Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator is a single-purpose engineering utility for calculating hydraulic cylinder forces and volumes on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the cognitive load of manual hydraulic formula application during field measurements, displacing the need for paper-based reference tables.
For Engineers, technicians, and professionals working with hydraulic systems.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates parameters in real-time as inputs are entered, removing the need for a manual calculate button.
Accepts hydraulic flow, cylinder velocity, or stroke time to derive missing variables.
Copies calculation results to the system clipboard for external documentation.
How much does it cost?
The app is distributed as a free utility with no in-app purchases or subscription tiers.
Velocity
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The app has reached a zombie state, with no updates or feature development recorded in over 3,815 days. The last release was a minor update focused on platform compatibility and bug fixes. There is no evidence of ongoing maintenance or active development for this application.
Who built it?
Zanthic Automation
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Free Hydraulic CalculatorUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator
How's the Productivity market?
Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator operates as a static utility with no recent chart presence. The lack of updates since 2016 signals a product in sunset mode, offering no competitive pressure on active engineering tools.
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Key takeaways for Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator
Where is it heading?
The market for engineering utilities is shifting toward cloud-integrated platforms that support persistent project storage. Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator remains a static tool, which will continue to lose relevance as users migrate to platforms that offer better documentation and cross-device synchronization.
- The lack of updates since 2016 indicates the app is in maintenance mode, which erodes user trust in its long-term reliability.
- The absence of cloud-sync or project-save features limits the app's utility compared to modern, cross-platform engineering tools.
The SWOT
- Automatic calculation logic accelerates field data entry.
- Dual-unit support enables global technical utility.
- Modernizing UI to match current OS standards.
- Adding project-save functionality to replace clipboard-only export.
Next best moves
Sunset the app because the 10-year development gap makes it a liability for professional engineering workflows → reduce brand drag.
The counter-intuitive read
The app's greatest weakness, its lack of updates, is also its primary utility…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The application remains in a decade-long development freeze, with no functional changes to the codebase. The primary shift is in the documentation of existing capabilities and the formalization of its competitive weaknesses.
Bottom line
The decade-long development gap renders Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator a legacy asset that no longer meets modern professional standards. Pivoting to a web-based, project-aware tool would address the limitations of the current clipboard-only export model.
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Is Free Hydraulic Cylinder Calculator still supported?
Does this app save my calculation history?
Can I use this app for metric and imperial calculations?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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