Mechanix vs Astable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mechanix
This educational app supports high school and university statics and dynamics courses. It offers a comprehensive review of basic equations, accompanied by over 20 animations and 50 illustrations to clarify complex mechanics concepts. Teachers can use it to present material to students via projector.
- Basic equations memorandum
- Illustrative animations
- Vectorial reminder
- Statics concepts
- Center of gravity calculations
- Moments of inertia
- Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies
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Mechanix is an mobile educative application in support to an high-school or university course of statics and dynamics. It contains not only a memorandum of the basic equations, but it also contains several animations illustrating the various concepts of mechanics. This application runs on iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, and iPod Touch 3rd generation and later. - More than 50 illustrations!! - More than 20 animations !! - More than 100 screens of mechanics!! For teachers !! Connect your iPad with a video projector and show the animations to your students in classroom. List of covered subjects: Vectorial Reminder -Vector in 2-D, -Vector in 3-D, -Vectorial operation. Statics -Equilibrium of a particle, -Rigid Bodies, -Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies, -Structures, -Friction. Center of Gravity -Centroid, -Center of mass, -Center of gravity. Moments of Inertia -Area moments of inertia, -Mass moments of inertia. Dynamics of Particles -Motion on an axis, -Motion in three dimensions, -Dynamics of particles -Work and energy, -Linear momentum. Dynamics of Rigid Bodies -System of particles, -Kinetics of rigid bodies, -Dynamics in plane, -Dynamics in space.
Astable
This application provides a powerful structural mechanics solver with a graphic editor, code editor, and workspace. It allows for detailed mechanics parameter settings and offers a rich theme color scheme, making it ideal for large screen devices.
- Graphic editor
- Code editor
- Workspace
- Mechanics parameter settings
- Rich theme color scheme
- Large screen device optimized
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Astable Grand is a beautiful and powerful structural mechanics solver with graphic editor, code editor, workspace, mechanics parameter settings, rich theme color scheme, etc. It is suitable for large screen devices such as tablet and PC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Astable at every 2 weeks against Mechanix's every 9 months. Astable also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). Mechanix's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, 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
Mechanix costs $2.99 and Astable $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mechanix ships an update every 9 months, Astable every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mechanix | Astable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xavier Daxhelet | 家豪 鲁 |
Customer experience
Mechanix
Astable
In-app purchases
Mechanix
No in-app purchases
Astable
No in-app purchases
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