iBeams vs A
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBeams
This tool helps structural engineers visualize and analyze beam behavior. It displays reaction, shear, moment, and deflection diagrams for various configurations. Users can edit load and geometric values for custom analysis.
- Beam and load configuration display
- Reaction, shear, moment, deflection diagrams
- Editable load values
- Editable geometric values
- Structural engineering analysis
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iBeams is a tool for structural engineers. The app displays various beam and load configurations along with the corresponding reaction, shear, moment, and deflection diagrams. Load and geometric values can be edited.
A
Analyze 2D truss problems quickly on your mobile device. Create standard or custom truss structures, manage material properties, and generate PDF reports with flexible unit options.
- Standard truss templates (18 types)
- Custom truss creation
- Flexible unit system
- Built-in material library
- PDF reporting and email export
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The easy and fastest way to analyze the 2D-Truss problem right on your iPhone & iPod Touch. Featuring: • Standard Truss Templates: with the standard truss template (18 types of truss for initial version) , you can easily create and config your truss as required. • "Custom Truss"; If the built-in standard truss template doesn't match your requirement, "Custom" your own Truss is also easy to create due to the Node & Element generating features. • Unit Flexibility: very flexible in Units system, you can choose any units at your convenience without the requirement to restart the application and the unit system is saved per your truss's project. For example you use m. as node coordinations while you choose mm. for the deflection of the nodes or you can even choose in. or ft. for nodes's deflection (if you really need). • Buit-in material sections library where you can adjust any material's properties with no effect to other truss project. The options to create your own material library will be available for the next update. • PDF Reporting: All result information of your truss are shown in PDF and also you can email this result.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iBeams at Free against A's $4.99. iBeams also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.3) and review sentiment (53% vs 15%). A's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 17 months) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
iBeams is free to download; A costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iBeams holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of iBeams's written reviews are positive against 15% of A's.
iBeams ships an update every 17 months, A every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBeams | A |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better | 15.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #191 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norm Schuster | Jutarus Ratanasethakul |
Customer experience
iBeams
A
In-app purchases
iBeams
No in-app purchases
A
No in-app purchases









