Comparison

Deflection Pro vs Spread Footing

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Spread Footing

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Deflection Pro4 screens
Spread Footing4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deflection Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, Spread Footing every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deflection Pro versus Spread Footing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeflection ProSpread Footing
Price$19.99$9.99 — better
Rating4.7 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue KetchepRab Elias

In-app purchases

None

Deflection Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Spread Footing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deflection Pro free?
Deflection Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spread Footing free?
Spread Footing costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Deflection Pro or Spread Footing have ads?
Neither Deflection Pro nor Spread Footing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deflection Pro or Spread Footing?
Deflection Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, and Spread Footing every 4 months. Most recently, Deflection Pro was updated on October 4, 2026 and Spread Footing on October 4, 2026.

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