Comparison

Rocket Lab vs Circuitry

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

Head to head
About

Rocket Lab

Design, build, and launch virtual rockets as a rocket engineer. Make critical decisions about components like propellant and control systems to ensure mission success. Explore suborbital, orbital, and escape velocity missions with this educational simulation.

Highlights
  • Design virtual rockets
  • Choose rocket components
  • Personalize rocket name
  • Launch and observe flight
  • Modify for mission success
  • Explore different mission types
Features
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What does it take to be a rocket scientist? You are a rocket engineer for a space exploration company. Your job is to design a series of rockets and attempt suborbital, orbital, and escape velocity missions. Successfully designing and launching a rocket into space is extremely difficult, expensive, and full of tough choices. Rocket components such as shape, propellant, control system, and staging affect the way a rocket flies. With each new mission, you must take into consideration each component’s reliability, cost, and performance. Have you chosen a powerful enough propellant? Is your control system prone to high failure rates? Failure is not an option here! The decisions you make will directly affect the success or failure of your rocket – and your space exploration company – because this is rocket science. With the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Rocket Lab, you can: - Build a virtual rocket by choosing its shape, number of stages, propellant, and control mechanism - Personalize your rocket with your name - Launch your rocket and watch how well it flies - Modify your rocket to test out different combinations and achieve mission success

About

Circuitry

Build and simulate electronic circuits in an intuitive 3D environment. This app offers lightning-fast analysis and a user-friendly interface, making complex engineering accessible. Circuits are saved as documents for easy sharing and management across devices.

Highlights
  • 3D circuit building
  • GPU-accelerated analysis
  • Intuitive 3D interface
  • Document-based circuit files
  • Component placement and connection
  • Resistor, voltage source, light bulb components
Features
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Welcome to Circuitry - the world's first and only 3D circuit builder! INSANELY FAST Circuitry uses an optimized, GPU-accelerated network analysis algorithm that will blow your mind. It can calculate the voltages and currents of even the largest circuits in the blink of an eye - an insanely fast blinking eye! SUPER DUPER EASY TO USE While most circuit simulators are stuck in the stone age when it comes to usability, Circuitry takes you on a time-travel journey to the future. Its' 3D interface and intuitive controls will instantly feel familiar - no lengthy tutorials required. DOCUMENT-BASED Every circuit you build in Circuitry is a file. That way, they integrate perfectly into your existing files and can be used exactly the same way: you can duplicate and modify them, share them, and they are available to you on all your devices. HOW TO USE: 1. Place components by dragging from the toolkit to the canvas. 2. Connect components by tapping the sides of the components in cabling mode. 3. Delete or modify components by long pressing on them. AVAILABLE COMPONENTS: - Resistor - Voltage source - Light bulb

Screenshots

Circuitry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Circuitry at 3.9 against Rocket Lab's 2.9. Circuitry also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 23%) and ratings volume (155 vs 13). Rocket Lab's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Circuitry holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circuitry has 155 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Rocket Lab's written reviews are positive against 51% of Circuitry's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rocket Lab versus Circuitry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRocket LabCircuitry
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (13 ratings)3.9 (155 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews51.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13155 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmithsonian InstitutionRaffael Kaehn

Customer experience

Rocket Lab

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral15.4%
Negative61.5%

Circuitry

All ratings155 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral12.9%
Negative18.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive51.4%
Neutral13.5%
Negative35.1%

Bugs and requests

Rocket Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Circuitry

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • App doesn't work after download
  • Blank white screen on opening
  • App won't open, only shows a folder
  • Lights won't turn on
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  • Cannot close circuits properly

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add more components (diodes, transistors, capacitors, inductors, speakers, microphones, resistors, switches, LEDs, displays, transformers)
  • Add labels/names for components
  • Add intensity and voltage for cables
  • Add undo/redo buttons
  • Add tutorials or guidance videos
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  • Allow moving placed components
  • Add polarity for components
  • Add graphical representation of current flow
  • Add export of 2D schematic
  • Support DC and AC circuits
  • Allow use of virtual meters
  • Add oscilloscope function (graph vs time)
  • Improve UI intuitiveness
  • Add sample circuits

In-app purchases

None

Rocket Lab

No in-app purchases

None

Circuitry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rocket Lab free?
Rocket Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circuitry free?
Circuitry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rocket Lab or Circuitry?
Circuitry is rated higher. Rocket Lab averages 2.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Circuitry averages 3.9 from 155 ratings.
Do Rocket Lab or Circuitry have ads?
Neither Rocket Lab nor Circuitry shows ads.

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