Comparison

iSectionLite vs British Steel Sections

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

Head to head
About

iSectionLite

This engineering app calculates mechanical and structural properties for built-up section members. It supports various international steel shapes and allows input and output in both metric and imperial units.

Highlights
  • Calculates moment of inertia, modulus of section, radius of gyration, area, and weight
  • Supports European, American, Canadian, and British steel shapes
  • Input and output in mm or inch units
  • Calculations in principal axes
  • Light version with limitations on hot rolled library and flange dimensions
Features
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iSection: For all structural engineers, steel designers, mechanical engineers: This engineering application for the iPhone or the iPod Touch calculates the mechanical and structural properties of three-plate built up section members. That includes moment of inertia, modulus of section, radius of gyration, area and weight. The calculations are done in both principal axes. This program is particularly useful for analysis and design of indeterminate structures and for calculating actual and allowable (permissible) stresses of structural members (beams, columns, etc.). The input is top flange width, top flange thickness, bottom flange width, bottom flange thickness, web depth and web thickness. The top flange and bottom flange dimensions can vary. You can select a section from a large library of hot rolled shapes: European IPE, HEA, HEB, HEM and American W shapes Canadian W metric shapes and British universal beams and columns (UB and UC shapes). More shapes from other countries will be added in the next releases. The input can be in mm or inch units, the output of area, Ixx, Sxx, Sxt, Sxb, Iyy, Iyt, Iyb, Syy rx, ry, rt, rb, Syt, Syb, depth and neutral axis can be displayed in mm or inch units. The weight can be displayed in kg/m or Lb/ft. This is a light version with limitations: The hot rolled library contains selected American shapes only and the built up section can have only equal top and bottom flanges. For the full version see iSection in the App Store. See also iConcrete in the App Store which designs single and double reinforced concrete rectangular and T beams.

About

British Steel Sections

Features
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This app includes dimensional and sectional properties data for following British Steel Sections: 1. Universal Beams. 2. Universal Columns. 3. Parallel Flange Channels. 4. Equal Angles. 5. Unequal Angles. 6. Universal Bearing Piles. 7. Asymmetric Beams This app also include other useful tools such as: 1. Construction Calculator 2. Units Converter. 3. Software shortcuts for following softwares a. Autocad b. Microstation c. PDMS d. Microsoft-Excel e. Microsoft-Word f. Microsoft-Powerpoint g. Microsoft-Outlook h1. Microsoft-One Note

Screenshots

iSectionLite2 screens
British Steel Sections4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iSectionLite at Free against British Steel Sections's $5.99. iSectionLite also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 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

iSectionLite is free to download; British Steel Sections costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iSectionLite versus British Steel Sections: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriSectionLiteBritish Steel Sections
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating1.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 46 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperahmjJitendra Surve

In-app purchases

None

iSectionLite

No in-app purchases

None

British Steel Sections

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iSectionLite free?
iSectionLite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is British Steel Sections free?
British Steel Sections costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iSectionLite or British Steel Sections have ads?
Neither iSectionLite nor British Steel Sections shows ads.

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