Comparison

Electrical Panel Designer vs ePlan

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

Head to head
About

Electrical Panel Designer

Design and assemble electrical panels with a comprehensive tool for electricians, designers, and homeowners. Create detailed wiring diagrams, route wires, and manage projects locally on your device. Features include a vast library of components and customizable labeling for clear documentation.

Highlights
  • Electrical panel assembly
  • Wire routing
  • Device library
  • Circuit breaker and busbar components
  • Customizable text labels
  • Offline project management
Features
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Assemble an electrical panel, route wires, and save projects directly on your device. The app is suitable for electricians, installers, designers, and anyone who assembles or plans panels for an apartment, house, or small facility. Main features - Canvas with zoom and pan - Device library - Circuit breakers, RCDs, RCBOs, voltage relays, socket - PE and N busbars - Connecting busbar for breakers - DIN rails of various lengths - Marking icons for rooms and loads - Text labels with adjustable size, width, and style - Colored wires with selectable thickness - Step-by-step wire routing using arrow buttons - Grid snapping for a neat layout Project management - Save, rename, and delete projects - Quick access to the last opened project - All data is stored locally on the device Who is it for - Electricians and panel installers - Students and professionals - Homeowners who want to document their electrical panel The app works offline, without ads and without a subscription. Write to sergeivapps@gmail.com or leave a review about what else you want to see in the app. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ePlan

Features
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90+ SYMBOLS, DRAG AND DROP US symbols with NEC terms, or international IEC 60617 symbols. Switch at any time. • Power, switches, lighting: receptacles, switches, dimmers, ceiling, recessed and emergency lights. • Fire and security: smoke, heat and CO detectors, pull stations, horns, motion sensors, cameras. • Data, heating, appliances: data and TV outlets, Wi-Fi, heaters, ovens, washers, dryers. • Energy and panels: EV chargers, solar, safety switches, meters, and a custom symbol you name yourself. • Drag one out of the palette and it lands under your finger. Rotate in 90° steps, add a label, circuit and notes, resize one symbol or all. CREATE OR IMPORT A PLAN • Import a PDF, or a photo from your library or from Files. • Or, scan several pages with your camera and each one becomes its own plan. • Or, scan real-life rooms in 3D with your iPhone Pro or iPad Pro, and get the floor plan drawn for you instantly. • No plan? Draw walls, doors and windows yourself from a blank template. RUN THE CIRCUITS • Tap a symbol, tap another, and a smooth curved run joins them. • Runs stay attached: move an outlet and the wire moves with it. • Pick the circuit as you draw. Every circuit gets its own color, and it is the same color in the editor, in test and on the PDF. • Eraser mode, delete a symbol and its runs go with it, and undo/redo while you work. CHECK YOUR WORK • Check: traces the wiring out from every panel and flags anything unpowered or left dangling. • Simulate: tap switches on and off and see which lights come on. • Loads: per-circuit VA and amps (at 120/240 V with US symbols) against the breaker rating you set. These are indicative aids for catching mistakes on a drawing. They are not certified design or verification calculations, and they do not replace inspection, testing, certification or the electrical code that applies to your job. LEGEND AND PDF • A legend of every symbol type and circuit used is built for you and added to every export. • Export a PDF in the plan's shape, or on US Letter or A4, or save it as an image. BUILT FOR THE JOB SITE • Lose signal mid-job and keep working. Changes save on the device and sync to your account when you are back in coverage. • iPhone: turn it sideways and the plan fills the screen, tools on side rails. • iPad: a symbol panel beside the plan. SHARE WITH THE CREW • Invite a teammate with an 8-character code and they can open and edit the project's plans on their own iPhone or iPad. WHO IT'S FOR Independent electricians and crews doing residential and commercial work: rewires, rough-in, additions, panel changes, build-outs. Anyone who has to hand a customer, a builder or a general contractor a drawing showing where the outlets, switches and lights actually went. QUESTIONS OR IDEAS Contact support or request a feature from the account menu. You get a fast reply, straight from the developer. Sign in with Apple or Google. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app at any time. SUBSCRIPTION ePlan Premium is a monthly, auto-renewing subscription. The price for your country is shown in the app before you buy. Premium gives you unlimited projects and plans, unlimited symbols, team invites, the wiring test tools and watermark-free PDF export. Without a subscription you get one project with up to two plans, ten symbols per plan, and PDF export with a watermark. Team invites and the test tools need Premium. Importing and scanning floorplans, including 3D room scans, is free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews every month at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and renewal is charged within 24 hours of that. Manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Service: https://eplan-api.bodiud.workers.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://eplan-api.bodiud.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Electrical Panel Designer4 screens
ePlan3 screens

Verdict

The call

Electrical Panel Designer and ePlan are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Electrical Panel Designer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ePlan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Electrical Panel Designer ships an update every 5 days, ePlan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Electrical Panel Designer versus ePlan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectrical Panel DesignerePlan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey VavaevDavid Bodiu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Electrical Panel Designer

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Premium$2.991 Month
  • 1-Year Premium$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$14.99
1 purchases

ePlan

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$7.991 Month

Questions

Is Electrical Panel Designer free?
Electrical Panel Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ePlan free?
ePlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Electrical Panel Designer or ePlan have ads?
Neither Electrical Panel Designer nor ePlan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Electrical Panel Designer or ePlan?
Electrical Panel Designer ships an update every 5 days, and ePlan weekly. Most recently, Electrical Panel Designer was updated on October 14, 2026 and ePlan on October 12, 2026.

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