Comparison

Concrete Engineering vs CelestialGuide

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

Head to head
About

Concrete Engineering

This app provides civil engineers with a comprehensive suite of 56 calculators for concrete design and analysis. It features smart auto-fill pickers, calculation history with PDF export, and direct ACI code references for all calculations.

Highlights
  • 56 concrete and civil engineering calculators
  • Metric and Imperial unit support
  • Smart auto-fill pickers
  • Calculation history with PDF export
  • ACI 318-19 code references
  • Detailed formulas included
Features
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Concrete Engineering Calculator is a professional-grade app with all 56 calculators for concrete and civil engineering — fully unlocked from first launch. Smart auto-fill pickers, calculation history with PDF export, and ACI code references on every calculator. Key Features: Supports both Metric (SI) and Imperial (USCS) units Includes detailed formulas for all calculations Smart auto-fill pickers for concrete mix grades, rebar grades, and bar sizes Calculation history with save, review, and PDF export ACI 318-19 code reference badge on every calculator Beam Calculations: Water/Cementitious Materials Ratio Modulus of Elasticity Tensile Strength Compressive Stress (Beam) Stress in Reinforcement Cross-sectional Area (Tensile and Compressive Reinforcement) Stress (Extreme Fiber of Concrete) Shear and Diagonal Tension Nominal Shear Stress Ultimate Shear Capacity Cracking Moment Bending Moment Capacity (Underreinforced and Rectangular Beams) Column Calculations: Total Allowable Axial Load Spiral Reinforcing Ratio Long-Column Load Reduction Factor (Fixed Ends) Maximum Permissible Eccentricity (Spiral and Tied Columns) Bending Load (Spiral and Tied Columns) Slab and Wall Calculations: Slab Thickness Flexural Stiffness Ratio (Beam Section and Slab Width) Axial Capacity of Wall Nominal Shear Stress on Wall Vertical Shear Reinforcement Ratio of Wall Development Lengths and Crack Control: Tension Development Lengths (Various Bar Types) Compression Development Length Development Length (Hooked Bar) Crack Width Control Additional Calculations: Volume of Spiral Steel to Concrete Core Ratio Moment at Balanced Condition Shear Friction Reinforcement Area Coefficient of Sliding Friction Modular Ratio Steel Ratio Effective Moment of Inertia Total End Shear (Counterfort Walls) Ultimate Strength (No Wind, With Wind, With Earthquake Load) Auto-Fill Reference Pickers: Concrete mix picker fills compressive strength and modulus of elasticity automatically Rebar grade picker fills yield strength and modulus of steel automatically Bar size picker fills cross-sectional area and diameter automatically All pickers support both SI and USCS unit modes

About

CelestialGuide

Explore the cosmos with an interactive sky map that displays stars, planets, and celestial events. Point your device at the sky to see a real-time representation of your surroundings, with adjustable visibility settings for stars.

Highlights
  • Interactive sky map
  • Real-time celestial tracking
  • Adjustable star visibility
  • Planet and comet locations
  • Eclipse and transit rendering
  • Messier Object database
  • Virtual Orrery
Features
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Celestial Guide is an interactive database of information about stars and planets. Its basic interface is a map of the sky as seen from any point on Earth at any point in time. The user can manually choose the time and location, or the iPhone's or iPad's GPS and clock can be used to select the current time and location. If the device is pointed at the sky, the map on the screen will be presented corresponding to the actual view in that direction. The star database includes stars brighter than magnitude 9. The user can select the minimum visible magnitude, which allows the map to conform to the stars which are visible to the user based on local viewing conditions. CelestialGuide presents accurate locations of planets and comets, including rendering of eclipses, transits and occultations that are visible from the selected location. CelestialGuide also has a database of Messier Objects. CelestialGuide also includes a Virtual Orrery, displaying the relative position of the planets and comets at any point in time.

Screenshots

Concrete Engineering4 screens
CelestialGuide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Concrete Engineering at 4.2 against CelestialGuide's 1.0. Concrete Engineering also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). CelestialGuide's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On update cadence, 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

Concrete Engineering costs $3.99 and CelestialGuide $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Concrete Engineering holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Concrete Engineering has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Concrete Engineering ships an update every 23 months, CelestialGuide every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Concrete Engineering versus CelestialGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConcrete EngineeringCelestialGuide
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 17 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperV PUGAZHENTHIGeoffrey Domm

Customer experience

Concrete Engineering

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

CelestialGuide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Concrete Engineering

No in-app purchases

None

CelestialGuide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Concrete Engineering free?
Concrete Engineering costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CelestialGuide free?
CelestialGuide costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Concrete Engineering or CelestialGuide?
Concrete Engineering is rated higher. Concrete Engineering averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while CelestialGuide averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Concrete Engineering or CelestialGuide have ads?
Neither Concrete Engineering nor CelestialGuide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Concrete Engineering or CelestialGuide?
Concrete Engineering ships an update every 23 months, and CelestialGuide every 17 months. Most recently, Concrete Engineering was updated on October 12, 2026 and CelestialGuide on October 7, 2026.

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