Comparison

Digiduct vs Panel Planner

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

Head to head
About

Digiduct

This HVAC tool assists professionals with duct sizing calculations based on ASHRAE standards. It supports multiple duct shapes and offers intelligent features to ensure accurate and reliable designs for real-world scenarios.

Highlights
  • Duct sizing for rectangular, round, and flat oval ducts
  • Customizable dimensions with locked values
  • Duct location intelligence for context-aware sizing
  • Calculations based on CFM, pressure drop, or velocity
  • Alerts for exceeding pressure drop or velocity limits
Features
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The Digiduct app is a powerful tool designed for HVAC professionals, supporting everything from design calculations to real-time field verification. Built utilizing the equations and recommendations from the ASHRAE Fundamentals – Duct Design chapter, it ensures your calculations are accurate and reliable, saving you time and reducing errors. Key Features: • Multiple Shape Sizing Options: Supports sizing for rectangular, round, and flat oval ducts, offering flexibility for various duct designs. • Customizable Dimensions: For rectangular and oval ducts, users can lock in one dimension, and the app calculates the other, ensuring precise results based on CFM, pressure drop due to friction, or velocity. • Duct Location Intelligence: offers the user predefined parameters to use as starting point and reference when selecting duct sizes so users at HVAC experience level can make confident selections. Why Choose Digiduct? Unlike other duct sizing tools, Digiduct goes above and beyond. It doesn’t just provide basic size outputs—it evaluates the location and context of your duct (high-pressure vs. low-pressure, shaft vs. plenum), alerting you if your selection exceeds maximum pressure drop or velocity limits. This added layer of intelligence ensures higher accuracy and gives users confidence that their sizing is optimal for the application. Get the assurance of precision with Digiduct—designed to meet the demands of real-world HVAC scenarios.

About

Panel Planner

Simulate and manage your home's electrical panel. Map circuits, track live loads, and plan new installations with realistic visualizations. Designed for clarity and privacy, it stores all data locally.

Highlights
  • Build custom electrical panels
  • Add and simulate device loads
  • Live current load calculations
  • Color-coded safety status indicators
  • Save up to 10 panel configurations
  • Offline and private data storage
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Plan, visualize, and manage your home's electrical system — right from your iPhone. Circuit Breaker Panel is an interactive residential electrical panel simulator that lets you map out every circuit in your home, track real-time current loads, and plan new circuits before you ever call an electrician. BUILD YOUR PANEL Install single-pole (120V) and double-pole (240V) breakers in any configuration. Choose from 15A, 20A, 30A, 40A, 50A, and 60A ratings. Support for 24, 30, and 40-slot panels with 100A, 150A, 200A, and 400A main breakers. ADD YOUR DEVICES Populate each circuit with the real appliances and devices in your home. Choose from 20 common presets — refrigerator, HVAC, EV charger, dryer, and more — or enter any custom wattage. Toggle devices on and off to simulate real-world usage scenarios. LIVE LOAD CALCULATIONS Current draw is calculated automatically for every circuit (Amps = Watts ÷ Voltage). Watch each breaker's load bar update in real time as you switch devices on and off. COLOR-CODED SAFETY STATUS Know at a glance which circuits are safe and which are at risk: Green glow — circuit is within safe range (under 70% load) Yellow glow — load is climbing, approaching capacity (70–90%) Red pulsing glow — circuit is overloaded, breaker would trip (over 90%) SAVE UP TO 10 PANELS Save and restore up to 10 complete panel configurations. Perfect for planning a renovation, comparing layouts, or managing panels across multiple properties. DESIGNED FOR CLARITY A realistic panel enclosure with a center bus bar, physical breaker switches, and load bars on every circuit give you an intuitive feel for your home's electrical system — no electrical engineering degree required. FULLY OFFLINE & PRIVATE No account. No internet connection. No data collection of any kind. Your panel configurations are stored only on your device.

Screenshots

Digiduct4 screens
Panel Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Digiduct at Free against Panel Planner's $0.99. Digiduct also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1). Panel Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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

Digiduct is free to download; Panel Planner costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Panel Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digiduct has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Digiduct versus Panel Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigiductPanel Planner
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSyska Hennessy GroupJeremy Goldschmidt

Customer experience

Digiduct

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Panel Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Digiduct

No in-app purchases

None

Panel Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digiduct free?
Digiduct is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panel Planner free?
Panel Planner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Digiduct or Panel Planner?
Panel Planner is rated higher. Digiduct averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Panel Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Digiduct or Panel Planner have ads?
Neither Digiduct nor Panel Planner shows ads.

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