Sketchalyze vs SimKraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
SimKraft
Learn the fundamentals of simulation and finite element analysis through an engaging, hands-on experience. Draw 2D shapes, apply conditions, and visualize results instantly to grasp complex engineering concepts.
- Interactive simulation learning
- Finite element analysis introduction
- 2D shape drawing
- Apply boundary conditions
- Apply displacement loads
- Visualize analysis results
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SIMULIA is proud to present SimKraft, an app that teaches the basics of simulation and finite element analysis in a fun and interactive way. Users simply draw any 2D shape, and then apply boundary conditions and displacement loads to it. With a single tap, they can then display the results of these choices, which serve as an interactive introduction to finite element analysis. BY DOWNLOADING THIS FILE (“DOWNLOAD”) YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS: THIS DOWNLOAD IS MADE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. DASSAULT SYSTEMES SIMULIA CORP., ANY OF IT AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY “DS:”), AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AND LOSS OF DATA, THAT IN ANY WAY RELATE TO THIS DOWNLOAD, WHETHER OR NOT DS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. YOUR USE OF THIS DOWNLOAD SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NO SUPPORT OF ANY KIND OF THE DOWNLOAD IS PROVIDED BY DS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Sketchalyze at 7 against SimKraft's 1. SimKraft's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sketchalyze against 5.0 for SimKraft. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketchalyze has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Sketchalyze | SimKraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duy Truong | Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp. |
Customer experience
Sketchalyze
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In-app purchases
Sketchalyze
No in-app purchases
SimKraft
No in-app purchases
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