Comparison

Stroboscopic Effect vs Circuit

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

Head to head
About

Stroboscopic Effect

Explore the fascinating stroboscopic effect by rotating various objects. Observe how objects can appear to stop or move backward at specific speeds. This app allows you to manipulate rotation direction and speed to witness these optical illusions.

Highlights
  • Rotate 4 different objects
  • Adjust rotation speed
  • Change rotation direction
  • Observe stroboscopic effect
  • Supports iPad, iPhone, and Retina display
Features
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Did you ever notice the wheels on the car driving next to you sometimes appear to be spinning backwards? This is referred to as the stroboscopic (or wagon-wheel) effect. It occurs when an object is rotated at certain speeds, making the object to appear to stop or even go backwards. Rotate 4 different objects in either direction (clockwise or counterclockwise). You can increase the speed until you see it appear to stop or reverse. On one of the objects, a wheel with different colored alternating rings, you can make it appear as if the rings of this single option are turning in opposite directions. Universal App - supports native iPad, iPhone and iPhone 4's Retina display. WARNING - Those with Epilepsy or those subject to seizures are usually cautioned to avoid strobe lights or similar effects.

About

Circuit

Design, analyze, and solve electrical circuits with this comprehensive tool. It supports various circuit types, resistor calculations, and network conversions. Learn simplification steps graphically and study key electrical laws.

Highlights
  • Design and analyze electrical circuits
  • Solve resistor, capacitor, and inductor networks
  • Simplify complex circuit diagrams step-by-step
  • Convert between delta and wye networks
  • Convert between current and voltage sources
  • Design or find resistor values
  • Study electrical laws and formulas
Features
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The CircuitDesign is a feature rich app designed by an engineer. This app allows the creative smart people like you to design, draw, analyse, simplify and solve electrical circuits. You can design, draw, solve and simplify resistor-network, solve capacitor-network, solve inductor-circuit. You can design, draw, solve and simplify parallell circuit diagrams, series circuit diagrams, delta/wye circuit diagrams and any combinations of these. You can convert delta to wye and wye - delta network You can convert current source to voltage source or voltage source to current source You can design your own resistor (3,4,5 or 6 band resistor) or find the value for existing resistor You can even share your creativity with other people. Save the diagram locally. Do you have a complex network involving any combinations of parallell network, series network, delta/wye network? Fantastic. You can simplify this network and see how its done step by step so you can learn how to simplify networks. You can go back all the way to original network to see how the simplification was done. Simply stated, view simplification steps graphically. Keeps the historical diagram so that you can go back and verify each step. You can also share the simplification steps or save it locally. It automatically saves your hard work locally on your device so you can come back and pick up from where you left off as your great effort of drawing diagrams and simplifying/solving it will not be lost. Are you a high school student learning electricity? This is the app for you. Are you a university student learning electrical engineering? This is the app for you. There is also a page to help you study. This study tab teaches you some very important laws of electricity and important formula. Like Ohm, law, Kirchhoff's volgate law, Kirchhoff's current law, There is also a page to help you learn now to use this app. This is a perfect app for a creative smart individual like you. This is an app for all student groups. From high school to college to university students. Be creative. Enjoy the app!

Screenshots

Stroboscopic Effect4 screens
Circuit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stroboscopic Effect at 100% against Circuit's 0%. Stroboscopic Effect also leads on price (Free vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). Circuit's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 84 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Stroboscopic Effect is free to download; Circuit costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stroboscopic Effect ships an update every 84 months, Circuit every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stroboscopic Effect versus Circuit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStroboscopic EffectCircuit
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating2.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 84 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagnin & AssociatesOm Prakash Chapagain

Customer experience

Stroboscopic Effect

All ratings18 ratings
Positive38.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative61.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Circuit

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stroboscopic Effect

No in-app purchases

None

Circuit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stroboscopic Effect free?
Stroboscopic Effect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circuit free?
Circuit costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stroboscopic Effect or Circuit have ads?
Neither Stroboscopic Effect nor Circuit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stroboscopic Effect or Circuit?
Stroboscopic Effect ships an update every 84 months, and Circuit every 5 weeks. Most recently, Stroboscopic Effect was updated on September 19, 2026 and Circuit on September 8, 2026.

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