Comparison

HandyBeam vs ODE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HandyBeam

This app helps students and professionals solve statics problems related to beams. It offers interactive diagrams for deflection, shear, and moment, allowing for real-time adjustments and inspection of critical values. A variety of load and support tools are available for structural analysis on the go.

Highlights
  • Interactive deflection, shear, and moment diagrams
  • Real-time feedback with touch gestures
  • Monitor maximum values and specific locations
  • Wide range of load and support tools
  • Pinned, fixed, and spring supports
  • Point, concentrated, and distributed loads
Features
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Whether you are a student looking for a convenient app that helps you solve statics problems pertaining to beams, or an engineer/architect who wants to make structural checks on-the-go: HandyBeam provides an intuitive, easy-to-use tool that allows you to do just that! INTERACTIVE DEFLECTION, SHEAR, AND MOMENT DIAGRAMS - Get instant feedback as you add and drag the different nodes along the beam with intuitive touch gestures. INSPECT CRITICAL VALUES RESPONSIVELY - Toggle the "max values" labels to monitor the maxima as you change your beam configuration. - You can even place an "inspection tool" at a fixed location and monitor the change in value in that location. TOOLS AVAILABLE - A wide range of load and support tools are available in the app, including: • Pinned support • Fixed support • Linear spring • Rotational spring • Plastic hinge • Point load • Concentrated moment • Distributed load • Inspection/station tool

About

ODE

Features
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The ODESolverIntegrator is a simple but elegant app to find the integral of ODEs. You can solve (find the integral of) nonlinear ODEs. You can reduce the higher order ODE to a set of first order ODEs. You can solve (find the integral of) linear ODEs in the form of ẋ = Ax + Bu; y = Cx + Du. This app uses Runge-Kutta 4th order algorithm to solve the ODEs. Once the ODEs are solved, a beautiful interactive graph for each ODE's is created that you can share with other or save it locally. The reduced ODE's equations are presented beautifully in the math-equation format. You can compute definite integral (single, double, tripple). It uses the midpoint method. It automatically saves your hard work locally on your device so you can come back and pick up from where you left off as your great effort will not be lost. This app also has a Study page to help you learn important integration rules like, power rule, product rule, ect. This app is perfect for students learning calculus. Sharpen you brain by using this app and learning about the calculus. This is an app for all student groups. From high school to college to university students. Be creative. Enjoy the app!

Screenshots

HandyBeam4 screens
ODE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ODE at none against HandyBeam's 1. ODE also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 20 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HandyBeam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ODE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HandyBeam ships an update every 20 months, ODE every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
HandyBeam versus ODE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandyBeamODE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmed AlYamiOm Prakash Chapagain

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HandyBeam

One-time1
  • HandyBeam Pro+$2.99
None

ODE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HandyBeam free?
HandyBeam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ODE free?
ODE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, HandyBeam or ODE?
HandyBeam ships an update every 20 months, and ODE every 5 weeks. Most recently, HandyBeam was updated on October 2, 2026 and ODE on October 12, 2026.

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