Comparison

Sketchalyze vs TopOpt Shape

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

Head to head
About

Sketchalyze

This app allows users to sketch and analyze structural systems directly on their iPad. It provides instant visualization of analysis results like deformations and section forces, performing finite element analysis in the background. Users can define cross-sections, apply loads, and visualize results for linear and nonlinear analyses.

Highlights
  • Sketch structural systems
  • Instant analysis results visualization
  • Finite element analysis
  • Tabulated and user-defined cross sections
  • Truss and beam element types
  • Linear and nonlinear analysis
  • Load-deflection curves
Features
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Sketch and analyze structural systems on the iPad. In Sketchalyze, Analysis results such as deformations and section forces are visualized instantly, a finite element analysis is performed in the background whenever needed. Features: - Tabulated and user defined cross sections - Truss and beam element types - Line and point loads on beam elements - Listing of model and result data - Share models via email and Facebook - Linear and geometrical nonlinear (load or displacement controlled) analysis - Load-deflection curves for nonlinear analysis - Visualization of kinematic modes for unsufficiently constrained systems - Background image for creating models of structures from photographs or drawings

About

TopOpt Shape

Features
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This app let you find optimal structure that minimizes compliance. You can change the design goals to see how they affects the final results. Learn and understand topology optimization. P.S. The app gives better experience with an iPad.

Screenshots

Sketchalyze4 screens
TopOpt Shape1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TopOpt Shape at 12.0 against Sketchalyze's 15.6. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sketchalyze versus TopOpt Shape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketchalyzeTopOpt Shape
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuy TruongDTU Mechanical Engineering

In-app purchases

None

Sketchalyze

No in-app purchases

None

TopOpt Shape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sketchalyze free?
Sketchalyze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TopOpt Shape free?
TopOpt Shape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sketchalyze or TopOpt Shape have ads?
Neither Sketchalyze nor TopOpt Shape shows ads.

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