Comparison

Strokesmith vs TinyOhms

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

Head to head
About

Strokesmith

Features
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Learn beautiful handwriting five minutes a day. Strokesmith turns calligraphy practice into a daily ritual with streaks, skill mastery, and a new glyph to trace every day. TRACE, SCORE, IMPROVE - A new daily glyph rotates across scripts โ€” Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, kana, Arabic, and Devanagari - Trace it with your finger or Apple Pencil; Strokesmith scores your shape, stroke order, and smoothness - See exactly where you can improve and watch your scores climb BUILD A STREAK - Practice every day to grow your streak and earn XP - Master glyphs to unlock new calligraphy styles โ€” Italic, Copperplate, Spencerian, Foundational, and more DESIGNED FOR DELIBERATE PRACTICE - Short, focused sessions that fit into your day - Clear progress and mastery tracking - A calm, beautiful place to practice STROKESMITH PRO โ€” ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock Strokesmith Pro once and keep it forever: remove ads, unlimited daily practice, every calligraphy style and script, and detailed score breakdowns. No subscription. Strokesmith is free to download and supported by ads; remove them anytime with the one-time Pro unlock. Five minutes a day. Better handwriting for life.

About

TinyOhms

Features
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TinyOhms opens straight onto a breadboard. Drop in a battery, a resistor and an LED, and the circuit runs the moment the loop closes. Current flows along the wires as moving chevrons, the LED glows brighter or dimmer with the real numbers, and if you push too much current through it, it pops. Nothing to install, nothing to solder, nothing to break. REAL PARTS, REAL MATH Every component behaves like the one in the drawer: resistors follow Ohm's law, LEDs have a forward voltage, transistors amplify, capacitors charge and drain, and the 555 timer ticks at the frequency its resistors and capacitor set. Under the hood is a full circuit solver (the same kind of nodal analysis SPICE uses), so the readouts are the ones you would measure with a meter. SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING โ€ข Live current flow on every wire, with direction and strength โ€ข Inspect mode: tap the eye to read every node voltage and branch current โ€ข A built-in scope that traces voltages over time โ€” watch a capacitor charge, or a 555 output square wave โ€ข Real sound: buzzers beep and piezo speakers play the pitch the circuit sets โ€ข Room-light and temperature sliders to drive light sensors and thermistors โ€ข Short-circuit and overload warnings before anything "burns" BUILT FOR LEARNING TinyOhms is made for teens and any complete beginner. There is no lesson to sit through: build, watch, change one thing, and see what happens. Twenty ready circuits take you from a single LED to a light-following night light, a blinking timer, a one-shot pulse, a pitch control you can hear, and a traffic-light sequencer built from a 555 and a 4017 counter. YOUR OWN LIBRARY Sign in with just your email (a code, no password) to save circuits to your library and open them on the TinyOhms website Workbench too. Export any board as a SPICE netlist or share the board file. ON THE BENCH Free: wire, jumper, batteries (3 V, 4.5 V, 9 V), resistor, LED, switch, push button, buzzer, light sensor (LDR) and NPN transistor โ€” everything the beginner projects need. TinyOhms Pro (optional monthly subscription): potentiometer, capacitor, 1N4001 diode, DC motor, thermistor, piezo speaker, the 555 timer and the CD4017 counter. Circuits from the library always open in full, whether or not you subscribe. TinyOhms Pro renews monthly until cancelled in Settings โ€บ Apple Account โ€บ Subscriptions. Under 18? Ask a parent first. Terms: https://tinyohms.com/terms/ Privacy: https://tinyohms.com/privacy/ No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Just electrons.

Screenshots

Strokesmith4 screens
TinyOhms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TinyOhms at none against Strokesmith's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Strokesmith sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TinyOhms sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Strokesmith versus TinyOhms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrokesmithTinyOhms
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian PedersenAdhish Technologies

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Strokesmith

One-time1
  • Strokesmith Lifetime$4.99
1 purchases

TinyOhms

Subscriptions1
  • com.tinyohms.app.pro.monthly$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Strokesmith free?
Strokesmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TinyOhms free?
TinyOhms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strokesmith or TinyOhms have ads?
Strokesmith shows ads; TinyOhms does not.

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