Comparison

Cantilever Retaining Wall vs Simplex Optima

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

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About

Cantilever Retaining Wall

This app assists in the design and analysis of cantilever retaining walls. It performs stability evaluations for overturning, bearing, and sliding, and designs wall components for bending and shear. Comprehensive reports are generated in PDF and DXF formats.

Highlights
  • Stability evaluation (overturning, bearing, sliding)
  • Component design (stem, heel, toe, key)
  • Bending and shear calculations
  • PDF and DXF report generation
  • Graphic display of forces and diagrams
  • Reinforcement optimization
Features
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This application includes two major calculation steps and provide you a comprehensive calculation report in PDF and in DXF(Autocad): - Stability evaluation which includes the overturning, bearing, and sliding failure modes. - Designing the different components of Retaining Wall: stem, heel, toe and key, for bending and shear, under the combined factored loads. Results: - Check stability Verticals and Laterals forces. - Graphic display of forces and pressures acting upon the wall. - Establish Stem, Heel, Toe and Key thickness by Verifying shear & moment. - Bearing Capacity Verification. - Graphic plot moment and shear diagrams to optimize reinforcing bars. - Graphic plot for required flexural reinforcement to optimize reinforcing bars. - Complete stability analysis for overturning, sliding, and bearing. - Graphic plot of Nominal Moment. - Graphic plot Stress diagrams. - Graphic plot Neutral axes diagrams. - Graphic plot for wall elevation with Cutoff Location in Tension side. - Concrete design of stem, toe, heel, and key. - Graphic plot for reinforcement distribution - Ability to create a DXF file containing the reinforcement in details - Create a comprehensive calculation report containing all calculation details

About

Simplex Optima

Features
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The general form of an optimization problem comprises a linear function of variables, also called "objective function" and a number of constraint inequalities. The app can facilitate a maximisation as well as minimisation problem bearing up to 7 variables and up to 6 contraint inequalities. The solution algorithm is implemented by constructing and manipulating the Simplex tableau before calculating the parameters for which the maximum value of the objective function is obtained.

Screenshots

Cantilever Retaining Wall4 screens
Simplex Optima4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simplex Optima at $2.99 against Cantilever Retaining Wall's $14.99. Simplex Optima also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.3 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Cantilever Retaining Wall costs $14.99 and Simplex Optima $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cantilever Retaining Wall ships an update every 6 weeks, Simplex Optima every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cantilever Retaining Wall versus Simplex Optima: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCantilever Retaining WallSimplex Optima
Price$14.99$2.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRab EliasKonstantinos Ladiellis

In-app purchases

None

Cantilever Retaining Wall

No in-app purchases

None

Simplex Optima

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cantilever Retaining Wall free?
Cantilever Retaining Wall costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simplex Optima free?
Simplex Optima costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cantilever Retaining Wall or Simplex Optima have ads?
Neither Cantilever Retaining Wall nor Simplex Optima shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cantilever Retaining Wall or Simplex Optima?
Cantilever Retaining Wall ships an update every 6 weeks, and Simplex Optima every 5 days. Most recently, Cantilever Retaining Wall was updated on September 10, 2026 and Simplex Optima on September 10, 2026.

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