Comparison

Wonder Circuits vs HDLSim

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

Head to head
About

Wonder Circuits

Explore digital logic with interactive lessons and a hands-on simulator. Build complex circuits, including a four-bit computer, and learn to program it. The app offers a free introductory experience with an optional one-time purchase for full access.

Highlights
  • 62 digital logic lessons
  • Build binary adders and registers
  • Assemble a four-bit computer
  • Write programs for the computer
  • Logic Lab simulator
  • Save and share circuit blueprints
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Learn digital logic through 62 lessons in 13 chapters. Start with AND, OR and NOT, then build binary adders, feedback circuits, registers, memory and state machines. Assemble a visible four-bit computer and write programs for it. Start with the first 14 lessons and the complete Logic Lab for free. One optional purchase unlocks the remaining 48 lessons and all future core content. No subscriptions or consumables. Build freely in the complete Logic Lab, save reusable chips and share offline blueprints. Works offline, with no accounts, ads or tracking. This is a digital logic simulator; it does not model voltage or current. Campaign lessons still progress in order after purchase.

About

HDLSim

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HDLSim is a digital electronics lab on your iPhone. Write Verilog, compile it for the EPM240 CPLD and watch it run on a virtual development board, with a 2D schematic and a 3D breadboard. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Verilog editor with compilation and error messages. • EPM240 CPLD simulator: load your design and test its inputs and outputs on the board. • 2D schematic: place components, wire them and simulate the circuit. • Boolean equation compiler: truth table, Karnaugh map, minimum form and a gate circuit built with chips. • Step-by-step guided lessons. • 3D bench and breadboard: the same circuit built in 3D, with wires, resistors, LEDs and more. • Guided labs: Ohm's law, dividers, diodes and rectifiers, transistors, op-amps, logic gates, adder, latch, 555 timer and 7-segment display. • Your projects are stored on your iPhone. PLANS • Free: Verilog editor, CPLD simulator, 2D schematic and 3D bench, designs and labs with up to 7 breadboard components on the 170, 400 or 830-point board the circuit needs, and boolean equations of up to 4 inputs and 1 output (the circuit it builds does not count toward the 7-component limit while unedited). Includes ads. • Pro: everything in Free with no ads, designs with more than 7 components, every lab in the catalog and equations of up to 6 inputs and 6 outputs. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, at the price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://hdlsim.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Wonder Circuits4 screens
HDLSim4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wonder Circuits and HDLSim 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. Wonder Circuits sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HDLSim sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wonder Circuits ships an update every 6 days, HDLSim every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Wonder Circuits versus HDLSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWonder CircuitsHDLSim
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer亚娟 秦Julio Francisco Reyes Gonzalez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wonder Circuits

One-time1
  • Unlock All Content$2.99
2 purchases

HDLSim

Subscriptions2
  • HDLSim Pro Monthly$2.001 Month
  • HDLSim Pro Annual$20.001 Year

Questions

Is Wonder Circuits free?
Wonder Circuits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HDLSim free?
HDLSim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wonder Circuits or HDLSim have ads?
Neither Wonder Circuits nor HDLSim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wonder Circuits or HDLSim?
Wonder Circuits ships an update every 6 days, and HDLSim every 4 days. Most recently, Wonder Circuits was updated on November 13, 2026 and HDLSim on November 13, 2026.

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