Comparison

Piles Capacity vs Deflection Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Piles Capacity

This mobile tool simplifies the design of cast-in-place bored piles for geotechnical engineers. It features a unique soil profile builder, advanced soil parameter input, and generates detailed reports on bearing values. Supports both metric and imperial units.

Highlights
  • Soil profile builder (Touch Soil™)
  • Metric and Imperial unit support
  • Depth vs. friction/tip capacity graphs
  • Detailed layer bearing value reports
  • Advanced soil parameter input
  • Optional tip resistance correction
Features
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Mobile Design Tool for Cast-in-Place Bored Piles Piles Capacity has a modern design which priorities speed and simplicity. Up-to-date estimation engine documented in a brief and straight-forward online reference manual ( http://www.hetge.com/PCref ) Featuring a unique soil profile builder, Touch Soil™. Visually build required soil profile with the ease and convenience like never before. Works with either Metric (mm, metres, ton, kN, kPa)or Imperial (inch, feet, psi, psf, kips) unit systems. Graphs depth vs. friction, tip and allowable bearing capacities with optional correction of tip resistance with respect to underlying strata. Prepares detailed report for bearing values of each layer with average effective stress, skin friction and tip resistance at top and bottom of layer. Uses advanced soil parameters for more precise estimation such SPT, cohesion increment with depth, diameter reduction in rock as well as partial safety factors for skin friction and tip resistance.

About

Deflection Pro

This advanced structural analysis calculator assists engineers with beam, truss, and frame design. It generates load combinations based on American and European standards and performs detailed beam column capacity checks. Results are presented intuitively, with options to export to PDF and save files.

Highlights
  • Beam, truss, and frame analysis
  • Load combination generation (US & EU standards)
  • Beam column capacity checks (flexure, shear, tension, compression)
  • Detailed design checks for various buckling types
  • PDF export
  • Save to external file
Features
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Deflection Pro is an advanced structural analysis calculator for beam, truss, and frame design. The software is designed to be simple, intuitive, and useful for structural engineers worldwide. Like our other apps, it is designed to run on all your devices. LOAD COMBINATIONS Deflection Pro generates common load combinations based on American and European standards. Simply select a desired design method in the settings page and assign a category to each load. The results are seamlessly aggregated and integrated into the same charts and interface as if you were designing a simple beam case. BEAM COLUMN CAPACITY CHECKS Deflection Pro calculates beam column strength capacity for flexure, shear, tension, and compression based on the AISC specification. The software accurately reproduces tabulated values in steel construction manuals. Flexure Design • Yielding • Lateral torsional buckling • Local buckling • Flange local buckling • Compression flange local buckling • Web local buckling • Compression tee stem local buckling Shear Design • Web shear strength • Web shear strength, considering field action Tension Design • Yielding tensile strength • Rupture tensile strength Compression Design • Flexural buckling • Torsional buckling OTHER FEATURES Since this is our latest and greatest structural analysis app, we are actively improving it and adding new functionality. It receives more frequent updates than other tiers of our software. Other advanced functionality include the ability to directly export to PDF and to save to an external file for backup and sharing. CONTACT We like to hear from you! Please email contact@ketchep.com if you have any issues, questions, or comments.

Screenshots

Piles Capacity4 screens
Deflection Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Deflection Pro at $19.99 against Piles Capacity's $199.99. Deflection Pro also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Piles Capacity's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Piles Capacity costs $199.99 and Deflection Pro $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piles Capacity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deflection Pro has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piles Capacity ships an update every 3 months, Deflection Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Piles Capacity versus Deflection Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiles CapacityDeflection Pro
Price$199.99$19.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperhetGE LLCBlue Ketchep

Customer experience

Piles Capacity

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deflection Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

Piles Capacity

No in-app purchases

None

Deflection Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piles Capacity free?
Piles Capacity costs $199.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deflection Pro free?
Deflection Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piles Capacity or Deflection Pro?
Piles Capacity is rated higher. Piles Capacity averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Deflection Pro averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do Piles Capacity or Deflection Pro have ads?
Neither Piles Capacity nor Deflection Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piles Capacity or Deflection Pro?
Piles Capacity ships an update every 3 months, and Deflection Pro every 5 weeks. Most recently, Piles Capacity was updated on October 12, 2026 and Deflection Pro on October 4, 2026.

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