator, with many users preferring a one-time purchase.

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