beam Home vs SSC Spring Engineering
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
beam Home
Control and monitor your garage door remotely using your smartphone. Grant access to others and receive alerts if your door is left open. Integrates with other smart home devices for enhanced convenience and security.
- Remote garage door control
- Activity monitoring
- Customizable door names
- Grant access to friends/family
- Open door notifications
- Smart home integrations
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This update improves the overall stability, reliability, and performance of the application. By updating deprecated libraries and enhancing internal components, the app is better equipped to support the latest platforms and devices. Additionally, a new crash monitoring solution has been integrated, enabling our team to detect, investigate, and resolve issues more quickly. This helps reduce unexpected crashes and ensures a more reliable experience for our users.
SSC Spring Engineering
This utility app assists with spring engineering calculations, including conversions, new designs, and comparisons. It helps determine spring and drum specifications for various applications, such as rolling steel doors, and calculates lifting capacities.
- Spring conversion
- New spring engineering
- Drum specification comparison
- IPPT spring calculation
- Rolling steel door spring design
- Approximate pull calculation
- Maximum lift capacity determination
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Convert springs, engineer new springs, compare drum specifications, calculate springs by IPPT, design springs for rolling steel doors, calculate approximate pull, or determine the maximum lift a spring/drum can lift on any job at any time. Application developed by Service Spring Corporation - a leader in spring manufacturing and customer service in the overhead door industry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SSC Spring Engineering at 4.6 against beam Home's 4.2. SSC Spring Engineering also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 38%). beam Home's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (232 vs 26). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SSC Spring Engineering holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: beam Home has 232 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of beam Home's written reviews are positive against 50% of SSC Spring Engineering's.
beam Home ships an update every 2 months, SSC Spring Engineering every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | beam Home | SSC Spring Engineering |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (232 ratings) | 4.6 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 232 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beam Labs LLC | Service Spring Corporation |
Customer experience
beam Home
SSC Spring Engineering
Bugs and requests
beam Home
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes during setup
- App crashes on launch after update
- Cannot log in after setup
- Reset password link not sent
- Controller disabled due to too many failed attempts
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- Controller requires paired door sensor error
- App malfunctions when needed
- Door sensor drains battery quickly
- Cannot link with Alexa
- Apple Watch app closes when trying to open
Requested features
3 requests- Watch complication for Apple Watch
- Ability to turn opener light on/off
- Update app with Apple HomeKit support
SSC Spring Engineering
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
beam Home
No in-app purchases
SSC Spring Engineering
No in-app purchases
Questions
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