Comparison

iBeams Pro vs Deflection Pro

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

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

iBeams Pro4 screens
Deflection Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Deflection Pro at 4.7 against iBeams Pro's 3.7. Deflection Pro also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and price ($19.99 vs $21.99). iBeams Pro's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 69%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iBeams Pro costs $21.99 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

Deflection Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of iBeams Pro's written reviews are positive against 69% of Deflection Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBeams Pro ships an update every 4 months, Deflection Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iBeams Pro versus Deflection Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBeams ProDeflection Pro
Price$21.99$19.99 — better
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)4.7 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings616 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorm SchusterBlue Ketchep

Customer experience

iBeams Pro

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

iBeams Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Deflection Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBeams Pro free?
iBeams Pro costs $21.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deflection Pro free?
Deflection Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iBeams Pro or Deflection Pro?
Deflection Pro is rated higher. iBeams Pro averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Deflection Pro averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do iBeams Pro or Deflection Pro have ads?
Neither iBeams Pro nor Deflection Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iBeams Pro or Deflection Pro?
iBeams Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Deflection Pro every 5 weeks. Most recently, iBeams Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and Deflection Pro on September 17, 2026.

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