Seismodeck vs ShineBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Seismodeck
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Seismodeck walks a building through a four-step seismic response screening: Site, Structure, Spectrum, Results. The user enters the site class, the mapped short-period and one-second accelerations, the risk category, and the long-period transition. The structure step takes the lateral system, each story's height, effective weight, and lateral stiffness, and a fundamental period from the approximate formula or from the user's own analysis model. The spectrum step draws the design response spectrum with the building period marked and lists the site coefficients and corner periods; values from a site-specific study can replace the mapped ones. The results step reports the seismic response coefficient with the bound that governs it, base shear, the story force distribution, story shears, design story drift against the allowable limit, the P-delta stability coefficient, and a checklist of soft-story, extreme soft-story, weight, and procedural flags. A report tab renders the whole screening as a one-page PDF for sharing. Every screening is saved and listed with search, so an engineer keeps one entry per building and returns to it later. Three worked examples are included: a four-story concrete frame with a soft lobby story, a six-story braced frame with an analysis period above the cap, and a two-story wood library near a mapped fault. Duplicate any screening to try a stiffer story or a different system. Assumptions and limits are stated in the app and printed on the report. The method is the equivalent lateral force form with a 5% damped design spectrum at two-thirds of the MCE, metric period coefficients, story drift from the entered story stiffness, and no torsion, redundancy, or plan irregularity checks. It produces a screening estimate for the engineer's review. It is not a stamped design and does not replace an analysis by the engineer of record. Units are meters and kilonewtons. The app works without a network connection and keeps every entry in its own files.
ShineBoard
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Make every message shine across your screen. ShineBoard is a clean, flexible display app that turns your phone into a full-screen LED marquee, handwritten sign, and portable message board. Whether you are cheering at a concert, welcoming someone at the airport, guiding customers in a shop, communicating silently in a meeting, or sketching a quick idea, ShineBoard helps your message stay bright, clear, and easy to see. Key Features: Keyboard Text & Freehand Drawing β’ Text mode: Customize font size, weight, layout, and vivid neon-style colors. β’ Handwriting mode: Use a responsive drawing board with adjustable stroke width, undo, redo, and freehand doodles for one-of-a-kind signs. Smooth Marquee Motion β’ Powered by a native UI rendering engine for fluid 60/120 fps scrolling. β’ Adjust scrolling speed from 3 to 60 seconds per loop. β’ Switch scrolling direction left or right. β’ Toggle instantly between centered static display and moving marquee mode. Custom Backgrounds β’ Choose solid colors, polished gradients, or photos from your local album. β’ Adjust the dark overlay to keep text and drawings readable on complex backgrounds. Immersive Full-Screen Display β’ Hide distractions and keep the screen awake while displaying your sign. β’ Tap once to open quick controls, or double-tap to return to editing. β’ Rotate freely between portrait and landscape for a larger handheld light board. Download ShineBoard and light up your message anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ShineBoard at Free against Seismodeck's $0.99. ShineBoard also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Seismodeck's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
ShineBoard is free to download; Seismodeck costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Seismodeck | ShineBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Corbin | η§ζ¦ ζ± |
In-app purchases
Seismodeck
No in-app purchases
ShineBoard
No in-app purchases









