Comparison

WireSketch vs Adventure Codex

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

Head to head
About

WireSketch

Design electrical layouts on a photo of your wall, placing fixtures like sockets, switches, and lights. Generate detailed plans for electricians, including circuit panels and material estimates. Supports various regional safety standards.

Highlights
  • Design electrical layouts on photos
  • Place sockets, switches, and lights
  • Generate PDF plans for electricians
  • Circuit panel layout and overload warnings
  • Regional safety zone compliance
  • Material and labor cost estimation
  • LiDAR room scanning (Pro)
Features
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Design your electrical layout on a photo of your actual wall: sockets, switches, lights, EV charger. Hand your electrician a plan they can price. Scan, safety zones, panels, solar. HOW IT WORKS Photo your wall, start on a blank canvas, or scan the room. Set dimensions in cm and your region's zones and heights appear. Place fixtures. Export to PDF, PNG or CSV, as an annotated photo or a clean IEC 60617 schematic. SCAN YOUR ROOM (Pro) Pan a LiDAR iPhone or iPad once around the room. Every wall becomes a measured canvas with doors and windows at true size and position. Review the measurements before the plan is created. ROOM SKETCH SHARING Export a project as a calibrated Room Sketch: photo plus scale, in an open format PipeSketch reads, so plumbing starts from the same room. HOMES: GROUP ROOMS UNDER ONE ROOF Group rooms under a House, Flat, Garage or Commercial property. GPS resolves the electrical region; every room shares one code. CIRCUIT PANELS (Pro) Lay out every breaker with label, amps and curve. The wand fills the panel from your fixtures: appliances get dedicated circuits, EV chargers the right amperage. Live warnings flag overloads. Main and sub panels, plus a Panel Report PDF. THE RENOVATION BRIEF (Pro) The full PDF for your electrician: cover, wall sketches, materials list, and a "Questions for my electrician" checklist. 50+ FIXTURE TYPES Sockets, switches, dimmers, lights, Cat6/TV outlets, floor heating, kitchen appliances, outdoor sockets, EV chargers, smoke detectors, RCD/GFCI, distribution boards. SAFETY ZONES BY REGION Four standards, named by the standard, not the region: DIN 18015 with VDE 0100 (DE, a start for AT and NL), BS 7671 (UK, 18th edition, no amendment modeled), NEC base (US planning reference, not jurisdiction compliant), AS/NZS 3000 (AU, NZ). Wet rooms apply IEC 60364 Zone 0/1/2. Outdoor: IP65/IP67 and 60 cm burial. Limits we don't hide. France (NF C 15-100), Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada aren't separate selectors. Layout planning only. NEC state amendments and AFCI rules are out of scope. A licensed electrician must verify before installation. ROOM TYPES AND TEMPLATES (Pro) Dry room, wet room, kitchen and outdoor, each with heights and installation rules. 17 layouts, home to commercial. CABLE AND MATERIAL ESTIMATE Per circuit cable type and size (NYM-J for EU, Twin & Earth for UK, NM-B for US, TPS for AUS), total length, conduit, plus material and labor costs. KNOWLEDGE BASE 36 cited entries on standards, symbols and formulas. Browse the library and read the core articles free. The full set and four converters (Watts to Amps, AWG to mm², voltage drop, solar yield) are Pro. SOLAR PLANNER (separate purchase) Plan your solar system from a satellite snapshot: panel packing, yearly yield, inverter and battery sizing. ELECTRICIAN MODE (Business) Turn a planned property into a branded customer offer with your logo, letterhead, and materials and labor priced from the plan. Business includes everything in Pro. WIRESKETCH PRO Free: up to 2 projects, 5 fixtures each. Homes, core Knowledge Base articles and the daily highlight are free. Pro is a one time purchase: room scanning, iCloud Sync, Renovation Brief PDF, Circuit Panels with Panel Report PDF, unlimited projects and fixtures, multi wall, templates, perspective correction, full Knowledge Base. Solar Planner and Business are separate. Legacy pack buyers keep everything. 9 LANGUAGES: EN, DE, FR, NL, TR, ES, IT, PL, PT. PRIVACY. Your planning data stays on your device. iCloud Sync (Pro) stays off until you switch it on in About. It syncs through your private iCloud account, which we can't read, and you can export or delete it any time. No WireSketch account. The free version is ad supported. Any purchase removes ads. WireSketch is a planning tool. All electrical work must be carried out by a qualified electrician per local regulations. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Adventure Codex

Features
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Adventure Codex is a D&D 5e play companion built for the table. Track HP, spell slots, currency, consumables, and shared loot in real time, on your iPhone or iPad, with optional cross-device sync for the rest of the party. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track HP, temp HP, and death saving throws with full 5e rules support (instant death, stabilization, critical damage doubling failures). • Manage currency in copper, silver, gold, and platinum — change-making is automatic, so a 5 gp purchase just works. • Set up consumables for spell slots, class features, ammunition, and potions. Long rests reset everything; short rests reset what should. • Multiple characters per device. Switch quickly between them. • Optional cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web app at adventurecodex.app — same character, any device. • Share a Table with your party. Everyone sees the same loot pool, the same currency pool, the same audit log when items move around. • Upload your own DM maps. Pinch-zoom and pan through high-res tile pyramids built for fast play, no laggy single-image rendering. PRIVACY-FIRST No ads. No trackers. No selling your data. We don't use your content to train AI models. Sign up with an email address (one-time magic link, no passwords); the rest is up to you. Read our full Privacy Policy at adventurecodex.app/privacy. WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PAID The character tracker, multi-character support, and cross-device sync are free forever. A subscription unlocks Group Loot and DM map uploads for your whole table — once any one player at the Table subscribes, the whole party gets access while it's active. $19.99/year with a 7-day trial. Cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED TO START Open the app and start tracking — no sign-up, no email, no friction. Add an email later if you want to sync across devices or share with your party. QUESTIONS Reach us at support@adventurecodex.app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adventurecodex.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://adventurecodex.app/privacy

Screenshots

WireSketch4 screens
Adventure Codex3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Adventure Codex at none against WireSketch's shown. WireSketch's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. WireSketch sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Adventure Codex sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WireSketch ships an update weekly, Adventure Codex every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
WireSketch versus Adventure Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWireSketchAdventure Codex
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAydin Can PolatkanAdventure Codex, LLC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

WireSketch

Subscriptions2
  • Business – Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Business – Annual$59.991 Year
One-time6
  • Multi-Wall$3.99
  • Pro Measurements$3.99
  • Pro Bundle$6.99
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  • Solar Planner$7.99
  • WireSketch Pro$14.99
  • Business – Lifetime$129.99
1 purchases

Adventure Codex

Subscriptions1
  • Adventure Codex Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is WireSketch free?
WireSketch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Adventure Codex free?
Adventure Codex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WireSketch or Adventure Codex have ads?
WireSketch shows ads; Adventure Codex does not.
Which is updated more often, WireSketch or Adventure Codex?
WireSketch ships an update weekly, and Adventure Codex every 5 weeks. Most recently, WireSketch was updated on October 31, 2026 and Adventure Codex on October 31, 2026.

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