--- description: Review of Blockpad Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Blockpad | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Spreadsheet Software](/directory/4331/spreadsheet/software) > [Blockpad](/software/251396/blockpad) # Blockpad Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/251396/blockpad Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/251396/blockpad?page=2) > Blockpad is spreadsheet software re-imagined for engineering calculations. It enables engineers to create professional calculation deliverables in an intuitive and familiar way. The primary interface feels like a traditional word processor, but pressing the equals sign opens up a formula like in a spreadsheet. This formula is then calculated and presented in clear math notation so that the math is readable and not hidden behind a cell. Also like a spreadsheet, these formulas update whenever numbers change. Also, the various parts of a document can all connect together using spreadsheet-style formulas and references, so that a whole document can update when the numbers change. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 18 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 18 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Blockpad ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$18.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Templates ## Category - [Spreadsheet Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4331/spreadsheet/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I also really like the ease of building my own functions. > > **Cons**: I would love some added support for matrix operations to support work with tensors. > > I used it first a couple years ago, but dropped it before really understanding it well enough. Now that I dug in a bit deeper it is my first choice when working on problem solutions. ----- ### "Money Saver" — 4.0/5 > **Gustave** | *20 December 2022* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ease of using spreadsheets in templates is a real time saver. I would recommend this product to anyone cant be at this price point. > > **Cons**: When the work books get large they can take awhile to solve, and remembering to hit the F5 to make sure everything solves key can be annoying. > > Overall the product has been great. We engineer custom products, and making templates for those products with Blockpad is a real time saver when compared to the competition. ----- ### "Create a Mac desktop app" — 4.0/5 > **Tim** | *30 September 2021* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of access on Mac through the browser, as MatCad is unavailable for Mac > > **Cons**: Lack of Mac desktop app. Formatting in the browser doesn't work properly and makes cursor jump. Can't add images in the browser version. > > I like it, minor annoyances with the browser version. Get the Mac app out and I'll love it. ----- ### "An awesome calculation and presentation software" — 5.0/5 > **Milena** | *22 December 2022* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Block pad provides the best of mathcad, microsoft word, and microsoft excel. It is a trifecta of these three programs. We transitioned from using MathCAD to blockpad after PTC stoped supporting MathCAD15. The sheet library we had would take extensive work to convert to PTC Prime, so we decided to make the switch to a program best serving our practice. Between prime and blockpad, we selected blockpad. It is intuitive, easy to use, and provides the results required. > > **Cons**: The documentation on the software lacks a good user interface/experience. It is all documented just hard to navigate and find information. > > I would recommend blockpad to any practice that uses calculation sheets. If you are coming from mathcad, it's a no brainer. If you are using just excel, I recommend it for the ease of use, organizing information, ability to use excel tables and functions within your sheets, and presentation of informational and calculations. ----- ### "Where have you been all of my (engineering) life?" — 5.0/5 > **Tyler** | *13 November 2020* | Building Materials | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Blockpad was super intuitive to use. Right off the bat, I was making a production ready document that looked great. The units intelligence makes sure that face-palming mistakes don't happen. The best part is that it just works. > > **Cons**: I haven't quite gotten the hang of the drawing features yet. On my first attempt, I didn't find as intuitive as other features and gave up. Granted, that was a half hearted attempted. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/251396/blockpad?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/251396/blockpad) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data