KiCad Viewer vs Vorra Plan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KiCad Viewer
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KiCad Viewer is a tool built for engineers hand-soldering their PCBs designed in KiCad. It lets you view the schematic, layout, 3D board and BOM list on your iPad or iPhone — keep your design on the bench right next to your iron, no laptop required. And when a pull request comes in, you can review what changed from the same place. Open native KiCad files directly. No exporting, no converting — point it at your project, in Files, iCloud Drive or a network share, and it reads your .kicad_sch and .kicad_pcb files as-is. Features: - Interactive schematic — pinch to zoom and pan around the full drawing. Tap any component or net and it stays highlighted, so you never lose your place mid-solder. - Cross-probing — select a part on the schematic and watch it light up on the board (and vice versa). Instantly find where R47 actually lives on your layout. - PCB layout viewer — explore the board with smooth zoom and pan. Toggle copper, silkscreen, and other layers on and off, dim the ones you're not working on, or switch to KiCad's own colors. - 3D view — turn the board to any angle, in perspective or isometric, tap a part to find it on the schematic, or put it on your desk at real size in AR. - BOM list — every part grouped by value and footprint, with quantities and reference designators, plus search to find that one cap fast. - Pull and merge request review — open a pull request from GitHub or Gitea, or a merge request from GitLab, and see every change on the schematic, board and BOM: parts added, removed or moved, traces rerouted, values edited. Flip between before, after and overlay, and step through the changes one by one. Paste a link to review a pull request without cloning the repo. A sample pull request is included, so you can try it right away. - Log in and clone directly from GitHub, GitLab or Gitea — sign in once and pull your repositories straight onto your device, private repos included. Self-hosted GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo (Codeberg) work too. Pull new commits and switch branches from the app. - Nested and hierarchical projects — opens multi-sheet schematics and projects buried in subfolders. - Works offline — once a project is on your device, everything loads with no connection. Perfect for the workbench, the lab, or anywhere. - Dark and Light modes — whichever you prefer. - Legacy to modern — supports KiCad 5 through 10, so decade-old .sch schematics open right next to brand-new projects. Designed from the ground up for touch, KiCad Viewer keeps your schematic, board, and parts list one tap away while your hands are busy. Requires a one-time purchase or subscription. Free trial available. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.kicadviewer.com/privacy KiCad Viewer is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the KiCad project or its contributors. The app renders KiCad files with its own independent implementation, so some schematics or boards may not appear exactly as they would in KiCad. Please reach out to us if your design is not rendering correctly!
Vorra Plan
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Professional floor plans. Ready to share. Create clear, polished property floor plans with Vorra. Scan rooms with LiDAR or draw manually, refine your layout and turn it into a presentation-ready plan—all from one workspace. Built for estate agents, surveyors and property professionals, Vorra takes you from your first measurements to a finished floor plan you can share with clients. SCAN OR DRAW Use LiDAR on a compatible iPhone or iPad to capture walls, doors, windows and supported room features. Review and adjust your scan, or draw a plan from scratch with manual tools. BUILD THE COMPLETE PROPERTY Combine rooms and floors into one project. Add stairs, openings, room labels and dimensions, then refine the layout as you work. CREATE A POLISHED PRESENTATION Turn your working drawing into a clean estate-agent-style floor plan. Choose black-and-white or coloured rooms, adjust the presentation and arrange multiple floors onto a single sheet. KEEP PROPERTY DETAILS TOGETHER Organise property photos by room and keep project and client details close to hand. EXPORT AND SHARE Create clean floor plan images for client presentations, property marketing and your records. CHOOSE THE ACCESS YOU NEED Create and edit unlimited property projects for free. Exporting requires a single-property unlock, an active Vorra Pro subscription or an available existing plan credit. Pay once per property to unlock clean exports for every floor in that project, including future edits and repeat exports. No subscription is required for a single-property purchase. For regular work, Vorra Pro includes clean exports across all your property projects while your subscription is active. Prices and purchase terms are shown in the app before you buy. Use Vorra locally without an account. Create an optional account to access Cloud Sync for supported project data across devices. LiDAR scanning requires a compatible LiDAR-equipped iPhone or iPad. Manual drawing and editing are available without LiDAR. Vorra Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Prices and purchase terms are displayed in the app before you buy. Privacy Policy: https://vorraplan.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
KiCad Viewer and Vorra Plan 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
Both are free to download. KiCad Viewer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Vorra Plan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KiCad Viewer | Vorra Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Szente | LEWIS WILLIAM NICOLSON |
In-app purchases
KiCad Viewer
- KiCad Viewer7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- KiCad Viewer$14.99
Vorra Plan
- Vorra Pro$9.991 Month
- Single Plan Unlock$4.99
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