Comparison

ArtnSkills vs BIM Design Lab Studio

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

Head to head
About

ArtnSkills

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ArtnSkills is an online platform for all Architecture Students to showcase their portfolio to their peers, to their teachers, to the global architecture community and if wished, to public at large. Students from any undergrad or postgraduate class / year can use this platform to showcase their academic works, projects by creating their account. This app will provide facility to browse the projects uploaded by other students and connect, interact with them. Understanding the amount of time, hard work, art, skill & discipline exercised for creation of each and every project and we at ArtnSkills would like to present a platform to all the students to showcase the work that they are proud of and to let their work shine. This is for freely expressing your ideas & concepts, art & skills to the world offering opportunities of interaction, social & academic connect as well as for library references & possible recruitment opportunities also. As a student, your opinions and suggestions regarding the platform matter to us the most. Let us know what features you would like this platform to have so that we can provide you with an enriching experience.

About

BIM Design Lab Studio

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Learn how professional Building Information Modeling (BIM) actually works β€” by doing it, not just reading about it. BIM Design Lab puts you through the real workflow MEP and structural engineers use every day: start from one shared building model and build your discipline's systems on top of it, exactly like joining a live, linked Revit project. TEN DISCIPLINES, ONE SHARED BUILDING β€’ Electrical β€” receptacles, lighting, panels, transformers, and switchboards wired into real branch and feeder circuits β€’ Fire Alarm β€” initiating devices, notification appliances, control panels, and zone circuiting β€’ HVAC β€” air handling units, VAV boxes, diffusers, and air distribution zones β€’ Plumbing β€” water heaters, fixtures, and distribution branches sized by fixture units β€’ Low Voltage / Security β€” access control panels, cameras, card readers, and door hardware β€’ Data/Telecom β€” structured cabling, data outlets, wireless access points, and cable bundles β€’ AV β€” racks, amplifiers, speakers, displays, and audio zones β€’ Fire Sprinkler β€” fire pumps, standpipes, sprinkler heads, and hydraulic zone demand β€’ Structural β€” footings, columns, beams, framing bays, and tributary load paths on real grid lines β€’ Architectural β€” walls, doors, and windows placed directly onto the shared building Every discipline builds on the same levels, rooms, and grids β€” the way a real MEP or structural engineer links to an architect's central model rather than starting from scratch. A COMPLETE, DETERMINISTIC WORKFLOW β€’ Floor plan canvas β€” place and wire equipment, room by room, level by level, with color-coded rooms and devices β€’ Distribution trees & riser/framing diagrams β€” see your equipment hierarchy as a schematic β€’ Schedules β€” panel, device, fixture, and framing schedules generated live from your actual model, never typed by hand β€’ Load calculations β€” connected load, demand load, and percent-of-capacity, computed deterministically for every discipline (amps, CFM, GPM, PSF, wattage, or WSFU depending on the trade) β€’ QA/QC engine β€” a rules-based checker, with its own rule-code namespace per discipline, that flags unassigned devices, overloaded circuits, and missing connections before you'd catch them on a real job β€’ Undo/redo and full project history on every edit LEARN AS YOU GO β€’ A dedicated step-by-step Guide for every discipline, each with a plain-language comparison to how the same step works in professional Revit-based tools β€’ Progress tracking that's actually tied to your work β€” phases and skills complete automatically as your model reaches real milestones, not by checking a box β€’ An illustration Gallery of BIM and construction-document reference concepts, zoomable and swipeable β€’ Practice tasks that drop you straight into the workspace to try a specific skill WHO IT'S FOR Engineering and architecture students, CAD/BIM drafters leveling up, and anyone curious what a professional multi-discipline BIM workflow actually looks like β€” without needing an expensive license or a real project to practice on. PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ Everything runs on your device β€’ No account, no sign-up required to use what you've purchased β€’ Your project data never leaves your iPhone or iPad BIM Design Lab is a free download. The Architectural guide is free to read. One in-app purchase, All Access, unlocks every discipline's Design workspace and every discipline's Guide β€” no subscription, no per-discipline pricing, no recurring charges. BIM Design Lab is an independent educational app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Autodesk, Inc. "Revit" and "Autodesk" are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., referenced here only for educational comparison purposes.

Screenshots

ArtnSkills4 screens
BIM Design Lab Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ArtnSkills at 14.0 against BIM Design Lab Studio's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
ArtnSkills versus BIM Design Lab Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtnSkillsBIM Design Lab Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size55 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperART AND SKILLS INFOTECH PRIVATE LIMITEDYuhsiu Lai

In-app purchases

None

ArtnSkills

No in-app purchases

None

BIM Design Lab Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArtnSkills free?
ArtnSkills is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BIM Design Lab Studio free?
BIM Design Lab Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ArtnSkills or BIM Design Lab Studio have ads?
Neither ArtnSkills nor BIM Design Lab Studio shows ads.

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