TotemMaker vs 555 Timer & Oscillators Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TotemMaker
This app allows users to control custom-built models using their smartphone. It's designed for educational purposes, encouraging hands-on creation and digital interaction.
- Smartphone model control
- DIY model building
- Educational interaction
- iOS device compatibility
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Totem app for iOS devices lets you use your smartphone to control models that you build yourself.
555 Timer & Oscillators Pro
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Master the design of oscillators and waveform generators using 555 timer integrated circuits, digital logic integrated circuits, operational amplifiers, and transistors. The application provides a comprehensive collection of over 130 tutorials and circuit diagrams, covering 555 timer circuits and practical applications, CMOS 4000 series logic oscillators, TTL 74LS and 74HC series oscillators, operational amplifier–based waveform generators, and transistor multivibrators. Designed for electronics beginners, students, hobbyists, and professional engineers, the app serves as a complete reference and learning tool for designing, understanding, and building oscillators, multivibrators, pulse generators, and waveform circuits commonly used in both analog and digital electronics. In addition to tutorials and schematics, the app includes built-in calculators for frequency, timing, duty cycle, and component value estimation, helping users quickly calculate and adjust circuit parameters. All topics are presented with clear circuit diagrams and detailed explanations. Available in 14 Languages: • English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese — study in your native language! Covered Topics: • 555 Timer IC Series • Astable, monostable, and bistable modes • Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) • Voltage conversion circuits • Sensor and external module interfacing • CMOS Logic Oscillators • CMOS 4000 series circuits • Astable, monostable, and bistable modes • Gated CMOS oscillators • TTL / HC Logic Oscillators • TTL 74LS series circuits • 74HC series logic oscillators • Astable and monostable modes • Operational Amplifier Oscillators • Sine wave generators • Square-wave pulse generators • Triangle wave generators • Transistor-Based Oscillators • Transistor-Based Astable multivibrators • Transistor-Based Monostable multivibrators The Pro edition provides additional tools for faster learning and easy navigation: • Full-text search across all lessons and components • Favorites for saving and organizing important topics The content is regularly updated and expanded with each new release, ensuring the latest tutorials and circuit examples are always available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TotemMaker at Free against 555 Timer & Oscillators Pro's $4.99. TotemMaker also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 555 Timer & Oscillators Pro's advantage is chart position (#193 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
TotemMaker is free to download; 555 Timer & Oscillators Pro costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TotemMaker ships an update every 2 months, 555 Timer & Oscillators Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TotemMaker | 555 Timer & Oscillators Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #193 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karolis Tarasauskas | ALG Software Lab |
In-app purchases
TotemMaker
No in-app purchases
555 Timer & Oscillators Pro
No in-app purchases
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