Comparison

BeamsForBuilders vs Screw Flight Calculator

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

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.

Highlights
  • Calculate flat pattern size
  • Input outside & inside diameter
  • Input pitch and material thickness
  • Calculate weight of material
  • Includes radial cut element
Features
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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.

Screenshots

BeamsForBuilders4 screens
Screw Flight Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeamsForBuilders ships an update every 20 months, Screw Flight Calculator every 17 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BeamsForBuilders versus Screw Flight Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeamsForBuildersScrew Flight Calculator
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 17 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert ThompsonKantaben Gorasiya

Customer experience

BeamsForBuilders

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

Screw Flight Calculator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BeamsForBuilders

No in-app purchases

None

Screw Flight Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeamsForBuilders free?
BeamsForBuilders costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screw Flight Calculator free?
Screw Flight Calculator costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BeamsForBuilders or Screw Flight Calculator?
BeamsForBuilders and Screw Flight Calculator are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BeamsForBuilders or Screw Flight Calculator have ads?
Neither BeamsForBuilders nor Screw Flight Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeamsForBuilders or Screw Flight Calculator?
BeamsForBuilders ships an update every 20 months, and Screw Flight Calculator every 17 months. Most recently, BeamsForBuilders was updated on October 24, 2026 and Screw Flight Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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