DFT 101 vs DLD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DFT 101
This app simplifies Design for Testability (DFT) concepts for students and professionals. It focuses on practical, real-world applications, covering fundamentals to interview-level knowledge through clear explanations, examples, and quizzes.
- Practical DFT explanations
- Real-world examples
- Topic-wise quizzes
- Progress tracking
- Interview preparation mode
- Covers fundamentals to advanced concepts
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Design for Test (DFT) made simple and practical. DFT 101 is a focused learning app designed for students, engineers, and professionals who want to understand Design for Testability clearly — from fundamentals to interview-level concepts. This app avoids unnecessary theory and focuses on what really matters in real-world DFT. What you’ll learn • What DFT is and why testability matters • Controllability and observability • Scan chains and scan flip-flops • Shift vs capture • Fault models (stuck-at, transition) • ATPG fundamentals • Test power and timing concepts • Boundary scan, JTAG, BIST & MBIST • Test compression and diagnosis basics How you learn • Simple definitions and explanations • Practical examples • Topic-wise quizzes (60%+ to complete) • Progress tracking • Dedicated Interview Mode for fast Q&A practice Who this app is for • VLSI students • Entry-level DFT engineers • Professionals refreshing DFT concepts • Interview preparation No ads. No in-app purchases. Just focused learning.
DLD
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DLD is a digital logic design and circuits workbench for your phone. Drop gates onto the bench, wire them together, flip a switch, and watch the signal travel through the circuit in real time. Built for students working through a digital logic design course — and for anyone who wants to see Boolean algebra actually do something. BUILD ANYTHING • 28 components: switches, clocks, Vcc and ground, every standard gate, tri-state buffers, multiplexers, flip-flops, displays and probes • Gates take 2 to 8 inputs — one wide NAND instead of three cascaded ones • Tap a component to reach its settings: input count, clock speed, colour • A work bench far bigger than the screen, with pan, zoom and fit-to-circuit SEE IT WORKING • Current animates along every live wire, so you can follow a signal • LEDs, LED bars, 7-segment and hex displays light up as the circuit runs • A school bell that rings for as long as it has current • Logic probes read out 1 or 0 anywhere you wire one UNDERSTAND IT • Boolean equations written out from whatever you have drawn • A full truth table generated from your circuit, ready to copy out • Conflicting drivers on a net are flagged rather than quietly wrong • A tutorial section covering every gate symbol and its truth table KEEP YOUR WORK • Save and reopen as many circuits as you like • Undo and redo everything • Recolour wires, lamps and blocks however you want to read them COMPONENTS Switch · Clock · Vcc · GND · AND · OR · NOT · NAND · NOR · XOR · XNOR · Buffer · Tri-state buffer · Tri-state NOT · MUX · DEMUX · D flip-flop · T flip-flop · JK flip-flop · Virtual links · LED · LED bar · 7-segment · Hex display · Bell · Probe · Label PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-in. No analytics. No ads. Nothing leaves your device — your circuits are saved on the phone and nowhere else. The app works with no network connection at all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DLD at 13.0 against DFT 101's 17.6. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | DFT 101 | DLD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kalyan Lakkavarapukota | Muhammad Rafhan |
In-app purchases
DFT 101
No in-app purchases
DLD
No in-app purchases









