IES ShapeDB vs Spread Footing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IES ShapeDB
Access a comprehensive database of over 18,000 structural shapes and their engineering properties. Perform simple beam and column stress analysis for various materials like steel, wood, aluminum, rebar, and cables. Ideal for field use by engineers.
- 18,000+ structural shapes
- Engineering properties database
- Simple beam stress analysis
- Column stress analysis
- Supports steel, wood, aluminum, rebar, cables
- Calculates bending and combined stresses
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The Database contains over 18,000 structural shapes and their engineering properties. The tool can perform simple beam and column stress analysis. It is ideal for use in the field. Database shapes for the following materials • Steel: Hot Rolled and Cold Formed • Wood: Dimensional & Engineered • Aluminum • Rebar • Cables Engineering Properties • Area • Section Moduli • Inertias • Graphical dimensions Simple Beam Stress Analysis • Uniform and concentrated loading • Calculated bending stresses • AISC Steel plastic moment and brace lengths (steel sections) Column Stress Analysis • Axial loading with eccentricity • Calculated combined stresses & slenderness ratios
Spread Footing
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SPREAD FOOTING is structural engineering application utilized by Civil Engineers to design and analyze foundations with Large bi-axial Loads - Moments. • Friendly User Interface. • Details Slides and generated PDF with Code reference. • Pressure at Foundation corners. • Imperial and Metric Unit Presented Details: • Effective area under Tension and Compression Zone. • Pressures are each corner and Gravity Center. • Oneway Shear, Two way Shear, Penetration Shear at Critical Sections. • Moments at Critical Sections. • Rebars Distribution in Plan and in Section. • Bar Bending Schedule.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: IES ShapeDB at Free against Spread Footing's $9.99. IES ShapeDB also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
IES ShapeDB is free to download; Spread Footing costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IES ShapeDB ships an update every 7 months, Spread Footing every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IES ShapeDB | Spread Footing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SOFTWARE INC | Rab Elias |
In-app purchases
IES ShapeDB
No in-app purchases
Spread Footing
No in-app purchases
