Comparison

Deflection Lite vs ACORD Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Deflection Lite

This app provides interactive and precise structural beam analysis. Easily visualize beam bending by dragging loads and supports, and calculate key engineering results like reactions, shear force, and bending moment.

Highlights
  • Interactive beam bending visualization
  • Calculate reactions, shear force, and bending moment
  • Built-in cross-section databases
  • Unlimited loads and supports
  • Export design to shareable permalink
  • Metric and standard units
Features
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Deflection Lite is the most interactive, fast, and precise app available for structural beam analysis. Simply drag loads and supports on the beam, and see how it bends. RESULTS Calculate reactions, shear force, bending moment, and beam deflection quickly and easily. CROSS SECTION DATABASES Specify elastic modulus and moment of inertia values directly, or find common shapes and materials using the built-in databases, which include most international steel sections, as well as some aluminum and wood shapes. UNLIMITED LOADS AND SUPPORTS Simply drag any load or support on the beam. • Concentrated point loads • Distributed loads • Moment loads • Simple supports • Fixed supports • Fixed hinges • Floating Gerber hinges OTHER FEATURES • Export your design to a permalink that you can share. • Automatic detection of local maxima and minima in diagrams • Metric and standard measurement units CONTACT We like to hear from you! Please email contact@ketchep.com if you have any issues, questions, or comments.

About

ACORD Mobile

Calculate and optimize wood and steel beams on-site or in meetings. Ideal for professionals and students, it offers detailed analysis, design according to Eurocode standards, and interactive diagrams for understanding structural calculations.

Highlights
  • Analyze static behavior of beams
  • Design wood and steel beams (Eurocode 3 & 5)
  • Define geometry with multiple spans and loads
  • Calculate permanent, live, and snow loads
  • Optimize material and section dimensions
  • Detailed results with interactive diagrams
  • Save studies for later use
Features
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ACORD Mobile is designed for a broad audience; civil engineers, carpenters, technicians, architects, and engineer students alike. ◆ Are you a professional? You often have to provide a section estimate on short notice on-site or at a customer meeting. With ACORD Mobile on your phone, you now have an application that allows you to calculate and optimize your wood or steel beams effortlessly and precisely, wherever you are. ◆ Are you a student? Go effortlessly from theory to practice. Look at diagrams of bending moment, shear, or deflection. Learn the intricacies of Eurocode 3 (steel) and 5 (wood) in a fun and enjoyable way. Download ACORD Mobile and you’ll be able to: • Analyze the static behavior of your element on multiple supports and under any loads • Design floor and roof beams following Eurocode 3 (steel) and 5 (wood) standards • Define your geometry with ease: Multiple spans, boundary conditions, slope, etc. • Define multiple loads in different categories as you please, or use our tools to guide you: -Permanent loads: With the help of our libraries, you can choose to apply predefined floors or roofs and even create your own and save them. Apply self-weight automatically if needed. -Live loads: Choose the category of loaded areas and the usages that apply to your case to apply the characteristic values defined by the European guidelines. -Snow loads: Define your country, zone, and altitude using our tool and maps to aid you. The corresponding snow load will be calculated automatically, considering the slope and the related National Annex. • Perform your analysis and design your beam in a quick and straightforward way: Make the right decisions for your material category and section dimensions using our optimization tool. Verify all relevant displacement and resistance criteria depending on your material and charges. Automatically calculate all Eurocode linear combinations. • See your results in detail: The educational presentation of the detailed equations explains the path and the intermediate calculations leading to the verification results. It allows you to understand in-depth the structural analysis carried out. You get graphs of each Eurocode criterion for each linear combination as well as an envelope. You also get nicely presented interactive diagrams for bending moment (M), shearing force (V), normal force (N), stress (S), displacements(w), rotation(θ), and reactions (R). • Change your analysis parameters and details. • Use the units of your choosing. • Save your studies for later use. *About Pro plan billing* Some of the above features are only available with ACORD Mobile Pro! The good news? Each subscriber gets 14 days free trial to test our app and see if it suits them. If you upgrade to the Pro plan, payment will be charged to your App Store account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can choose to be billed monthly or yearly. You can turn off auto-renew and manage your subscription in App Store any time after purchase. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Deflection Lite4 screens
ACORD Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ACORD Mobile at 5.0 against Deflection Lite's 4.5. ACORD Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). Deflection Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (46 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ACORD Mobile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Deflection Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACORD Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deflection Lite has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deflection Lite ships an update every 3 months, ACORD Mobile every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deflection Lite versus ACORD Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeflection LiteACORD Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (46 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue KetchepItech - Informatique et Technologie

Customer experience

Deflection Lite

All ratings46 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral10.9%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

ACORD Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Deflection Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ACORD Mobile

Subscriptions2
  • ACORD Mobile Pro14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • ACORD Mobile Pro14 Days trial$28.991 Year

Questions

Is Deflection Lite free?
Deflection Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACORD Mobile free?
ACORD Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deflection Lite or ACORD Mobile?
ACORD Mobile is rated higher. Deflection Lite averages 4.5 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while ACORD Mobile averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Deflection Lite or ACORD Mobile have ads?
Neither Deflection Lite nor ACORD Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deflection Lite or ACORD Mobile?
Deflection Lite ships an update every 3 months, and ACORD Mobile every 11 days. Most recently, Deflection Lite was updated on September 17, 2026 and ACORD Mobile on September 7, 2026.

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