Deflection Pro vs Spread Footing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deflection Pro
This advanced structural analysis calculator assists engineers with beam, truss, and frame design. It generates load combinations based on American and European standards and performs detailed beam column capacity checks. Results are presented intuitively, with options to export to PDF and save files.
- Beam, truss, and frame analysis
- Load combination generation (US & EU standards)
- Beam column capacity checks (flexure, shear, tension, compression)
- Detailed design checks for various buckling types
- PDF export
- Save to external file
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Deflection Pro is an advanced structural analysis calculator for beam, truss, and frame design. The software is designed to be simple, intuitive, and useful for structural engineers worldwide. Like our other apps, it is designed to run on all your devices. LOAD COMBINATIONS Deflection Pro generates common load combinations based on American and European standards. Simply select a desired design method in the settings page and assign a category to each load. The results are seamlessly aggregated and integrated into the same charts and interface as if you were designing a simple beam case. BEAM COLUMN CAPACITY CHECKS Deflection Pro calculates beam column strength capacity for flexure, shear, tension, and compression based on the AISC specification. The software accurately reproduces tabulated values in steel construction manuals. Flexure Design • Yielding • Lateral torsional buckling • Local buckling • Flange local buckling • Compression flange local buckling • Web local buckling • Compression tee stem local buckling Shear Design • Web shear strength • Web shear strength, considering field action Tension Design • Yielding tensile strength • Rupture tensile strength Compression Design • Flexural buckling • Torsional buckling OTHER FEATURES Since this is our latest and greatest structural analysis app, we are actively improving it and adding new functionality. It receives more frequent updates than other tiers of our software. Other advanced functionality include the ability to directly export to PDF and to save to an external file for backup and sharing. CONTACT We like to hear from you! Please email contact@ketchep.com if you have any issues, questions, or comments.
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: Spread Footing at $9.99 against Deflection Pro's $19.99. Deflection Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Deflection Pro costs $19.99 and Spread Footing $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Deflection Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, Spread Footing every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Deflection Pro | Spread Footing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $9.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ketchep | Rab Elias |
In-app purchases
Deflection Pro
No in-app purchases
Spread Footing
No in-app purchases








