Tomo vs BIM Design Lab Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tomo
Turn any topic into a personalized, game-like course that takes just five minutes a day to complete. Simply type what you want to learn, and the AI will create a structured learning path. Build habits and feed your curiosity with bite-sized daily lessons.
- Personalized AI-generated courses
- Bite-sized daily learning levels
- Gamified learning with XP and streaks
- Learn any topic imaginable
- Habit-building approach to learning
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Learn anything. Five minutes a day. Type anything you've been meaning to learn. Tomo turns it into a personalized course you can play like a game. Five minutes a day. You're curious about a hundred things. You start none of them. Thirty open tabs. A reading list two years deep. Articles you saved, podcasts you queued, that thing your friend recommended six months ago. You don't want a degree. You want to finally learn the thing that's been bouncing around in your head. That's what Tomo does. HOW IT WORKS 1. Type a topic: investing, sleep, cooking, photography, quantum physics, the Roman Empire, sourdough, knot tying, anything. 2. Tomo's AI builds a full course. Structured sections, bite-sized levels, the works — in 2-3 minutes. 3. Play it like a game. Earn XP. Build a streak. Climb a league. WHY IT WORKS - Willpower runs out. Habits don't. - Five minutes a day beats four hours once a month. That's not a productivity hack. That's how the brain actually learns. - For the part of you with 30 open tabs and no idea where to start. Feed your curiosity. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BIM Design Lab Studio
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Learn how professional Building Information Modeling (BIM) actually works — by doing it, not just reading about it. BIM Design Lab puts you through the real workflow MEP and structural engineers use every day: start from one shared building model and build your discipline's systems on top of it, exactly like joining a live, linked Revit project. TEN DISCIPLINES, ONE SHARED BUILDING • Electrical — receptacles, lighting, panels, transformers, and switchboards wired into real branch and feeder circuits • Fire Alarm — initiating devices, notification appliances, control panels, and zone circuiting • HVAC — air handling units, VAV boxes, diffusers, and air distribution zones • Plumbing — water heaters, fixtures, and distribution branches sized by fixture units • Low Voltage / Security — access control panels, cameras, card readers, and door hardware • Data/Telecom — structured cabling, data outlets, wireless access points, and cable bundles • AV — racks, amplifiers, speakers, displays, and audio zones • Fire Sprinkler — fire pumps, standpipes, sprinkler heads, and hydraulic zone demand • Structural — footings, columns, beams, framing bays, and tributary load paths on real grid lines • Architectural — walls, doors, and windows placed directly onto the shared building Every discipline builds on the same levels, rooms, and grids — the way a real MEP or structural engineer links to an architect's central model rather than starting from scratch. A COMPLETE, DETERMINISTIC WORKFLOW • Floor plan canvas — place and wire equipment, room by room, level by level, with color-coded rooms and devices • Distribution trees & riser/framing diagrams — see your equipment hierarchy as a schematic • Schedules — panel, device, fixture, and framing schedules generated live from your actual model, never typed by hand • Load calculations — connected load, demand load, and percent-of-capacity, computed deterministically for every discipline (amps, CFM, GPM, PSF, wattage, or WSFU depending on the trade) • QA/QC engine — a rules-based checker, with its own rule-code namespace per discipline, that flags unassigned devices, overloaded circuits, and missing connections before you'd catch them on a real job • Undo/redo and full project history on every edit LEARN AS YOU GO • A dedicated step-by-step Guide for every discipline, each with a plain-language comparison to how the same step works in professional Revit-based tools • Progress tracking that's actually tied to your work — phases and skills complete automatically as your model reaches real milestones, not by checking a box • An illustration Gallery of BIM and construction-document reference concepts, zoomable and swipeable • Practice tasks that drop you straight into the workspace to try a specific skill WHO IT'S FOR Engineering and architecture students, CAD/BIM drafters leveling up, and anyone curious what a professional multi-discipline BIM workflow actually looks like — without needing an expensive license or a real project to practice on. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything runs on your device • No account, no sign-up required to use what you've purchased • Your project data never leaves your iPhone or iPad BIM Design Lab is a free download. The Architectural guide is free to read. One in-app purchase, All Access, unlocks every discipline's Design workspace and every discipline's Guide — no subscription, no per-discipline pricing, no recurring charges. BIM Design Lab is an independent educational app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Autodesk, Inc. "Revit" and "Autodesk" are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., referenced here only for educational comparison purposes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tomo at 15.1 against BIM Design Lab Studio's 17.0. 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 | Tomo | BIM Design Lab Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohannad Ali | Yuhsiu Lai |
In-app purchases
Tomo
No in-app purchases
BIM Design Lab Studio
No in-app purchases









