BuildCalc Downloads & RevenueBuildCalc · App Store
BuildCalc is #89 in Utilities Paid in United States and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 7 events
- 📦BuildCalc updated to version 2.16.0NEW: Support for iPhone Duo
- 📈BuildCalc entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · AU
- 📈BuildCalc charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📦BuildCalc updated to version 2.15.9FIX:
- Invalid sequence on trig key entries causes app to crash - 🆕BuildCalc first spotted by AppInsider#57 in Top Paid · Utilities · United States
- 📦BuildCalc version 2.15.8No release notes
- 🆕BuildCalc released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
BuildCalc on the App Store
App details
BuildCalc downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where BuildCalc's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| UtilitiesPaid | #89 |
Apps near BuildCalc on the chart
Utilities Paid, around #89.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about BuildCalc
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (82% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “I cannot recommend it enough”
- Features & content: “It is well thought out with professional type features”
- Ease of use: “Thank you for making my life easier”
- Price & subscription: “Don’t let the price put you off—it’s well worth it”
Common complaints
- Updates: “Please update for iPhone 5 screen”
- Crashes & bugs: “Crashed on my 3G and crashes on my 4S”
- Useful: “It may be useful for some things but I feel completely ripped off for the high price and will be seeking a refund”
About BuildCalc
After testing by pros from around the world, BuildCalc is ready to give you more - more function and more answers with less complexity, less hassle, and less confusion.
MORE FUNCTIONALITY:
• Advanced Baluster Function: Complete layout of railing and staircase balusters with less guess work - and with all the flexibility you need for every custom job.
• Advanced Stair function: Stair layouts for professional results - including dimensioned drawings of your Stringer, Stringer Installation, and Finished Staircase. And you can email a PDF of these drawings right from BuildCalc so you can print them or share them.
• Fence Function: Give BuildCalc a fence row length and it will tell you how many posts, rails, pickets, and or panels you need.
• Interactive Functions: The Stair, Baluster, Compound Miter, and Rafter functions are now fully interactive. Want to change input values? Change the Run? Switch between Regular and Irregular Hip Roof analysis? You can do this and your results will be updated automatically - without you needing to remember what key to press.
MORE ANSWERS:
• You are no longer tied down to: only one brick, block or tile size for the masonry function; a fixed number of drywall sheet sizes; only one footer cross sectional area; or one size of shingles and sheathing. If you don’t see the size you want, you can add as many as you need. And for area input, you can store your custom sizes in Length x Width format, so you won’t have to do mental gymnastics to figure out what was the dimensions for that last size you stored.
• Want to cut your hip roof rafter using a miter saw ... or a circular saw using a hand-held protractor? With a tap of a button, BuildCalc will automatically switch between Miter Saw and Protractor results. BuildCalc can do this for Compound Miters, too.
• Sheathing Angles, Purlin Angles, Gable Area, Backing Angles, Plan Angles, Rough vs. Finished Stair Layout Dimensions, Stringer Throat, Stringer installation dimensions ... and a lot more not found on other construction calculators.
LESS COMPLEXITY AND LESS HASSLE:
• Tired of having to press and press and press buttons to get the results of a calculation? BuildCalc puts an end to this. For all advanced functions, you get ALL of your results in list form with just one or two key taps.
• And, rather than having to write down those results, all advanced functions allow you to save your results - as many times as you want with a label you choose - so you can recall the complete results at your convenience. Now you can do a calculation today and two days, two weeks or two years later, it is there for you.
• Less “quirks”. Have you been annoyed by arcane key stroke sequences on other construction calculators? We are too. BuildCalc 2.1 streamlined the