Steel vs AAWT Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steel
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Created by a senior structural engineer. 10+ years building intuitive tools from real-world experience. Quick check of section data of various types of steel and section steel combination, including section steel model, section size, section area, theoretical weight and section characteristics, which comply with the current Chinese national standards. Application characteristics: 1. the interface design is simple and intuitive, the function is clear and easy to use. No network traffic consumption; 2. the input adapts to the characteristics of the mobile phone in a variety of ways: stepper, segment selector, roller selector... Convenient and fast; 3. the most commonly used section steel is selected. The use of rollers is convenient, fast, interesting and has a first-class feel; 4. the data are collected from the current national standards and specifications, timely, accurate and detailed; 5. the detailed size of the section is marked in situ in the attached drawing, which is clear at a glance; 6. each type of profile steel has a user-defined page to facilitate the query of non-standard profile steel; 7. special numeric keypad, convenient and fast input; 8. native application, small installation size, does not occupy valuable storage space of mobile phone. If you have any questions or suggestions, please put forward them in the Appstore comments or use the following contact information. Weibo: @结构设计App Email: lrtjqn@icloud.com Official website: https://www.luckybianbian.top
AAWT Pro
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Real-time Transcription & Translation Audio-to-Text Recording: AI real-time transcription, 1-hour recording can be transcribed in as fast as 5 minutes, with 97% accuracy rate for Chinese recognition. Multi-language Translation: Supports 100+ language pairs for mutual translation, covering professional terminology (business, medical, etc.), with 90% efficiency improvement over manual translation. Simultaneous Interpretation: When connected to the APP, displays real-time Chinese-English mutual translation results. AI Content Processing Intelligent Summarization: Generates thousand-word summary reports in 3-5 minutes, accurately extracting key conversation points. Mind Map Generation: Automatically converts text into structured diagrams for easy information organization and memorization. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AAWT Pro at none against Steel's shown. AAWT Pro also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Steel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AAWT Pro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Steel ships an update every 4 months, AAWT Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steel | AAWT Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 疆 边 | TUN LIANG |
In-app purchases
Steel
- 完整版$3.99
AAWT Pro
- Audio Transcription Package$13.991 Month
- Audio Transcription Package$20.991 Month
- Audio Transcription Package$74.991 Year
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- Unlimited Year · Unlimited Trans$168.991 Year
- Audio Transcription Package$1.99
- Audio Transcription Package$6.99
- Audio Transcription Package$34.49
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- Audio Transcription Package$62.90









