Comparison

iBeams Pro vs A

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

Head to head
About

iBeams Pro

This app allows engineers to quickly sketch beam designs and instantly view analysis diagrams for shear, moment, and deflection. It offers rapid modification and analysis, streamlining the design process for structural elements. The file format is compatible with its macOS counterpart.

Highlights
  • Instant shear, moment, and deflection diagrams
  • Sketch beam and loads like on a pad
  • Rapid modification and analysis
  • Imperial and S.I. units
  • Editable material and section properties
  • Cloud document storage
Features
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Unlike traditional design tools where you have to define nodes and elements to model your structure, iBeams Pro let's you work like you normally do. You sketch out your beam and loads like you would on a design pad, and instantly view shear, moment, deflection and reactions diagrams. It is very easy to modify and view variations, and you can rapidly analyze several beams in a matter of minutes rather than hours, allowing you to finish your designs more rapidly than ever before. The file format is compatible with iBeams Pro for macOS. Features include: • Beam diagrams with multiple loads and supports, and the corresponding shear, moment, deflection, and reaction diagrams • User editable properties • Imperial and S.I. (metric) units • Editable material and section properties (ships with AISC, BS5950, CISC, and AS/NZS databases) • Multiple supports • Multiple loads • Joints and Moment Releases • Annotations • synchronize preferences and property settings between macOS and iOS versions of this application • support for storing documents on Cloud shares

About

A

Analyze complex 3D space frames with this powerful yet easy-to-use application. Input node coordinates, member alignments, and material properties to solve structures and view step-by-step calculations. Visualize deformations and generate shear force and bending moment diagrams.

Highlights
  • 3D space frame analysis
  • Stiffness Matrix Method
  • Step-by-step calculation display
  • Equilibrium check
  • Deformation visualization
  • Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagrams
Features
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The Space Frame is considered to be the complicated structure due to the members of such frames may be oriented in any directions in three-dimensional space more over the external loads oriented in any arbitrary directions can be applied to joints, as well as members. A-Frame 3D is an app that is so easy to use yet so powerful!!! Data input is just as simple as - Node coordination (x, y, z) - Member alignment (node-i to node-j) - Applied loads to each nodes and members - Material properties E, G, Iy, Ix, J and A values Not only A-Frame can solve the Space Frame but the app also showing the calculation step by step for the result data so that you can counter check the correctness of the calculation. A-Frame 3D is an application for structural engineers or engineering students who need a tool to analyze the space frames. A-Frame 3D solves the space frame by using the Stiffness Matrix Method, providing following features: - The frame members can be aligned in any direction in space. - Load applied to each members can oriented in any direct around the frame members. - Equilibrium check for Forces & Bending Moments - Deformation of each points along the members. - Shear Force Diagram (S.F.D) and Bending Moment Diagram (B.M.D) of each sections along each members in 3D.

Screenshots

iBeams Pro4 screens
A4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: A at $9.99 against iBeams Pro's $21.99. A also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). iBeams Pro's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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

iBeams Pro costs $21.99 and A $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iBeams Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBeams Pro has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBeams Pro ships an update every 4 months, A every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iBeams Pro versus A: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBeams ProA
Price$21.99$9.99 — better
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorm SchusterJutarus Ratanasethakul

Customer experience

iBeams Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

A

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

iBeams Pro

No in-app purchases

None

A

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBeams Pro free?
iBeams Pro costs $21.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is A free?
A costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iBeams Pro or A?
iBeams Pro is rated higher. iBeams Pro averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while A averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iBeams Pro or A have ads?
Neither iBeams Pro nor A shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iBeams Pro or A?
iBeams Pro ships an update every 4 months, and A every 10 days. Most recently, iBeams Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and A on September 10, 2026.

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