BeamsForBuilders vs Stair Calculator Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeamsForBuilders
Calculate beam properties for construction projects instantly. Input load data for roofs, floors, and walls to get results for shear force, moment, buckling, and deflection. Easily email results for printing and submission.
- Roof, floor, and wall load input
- Instant shear force, moment, buckling, and deflection results
- Beam span and selection
- Padstone calculations
- Email results for printing
- Help files for each section
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BuildersBeams is the Perfect Beam Calculator on the IPhone for Architects, Builders, Planners, Surveyors and most Building Trades. Simple Data input for Roof, Floor,and Wall Loads gives you instant results for Shearforce, Applied Moment, Buckling Resistance and Deflection. Separate Help file for each Section of App. Send E-Mail of Results to yourself or any interested parties for Printing. Main Program Includes. LOADS Page for *ROOF Loads entry *FLOOR Loads entry *WALL Loads entry BEAM Page for *BEAM Span entry *BEAM Selection *VIEW Results INFO Page for *REVIEW your Loads data entry PADSTONE Page for *LENGTH entry *WIDTH entry *MASONRY in wall/Pillars E-MAIL Page for *Send Email of Results *To yourself or any other Person *Suitible for Building Control submission
Stair Calculator Plus
This utility app assists with stair design by instantly calculating crucial measurements like rise, run, and rail angle. It supports high precision with up to 16 decimal places and offers flexibility with various input units. Results can be easily copied to other applications for seamless workflow integration.
- Instant stair rise and run calculation
- Calculate stair rail angle
- Determine stringer length
- Support for 16 decimal places
- Multiple input units
- Copy results to other apps
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Stair Calculator can be used to find stair rise and run, stair rail angle, stringer length, and other important factors of stair design. Features: - Instant calculation - Result are copy able to other app - Formula are include as reference - Support up to 16 decimal place - Support various unit for each input General guidelines in Stair Design : - Run unit should not be less than 10 inches / 25 cm - Rise unit should not exceed 7 3/4 inches / 20 cm A stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs, or simply stairs is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Thanks for your support and do visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stair Calculator Plus at 3.0 against BeamsForBuilders's 1.0. Stair Calculator Plus also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12 vs 14.0). BeamsForBuilders's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 20 months vs every 43 months). 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
BeamsForBuilders costs $2.99 and Stair Calculator Plus $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stair Calculator Plus holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of BeamsForBuilders's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stair Calculator Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BeamsForBuilders ships an update every 20 months, Stair Calculator Plus every 43 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeamsForBuilders | Stair Calculator Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 3.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Thompson | Nitrio |
Customer experience
BeamsForBuilders
Stair Calculator Plus
In-app purchases
BeamsForBuilders
No in-app purchases
Stair Calculator Plus
No in-app purchases
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