PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience75.0% of reviews
Neutral6.3% of reviews
Negative experience18.8% of reviews

~ Based on 32 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer Safe?

PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer is 76/100.

This assessment is based on 59 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.9/5.

Safety Analysis

71.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
23.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 59 App Store ratings for PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer.

Is PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer Legit?

PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PLC Simulator, PLC Trainer is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Great app

Thank you for putting out a nice app for PLC newbies. It’s great to see someone spend the time to plan out, design, and build this sim to let anyone have it for free and no ads! That first review from 7 years ago was just some retired PLC tech that never reached their goals in this world. I would love to know how to make apps and do some free sims on electronics and programming myself. Thank you again for the sim!
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Response from developer

Thank you for your great review and 5 stars. Thank you for your appreciation of the hard work it takes to make an app like this. This app took me long hours over 3 years, but it was worth it. The software I use is LiveCode. It is a small company that most likely is struggling against AI. It is the best mobile app development software on the planet, since it is object oriented and the code can be compiled into iOS, Android, Mac OS and Windows. But, Apple and Android has made it very difficult to get all the approvals and permissions to get apps uploaded to their app stores. Simple programs can be created within a couple of days of downloading LiveCode software. LiveCode offers a trail version, if you are interested. Thanks for trying the app. David

Exactly what it says on the tin

I downloaded this to play around with because I needed a simple example to show people how ladder works, now I recommend it to anyone who is interested in PLCs. Great little app, thanks for building and sharing it!

Response from developer

Thank you so much for telling me that you are using it to teach others. That is the main reason I spent so much time writing the app. You might also find value in another app I wrote called "PLC Simulator 2". David

Great intro to PLC world

Some basic info to explain what we are looking at and a really nice SIM section to do few (9) basic assignments. Solutions are provided for comparison. Great way to get introduced to ladder logic. Would like to see a section that explains how the particular components work. Thank you for making this!!!
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Response from developer

Thank you for taking time to write such a good review with specfic points and your 5 stars. Concerning "like to see a section that explains how", I do have a short YouTube video on Timers and counters to watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeDcJN1euXE&t=8s . Is this the kind of thing you are referring to? I can definitely improve on the quality of that video. David

Helps my students

I been using this app to help my students understand better when their at home .

Response from developer

Thank you for taking time to write a review telling me that you are using it in the classroom and giving it 5 stars. I was hoping that this app would find its way into the classroom to help students better under stand PLCs. I have another app that is designed to help students learn basic PLC programming. The name of that app is "PLC Simulator 2, Ladder Logic". It has animations that interact with the PLC program. David

Great for PLC beginners

Very nice app for beginners. The UI can be more interactive but the contents are great.

Not useful for what I need

I was looking for something I could use for a class that is compatible with my MacBook but this app is flawed. It doesn't really do what I need it to do first off, which is whatever. Secondly, its really glitchy and totally goes cold after a little bit and I can't tell what i'm doing wrong. I gave it a couple stars because I do like the witnessing piece, when you click the cross...what a cool way to reach people to let them know about the savior of us all and that we are forgiven and loved.
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PLC trainer sun

Make it for Google play store also Godbless

Response from developer

It's available in Google.

Practica para empezar

Buena aplicación, para empezar si no tienes conocimientos previos y quieres empezar a asimilar conceptos.

This isn’t an app

This “app” is basically just 3 pages with information on them.

Excelente

Me encanto unos de los mejores simuladores súper bien expiada 👍🏻y un solo detalle muy pequeño que tenga traducido español

Great app buuuuut…

I like my plc apps without jesus.

Response from developer

I understand. I did not want to offend other people's religion and that is why there is a dialog box giving the user the choice NOT to see the Christian prayer. At the same time, for people who are looking for answers to life's questions, I wanted to provide a short prayer. Jesus was the main reason I spent time and money developing this app. Thank you for your 4 stars and your feedback. David

Good app for kids

This is an excellent app for kids. I will be downloading it onto my kids iPads as well as sending the link to my friends and family for their kids. I think it’s a great Intro to logic.
Sorry to those that were expecting more. I do agree there is room for improvement. Especially in the features and descriptions of actions but overall it is excellent for children. Giving a 3star in hopes the developer continues to work on this app to improve its features. I know it’s meant to be a start up app but I feel like it can be something way better. Kuddos anyways.
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Response from developer

It is an excellent PLC app for beginners and that is what it was designed for. It is intended to only test very simple projects and please rated as such. I hope your kids find it to be a good learning app and further their interest in PLCs. Thanks, David

Excellent PLC Trainer program

I am giving 5 stars due to the fact that developer response is immediate when questions are emailed. And for me as a PLC Novice, it’s easy to understand and use.

Review + suggested improvements!

Good over all, but could have these things improved.

Need to be able to close the app, and reopen to the state you closed it, or swapped apps.

Need to be able to view the challenges in program mode so you can refer back to the requirements as you build your program.

Needs some feedback to let you know when to raise your finger to change a bit or input number.

Also on iPhone XS, some text of the instructions is cut off by the speaker in the middle of the screen.

Otherwise quite handy!
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CTD bug

Great app and learning tool!

I think the CTD function is bugged. As long as the accumulation value is 0 or less it sends a DN signal. This makes challenge #5 unable to complete.

Also challenge #5 shows CTD preset -1 in the answer when the instruction asks to press PB01 twice to turn off the light. Both resets in the answer are Examine off functions which will reset the counters indefinitely.
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Response from developer

Thanks for your for questioning the of the CTD and 5 stars. The functionality of the CTD comes from the Allen-Bradley RS Logix 500 manual, which defines the CTD Done bit to be set only when the Acc is equal to or greater than the Preset. The Examine off instruction used in the reset of the counters works properly , since the CTD C5:1 Done bit is set at the beginning of the exercise, because the Acc is 0 and the Preset is -1 (Acc is greater than the Preset). I am happy that you found the app to be a good learning tool, David

Fantastic Tool For Training

Well worth the development time to make and I must send my thanks to the dev. This will teach you the basics.

INTERESTING

And HELPFULL

Response from developer

Thank you for your positive feedback and 5 stars, David

Very cool! Thank you

Works great

Clear and precisely what I wanted

It’s free
It works
No advertisements
It’s honest
Developer/ seller responded immediately to my email 👌🏼🤙🏼

Response from developer

Steam, Thanks for the positive comments and 5 star rating, David

Adicionar idioma

La app es bastante buena, sería genial que incorporaran en idioma español, la app incrementaría su popularidad y alcance para uso didáctico.
Saludos.