iBeams Pro vs Continuous Beam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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 price: Continuous Beam at $9.99 against iBeams Pro's $21.99. Continuous Beam also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). iBeams Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 19 months). 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
iBeams Pro costs $21.99 and Continuous Beam $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iBeams Pro ships an update every 4 months, Continuous Beam every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBeams Pro | Continuous Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.99 | $9.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norm Schuster | Rab Elias |
In-app purchases
iBeams Pro
No in-app purchases
Continuous Beam
No in-app purchases
