Comparison

Beam HPC vs ACORD Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ACORD Mobile

Calculate and optimize wood and steel beams on-site or in meetings. Ideal for professionals and students, it offers detailed analysis, design according to Eurocode standards, and interactive diagrams for understanding structural calculations.

Highlights
  • Analyze static behavior of beams
  • Design wood and steel beams (Eurocode 3 & 5)
  • Define geometry with multiple spans and loads
  • Calculate permanent, live, and snow loads
  • Optimize material and section dimensions
  • Detailed results with interactive diagrams
  • Save studies for later use
Features
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ACORD Mobile is designed for a broad audience; civil engineers, carpenters, technicians, architects, and engineer students alike. ◆ Are you a professional? You often have to provide a section estimate on short notice on-site or at a customer meeting. With ACORD Mobile on your phone, you now have an application that allows you to calculate and optimize your wood or steel beams effortlessly and precisely, wherever you are. ◆ Are you a student? Go effortlessly from theory to practice. Look at diagrams of bending moment, shear, or deflection. Learn the intricacies of Eurocode 3 (steel) and 5 (wood) in a fun and enjoyable way. Download ACORD Mobile and you’ll be able to: • Analyze the static behavior of your element on multiple supports and under any loads • Design floor and roof beams following Eurocode 3 (steel) and 5 (wood) standards • Define your geometry with ease: Multiple spans, boundary conditions, slope, etc. • Define multiple loads in different categories as you please, or use our tools to guide you: -Permanent loads: With the help of our libraries, you can choose to apply predefined floors or roofs and even create your own and save them. Apply self-weight automatically if needed. -Live loads: Choose the category of loaded areas and the usages that apply to your case to apply the characteristic values defined by the European guidelines. -Snow loads: Define your country, zone, and altitude using our tool and maps to aid you. The corresponding snow load will be calculated automatically, considering the slope and the related National Annex. • Perform your analysis and design your beam in a quick and straightforward way: Make the right decisions for your material category and section dimensions using our optimization tool. Verify all relevant displacement and resistance criteria depending on your material and charges. Automatically calculate all Eurocode linear combinations. • See your results in detail: The educational presentation of the detailed equations explains the path and the intermediate calculations leading to the verification results. It allows you to understand in-depth the structural analysis carried out. You get graphs of each Eurocode criterion for each linear combination as well as an envelope. You also get nicely presented interactive diagrams for bending moment (M), shearing force (V), normal force (N), stress (S), displacements(w), rotation(θ), and reactions (R). • Change your analysis parameters and details. • Use the units of your choosing. • Save your studies for later use. *About Pro plan billing* Some of the above features are only available with ACORD Mobile Pro! The good news? Each subscriber gets 14 days free trial to test our app and see if it suits them. If you upgrade to the Pro plan, payment will be charged to your App Store account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can choose to be billed monthly or yearly. You can turn off auto-renew and manage your subscription in App Store any time after purchase. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Beam HPC3 screens
ACORD Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ACORD Mobile at 5.0 against Beam HPC's 4.2. ACORD Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 18 months). Beam HPC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ACORD Mobile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Beam HPC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACORD Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beam HPC has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beam HPC ships an update every 18 months, ACORD Mobile every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Beam HPC versus ACORD Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeam HPCACORD Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKurt GramollItech - Informatique et Technologie

Customer experience

Beam HPC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ACORD Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beam HPC

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ACORD Mobile

Subscriptions2
  • ACORD Mobile Pro14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • ACORD Mobile Pro14 Days trial$28.991 Year

Questions

Is Beam HPC free?
Beam HPC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACORD Mobile free?
ACORD Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beam HPC or ACORD Mobile?
ACORD Mobile is rated higher. Beam HPC averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while ACORD Mobile averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Beam HPC or ACORD Mobile have ads?
Neither Beam HPC nor ACORD Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beam HPC or ACORD Mobile?
Beam HPC ships an update every 18 months, and ACORD Mobile every 11 days. Most recently, Beam HPC was updated on October 24, 2026 and ACORD Mobile on October 20, 2026.

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