# Blockpad Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Blockpad the right Spreadsheet solution for you? Explore 18 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/208788/Blockpad/reviews --- Blockpad 4.4 (18) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/208788/Blockpad/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated November 5th, 2025 # Reviews of Blockpad Ease of use 4.6 Customer Service 4.7 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-18 of 18 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Keith J B. Professor Higher Education Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Exceptional Tool" October 5, 2024 5.0 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. Pros The display of the calculations is very good. It rivals MathCad in the quality of its appearance. I am a Mac user & I am now using BlockPsd every day when preparing for lectures. 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. Switched from [PTC Mathcad](https://www.capterra.com/p/219911/PTC-Mathcad-Prime/) I am a Mac user & the only reason I was running PC shell had been to use MathCad. I am in the process of converting all my MathCad sheets to BlockPad Review Source GS Gustave S. Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Money Saver" December 20, 2022 4.0 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. 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. Alternatives considered [PTC Mathcad](https://www.capterra.com/p/219911/PTC-Mathcad-Prime/) Reason for choosing Blockpad Price and Mathcad seems to be going backwards with functionality. Review Source TM Tim M. Project manager Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Create a Mac desktop app" September 30, 2021 4.0 I like it, minor annoyances with the browser version. Get the Mac app out and I'll love it. 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. Switched from [PTC Mathcad](https://www.capterra.com/p/219911/PTC-Mathcad-Prime/) Lack of Mac compatibility Review Source MS Milena S. EIT Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An awesome calculation and presentation software" December 22, 2022 5.0 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. 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. Switched from [PTC Mathcad](https://www.capterra.com/p/219911/PTC-Mathcad-Prime/) Software no longer supported or serviced by PTC and Prime was not satisfactory. Review Source Tyler O. Product Development Building Materials Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Where have you been all of my (engineering) life?" November 13, 2020 5.0 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. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Reason for choosing Blockpad Blockpad's intuitive equation writing and units intelligence makes it a great choice for engineering calculations. The fact that it integrates spreadsheets and documents makes producing deliverables a breeze. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Mechanical Engineering Intern Oil & Energy Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A True Game Changer" December 23, 2022 5.0 Genuinely one of the best software experiences I have ever had. It is an invaluable tool with the best customer support in the world. Pros I don't know where to start! You can think of Blockpad as a nearly perfect combination of Word, Excel, and MathCad. I use it for almost everything now.- Units and unit conversions are absolutely simple and intuitive. The upcoming version 1.3 (I was given beta access) even supports custom units and unit conversion factors!- Equations are displayed in a readable math format sort of like a simplified version of LaTeX. It's not perfect yet, but it gets the job done and formats nicely enough 90% of the time.- Style Rules are unbelievably powerful. You just have to try it to understand the amount of time style rules save to battling formatting in MS Word.- There are SO MANY more amazing features that I can't list here. You will have to discover them for yourself! On to my praise of documentation and customer support:- The online deep dive guide is extremely in depth, while still being clear and concise.- Customer support is unmatched. I have reached out several times with questions, suggestions for future features, and occasional bug reports. Without fail, I receive a well-written, thoughtful, and helpful response in under 36 hours, but usually under 12 hours. Blockpad support is THE BEST I have received from any company, of any size, in any industry, ever. Period. Cons Some very small issues that will no doubt be fixed in the near future:- Headers and footers can be difficult to format. Formatting everything else is a breeze though.- About 10% of equations don't seem to display quite right, but they get close at least. It does not affect anything but the appearance of the equation. Some form of LaTeX support or similar could remedy this.- "Blocks" are not intuitive in my opinion.- I have had some minor troubles saving files to the Blockpad cloud, but that very well could be a user error...- Charts/graphs/plots have a LONG way to go, but Blockpad is perfectly compatible with Excel (it even has an Excel plugin) so it is not a big deal to generate plots in Excel, save as an image, and put it back in Blockpad.- I would love to see a symbolic "solver" like MATLAB has. Review Source Albert S. Senior Engineer, President Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Blockpad For Consulting Engineers" December 19, 2022 4.0 We have already written some complex files with multiple sheets. One feature we have taken advantage of is to use one of the sheets to record the revisions to the sheet. As this page does not have to be printed, we have a simple record for internal purposes of controlling the calculations.Also with multiple sheets we can add to the complexity with calculations on different sheets and have the option to print for our records only if required.The variable naming convention is also very good in that the formulas may be placed anywhere on the work sheet and they are understood. They deed not be sequential, that is the main formula which may rely on other formulas can be at the top of the page and all others later on the sheet. Pros The ease of integration of spreadsheets and the method of handling variables and formulas. Cons At the early stages of deployment there was some confusion due to the difference with other similar software. There were also some frustrating editing bugs most of which were dealt with promptly. Switched from [PTC Mathcad](https://www.capterra.com/p/219911/PTC-Mathcad-Prime/) The pricing and control of distribution. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Principal Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "An engineering notebook" September 30, 2021 4.0 Pros Blockpad provides an easy way to do ordinary calculations with automatic updating and units. This is the most common thing we need as a structural engineering design office: a better way to do free-form calcs than pen and paper, and Blockpad provides that. Cons We're waiting for the native Mac app. Using the web app is okay but has the usual annoyances of web apps, like not being able to use keyboard shortcuts properly. Switched from [PTC Mathcad](https://www.capterra.com/p/219911/PTC-Mathcad-Prime/) Lower cost, fewer extraneous features. Review Source PY Patrick Y. Design Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Blockpad Review" September 30, 2021 4.0 Been very happy so far, eager to see how the program continues to evolve. Pros The integration between being a light word processor and typing in formulas and preforming calculations is incredibly convenient. Has made making calculation packages a breeze. Makes making calculations much more readable versus formulas being hidden in cells in a typical spreadsheet program. Report management on the left column makes handling packages with many components easy. Good documentation online. Cons Overall some lack of polish here and there. Some things aren't always clear on how to handle. Unsure if there have been recent updates, perhaps prompting the user with a changelog on update would be nice. Finer control over when formulas are broken into separate lines; when there is normal text earlier on the line and a formula wraps around to the next line, no way for formula text to stay justified with the part of the formula on the prior line. Just minor formatting nit picks like that. Occasional slowdown on reports where lots of calculations are being done. Overall lightness of the built in spreadsheet editor. Review Source SS Steve S. Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My go-to tool" December 8, 2020 5.0 Pros Blockpad has become my primary tool for day-to-day calculations on a wide variety of engineering topics. The program is very stable and has a replete set of functions and tools. It combines the best of several programs into one: word processor, spreadsheet, sketch/CAD, math calculator, and basic tablet. Support resources are solid. Cons The block features (saving and curating templates and building-block calculation elements) are still getting further refined and documented. Review Source SL Simon L. ICTO Government Relations Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Where have you been the entirety of my Collage life?" April 11, 2021 4.0 Blockpad's natural condition composing and units insight settles on it an extraordinary decision for designing estimations. The way that it coordinates accounting pages and archives makes creating expectations a breeze. Pros Blockpad was too instinctive to utilize. First thing, I was preparing a creation archive that looked extraordinary. The units knowledge ensures that face-palming botches don't occur. Best of all, it simply works. Cons I haven't exactly gotten the hang of the drawing highlights yet. On my first endeavor, I didn't discover as natural as different highlights and surrendered. In all actuality, that was a contemptible endeavored. Review Source SK Sakthidasan K. Graduate Student Semiconductors Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Blockpad : Microsoft Word meets MathCad " November 11, 2020 4.0 I love Blockpad when I want to do hand calculations more systematically and save it for future references. Making it available in the cloud could make it even more awesome. I would strongly recommend this tool to any engineer who is tired of writing reports in word, wasting valuable time with equations, and switching between reports and calculator for any future updates. Pros I like the ease of creating dynamic equations in Blockpad. As an engineer, it serves me very well when I write my weekly reports. Formatting is easy as well and I like the PDF exporting feature very much Cons I hate that If I have to reuse the same variable in the same document I have to assign a different name. I understand the issue here, but sometimes we need the flexibility to use multiple values for the same variable in the same document. I would love it if there is some kind of latex plugin in the future to export block pad documents into latex format. Review Source MG Markus G. Project Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Blockpad User review" November 11, 2020 4.0 Civil calculations Pros Relatively easy to use, nice graphics, good combination of graphic, calculations and spread sheet applications Cons The spread sheet application is slow compared to excel, I wish it would have more features like excel. Review Source JA Jose A. College Student Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My experience using blockpad" October 1, 2021 4.0 It seems to me that like all new software it will improve over time and I am dying to see it in a few years since now it serves me a lot. Pros The ease with which you can create and design a fully editable spreadsheet ready to print and present, very easy to use and intuitive, and also that it has a guide with which you can answer any questions. Cons I liked almost everything, except that the procedures for more complicated mathematical operations cannot be seen, other than the tables that you can integrate in the sheet cannot be centered properly. Review Source AL Alex L. Structural Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good Product in development" December 20, 2022 4.0 I use blockpad to solve for loads in structures primarily. It is very nice to not have to keep track of units because it is done for me Pros It is very easy to use and intuitive to learn. Cons There are a handful of bugs that still need flushed out that can be a bit annoying at times. Review Source SW Stephen W. Bridge Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great software for engineering computations" November 18, 2020 5.0 Pros Ease of use, have the ability to use a Math computation program and spreadsheet program together, presentation of reports I can give to my clients. Cons Would like to see a function that will change drawing line sizes automatically. Review Source RR Robert R. Project Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Software for Engineers" September 30, 2021 5.0 I love it and use it when I need to show calculations not used very often or that we haven't already made spreadsheets for. Pros Being able to make Templates and Reusable Documents. Printing to pdf. The ability to show/hide full equations. Cons More training videos would be great addition to this. Review Source MS Marek S. TSS Business Supplies and Equipment Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Platform for our Engineering team" November 11, 2020 5.0 Great, easy to implement and start using. It's also portable, like that as an IT specialist. Pros Offers more features then Mathcad, something we were also reviewing. Price wise it's a better value for the added features you get with word processing, spreadsheets and CAD sketches. The Engineering reference data was also a plus. Cons Nothing thus far...the Engineering team really liked the features and the ease of use. Reason for choosing Blockpad More features, a bit cheaper, and easier to license. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Spreadsheet](https://www.capterra.com/spreadsheet-software/)