A vs Continuous Beam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Continuous Beam
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Continuous Beam application will provide you the Shear and Moment Diagrams for a beam with an unlimited nbr of spans based on three moment equations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: A at every 5 weeks against Continuous Beam's every 19 months. A also leads on price ($4.99 vs $9.99). Continuous Beam's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On 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
A costs $4.99 and Continuous Beam $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A ships an update every 5 weeks, Continuous Beam every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A | Continuous Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jutarus Ratanasethakul | Rab Elias |
In-app purchases
A
No in-app purchases
Continuous Beam
No in-app purchases
