BeamsForBuilders vs Screw Flight Calculator
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
Screw Flight Calculator
Calculate the flat pattern size for cutting blank plates for screw flight development and fabrication. This tool is essential for creating screw conveyors, ribbon blenders, and other process equipment.
- Calculate flat pattern size
- Input outside & inside diameter
- Input pitch and material thickness
- Calculate weight of material
- Includes radial cut element
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Screw Flight Calculator will give you handy Calculation of Screw Flight development. It will give you Flat pattern Size for Cutting Blank plate for development or fabrication of Screw flight. This app is very useful for those who are working in the field of Screw Conveyor or Ribbon Blender fabrication. In this App Input is Required Outside & Inside Diameter of Screw, pitch of flight, material thickness & specific gravity of material of Construction such as carbon steel, Stainless steel,Copper, Brass or Bronze material. This app Gives Output as Development Outside Diameter of raw Plate Circle & Inside Diameter of Circle so that it will be perfectly fit with shaft or pipe on which it will be going to weld after twisting of raw plate. It app includes addition Element of Radial Cut Required for flight development, but it is advisable to use full circle for Cutting. This app is also for those who are working in the field of fabrication of Pressure vessel, Heat ex-changer, Storage Tank, Agitator & Mixer and any other process equipment. this app also calculate the weight of material after cutting according to development.
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Verdict
BeamsForBuilders and Screw Flight Calculator both sit at 1.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of BeamsForBuilders's written reviews are positive against 0% of Screw Flight Calculator's. BeamsForBuilders also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Screw Flight Calculator's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Screw Flight Calculator $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for BeamsForBuilders against 1.0 for Screw Flight Calculator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of BeamsForBuilders's written reviews are positive against 0% of Screw Flight Calculator's.
BeamsForBuilders ships an update every 20 months, Screw Flight Calculator every 17 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | BeamsForBuilders | Screw Flight Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 17 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Thompson | Kantaben Gorasiya |
Customer experience
BeamsForBuilders
Screw Flight Calculator
In-app purchases
BeamsForBuilders
No in-app purchases
Screw Flight Calculator
No in-app purchases
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