Here's a sampling of ten construction-calculator mobile apps contractors may find useful – and each costs $1 or less!
App: DeWalt Mobile Pro by Infinity Softworks
Available on: iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
- Construction and scientific calculator and reference tool
- Calculator includes feet-inch math for lengths, areas and volumes
- Area and volume shape math including circles, squares, rectangles and polygons
- Formulas for estimating studs, drywall and concrete slabs
- In-app purchases for topics such as carpentry, concrete, business math, finish materials, trim work, landscaping, site work and more
- Integrated reference materials – help, examples, illustrations and more
- Uses real-world examples to explain concepts
- Detailed illustrations visualize the situation
- Range of trade-specific add-ons
- Share calculation results by email
- Find previous calculations in stored history
- Search, filter and create favorites to make calculations easy to find
App: Handyman Calculator by Kalyani
Available on: Android devices
- Complete construction calculator with simple inputs
- Flexible user interface
- Save calculated results to notepad
- Time tracking tool
- Feet and inches calculator
- Fraction calculator
- Square and cubic footage calculators
- Lumber, concrete and asphalt calculator
- Length, weight, temperature, density and area conversion
- Excavation calculator
- Plus many more calculators
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App: Carpenter’s Helper Lite by My Pie Interactive
Available on: Apple devices
- Advanced construction calculator for builders, architects, engineers, contractors and DIYers
- Normal calculations and equations just like a standard calculator
- Unit calculations – linear, square and cubic measurements in English and metric
- Convert between different units by selecting which unit you want the displayed value converted to
- Back button to erase just one digit at a time
- Pitch/rise/run/diagonal – store and recall triangular measurements; when any two values are stored the other two are generated automatically
- Memory bank stores values with labels to recall later; limited to three items in Lite version
- Pro version available for $14.99
App: Construction Calc Free by Snappy Appz Inc.
Available on: Blackberry, Apple and Android devices
- Full function calculator works as a standard calculator
- Allows users to work in feet, inches and fractional inches
- Add, subtract, multiply, divide, power, root and more
- Automatically round results to a user-defined precision
- Reduce fractions and fractional inches to their lowest common denominator
- Full memory feature including add, subtract, set, recall and clear
- Split screen shows decimal value, feet/inch value, memory and settings all at once in large easy to read fonts
- Calculate square and cubic footage
- Features several other modules for performing material estimates, crown molding, conversions, area and volume calculations, arcs and arches, trig and triangles, and stairwells and stairs
- Perform all standard calculations in metric and imperial
- 10 memory locations
- One button conversions
App: Feet Inch Calculator by One Coder
Available on: Android devices
- Calculate length, area and volume
- Input by feet inch 16th, decimal feet, and/or inches
- Two output format
- View output in decimal feet, inches, meter and yards with correct unit
- Auto copies result for continue calculation
- Square and square root functions in landscape mode
App: Concrete & Agg Calculators by Chaney Enterprises
Available on: Android, Apple and Blackberry devices
- Available calculators include:
- Concrete Slab Calculator
- Concrete Footing Calculator
- Concrete Wall Calculator
- Concrete Steps Calculator
- Concrete Curb Calculator
- Concrete Column / Cylinder Calculator
- Sand, Gravel and Stone Calculator
- Concrete Block Fill Calculator
- Concrete Block and Mortar Calculator
- Each calculator provides an exact amount and a recommended order amount to account for waste, spillage, forms bending, over excavation, settlement, loss of entrained air or any other changes in volume
App: Builders Calc by Running Husky
Available on: Andorid devices
- Construction calculator contains 30+ calculations:
- Square feet
- Linear feet cost
- Board/Lineal feet
- Amps/watts/volts
- Amps for circuit
- Squaring
- Stairs
- Framing
- Insulation
- Rise/run/angle
- Aggregate rectangle or round
- Asphalt
- Brick/block
- Concrete rectangle or round
- Backfill with slope
- Circle solver
App: Concrete Calculator+ by Verosocial Studio
Available on: iPhone and iPad
- Calculators and solvers to help contractors and sales people estimate costs, sizes and materials amount as well as prices
- Concrete bags
- Concrete footings
- Concrete rectangle
- Concrete Sono Tube
- Area converters
- Square Inches and Shorter Conversion
- Square Feet & Yards & Meters Conversion
- Distance converters
- Inches & Centimeters & Millimeters Conversion
- Feet & Yards & Meters Conversion
- Miles & Kilometers Conversion
- Volume converters
- US/Imperial to Metric Units Conversion
- Metric to US/Imperial Units Conversion
- Inches & Centimeters Volume Conversion
- Feet, Yards, & Meters Volume Conversion
- All results can be emailed using an automatically filled-in email template provided with the app
- Retina display graphics
- Automatically saves your inputs
- No network connectivity required
App: ConveyCalc by Superior Industries
Available on: Apple and Android devices
- Complete calculations without having to call an engineer or determine complicated mathematical equations
- Operating Cost Calculator allows input of variables like operator salary, fuel costs, conveyor horsepower and annual repair expenses to compare costs of operating a conveyor versus a loader
- Stockpile Volume Calculator allows input of two variables, conveyor length and radial arc travel angle to determine stockpile volume in cubic tons, short tons and metric tons
- Belt Capacity Calculator helps bulk material handlers maintain accurate levels of material on belts
- Horsepower Calculator allows users to calculate minimum horsepower requirements for a given application by knowing the conveyor’s length, width, lift and belt capacity
- Conveyor Lift Calculator allows user to input the angle of the conveyor and its length to reveal conveyor’s center-to-center lift in feet
App: Asphalt Calculator+ by Verosocial Studio
Available on: iPhone and iPad
- Calculators and solvers to estimate costs, sizes and materials as well as prices
- Produces volume in both cubic feet and cubic meters
- Tons of asphalt hot mix is required for the form size entered
- Tonnage calculation specific to asphalt only
- Calculates 1 cubic yard of hot asphalt mix as weighing 4,050 pounds (2.025 tons)
- Send calculations or conversions by email
- Automatically saves your inputs
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