steelyard vs Beam HPC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
steelyard
This app quickly calculates the weight of steel sections from various international standards. It supports both metric and imperial units and offers offline functionality for convenience. Save your settings and calculations for easy access.
- Steel section weight calculation
- Supports EU, USA, Japanese, KOREA standards
- Metric and Imperial units
- Offline functionality
- Save calculations and settings
- Advanced search system
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Steelyard: The Ultimate Metal Mass & Cost Calculator Precision matters. Whether you’re a structural engineer, a metal fabricator, or a scrap dealer, Steelyard turns your smartphone into a heavy-duty industrial scale. Stop guessing and start calculating with the most intuitive interface on the market. iron, aluminum, copper, brass, density, structural, engineer, fabrication, rebar, tube, kg, lbs, construction, gauge, volume, materials, h-beam, u-beam From standard sheets to complex industrial sections, Steelyard handles: Structural Beams: I-Beam, H-Beam, U-Channel, and T-Bars. Tubes & Pipes: Round, square, and rectangular hollow sections. Rods & Bars: Hexagonal, round, and flat bars. Custom Profiles: Input your own dimensions for specialized sections. Massive Material Database: metals including Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Titanium, and Lead. Live Price Estimator: Input the price per unit to get instant total project costs. Dual Unit Support: Seamlessly toggle between Metric (kg, mm, m) and Imperial (lbs, in, ft). History Log: Save your previous calculations for quick reference later. Offline Mode: Works in the workshop or on-site without an internet connection. "Steelyard is built for the floor, not just the office. Big buttons, high-contrast text, and zero fluff."
Beam HPC
This app calculates structural diagrams for beams, including moment, shear, and deflection. It supports various loads, supports, and material properties, allowing for interactive adjustments and comparisons. Designed for educational purposes, it helps users visualize and understand beam behavior.
- Moment, shear, and deflection diagrams
- Multiple load types (forces, moments, distributed)
- Adjustable support conditions (pinned, fixed, roller)
- Segmented beams with varying properties
- Interactive drag-and-drop interface
- Educational focus on beam behavior
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Beam HPC app calculates the moment, shear, deflection and rotation diagrams for a beam with various types of loading. Loading types include forces, moments and distributed loads. The load location and magnitude can be changed at any time. There are three types of supports (i.e. boundary conditions) including pinned, fixed and vertical roller. Each beam can be split into sub-beam segments. Each beam segment can have a different moment of inertia (I) and stiffness (E). The user can click and drag all items to quickly change and compare results. This program is designed for educational uses only. It should not be used for commercial purposes. There is no warranty or guarantee the results are accurate, and the user accepts all responsibility for values calculated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beam HPC at 100% against steelyard's 56%. Beam HPC also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). steelyard's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). On price, ads 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. steelyard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beam HPC asks for nothing beyond the download.
steelyard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: steelyard has 297 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of steelyard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beam HPC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
steelyard ships an update every 2 months, Beam HPC every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | steelyard | Beam HPC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (297 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 297 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohamed Saad | Kurt Gramoll |
Customer experience
steelyard
Beam HPC
In-app purchases
steelyard
- Ad Blocker$9.99
Beam HPC
No in-app purchases
