Comparison

BeamsForBuilders vs Adera Construction

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Adera Construction

This app offers technical modules for quick structural pre-dimensioning in civil engineering. It covers concrete, metal, wood, and pavement structures with various support and load configurations, providing calculations in line with codes and clear results.

Highlights
  • Fast pre-dimensioning in 3 clicks
  • Modules for concrete, metal, wood, pavement
  • Calculations conform to RDM rules
  • Recall of formulas and reference tables
  • Clear presentation of results
  • Interactive and didactic interface
Features
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The application "Construction ADERA", proposes technical modules, allowing a fast pre-dimensioning (in 3 clicks) of the works divided into simple elements. The presented modules concern various structures (concrete, metal, wood and pavement), and various configurations of supports, and charges, to carry out fast calculations of dimensioning, with recall of the formula in conformity with the code, presentation of the diagram which helps with the fast seizure of the data, and numerical application presenting the results in readable and comprehensible form. The modules are different from numerical models of structures, or even from complete calculation software, by the facility of access to the data, by the formal calculation in the respect of the RDM rules, and by the presentation of the instantaneous and concrete results, in the manner of a construction site method office. The presentation, serves as a memory aid, and is meant to be didactic, in its readable and interactive interface, in the form of a calculation note that recalls the formulas used, and draws from the classic reference tables, before displaying the result in numerical format, and in appropriate and explicit units. This application is dedicated to all those who practice construction, students and professors, architects and engineers, contractors, building owners, control offices, and design offices, because of its simplification and step-by-step guidance. The use of these calculations, although systematically verified, remains the exclusive responsibility of the users who determine their own conclusions and use. In a collaborative spirit with practitioners, Adera plans to take into account all the detailed observations of users, to integrate any correction and/or complement in its progressive updates, in order to always offer the best possible tool. For any question or information, please contact us at: technique@adera-rd.com Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Screenshots

BeamsForBuilders4 screens
Adera Construction4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Adera Construction at Free against BeamsForBuilders's $2.99. BeamsForBuilders's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Adera Construction is free to download; BeamsForBuilders costs $2.99 up front. Adera Construction sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. BeamsForBuilders asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BeamsForBuilders versus Adera Construction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeamsForBuildersAdera Construction
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert ThompsonADERA-RD

Customer experience

BeamsForBuilders

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

Adera Construction

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

BeamsForBuilders

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Adera Construction

One-time5
  • Poutre simple effort concentré$1.99
  • Module Dallage$2.99
  • Poutres Bois$2.99
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  • Module Poutres Encastrées$3.99
  • Module Chaussée$4.99

Questions

Is BeamsForBuilders free?
BeamsForBuilders costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Adera Construction free?
Adera Construction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeamsForBuilders or Adera Construction have ads?
Neither BeamsForBuilders nor Adera Construction shows ads.

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