Comparison

Circuit Design vs Ohmira

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

Head to head
About

Circuit Design

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Circuit Design is a powerful and intuitive circuit simulator and schematic editor for iPhone and iPad. Build electronic circuits with drag-and-drop components, simulate voltage and current in real time, and learn electronics through interactive tools and visual analysis. Create professional circuit diagrams using resistors, capacitors, transistors, LEDs, logic gates, microcontrollers, and more. Watch live current flow animations, analyze voltage levels, and test designs instantly with the built-in simulation engine. Perfect for students, engineers, makers, Arduino enthusiasts, and anyone learning electronics. FEATURES • Modern drag-and-drop circuit editor • Real-time circuit simulation • Interactive voltage and current visualization • Huge electronic component library • Smart wire routing and snap-to-grid design • Oscilloscope and waveform preview • PCB layout preview mode • Apple Pencil support on iPad • AI-powered circuit suggestions and error detection • Educational tutorials and guided projects • Dark mode optimized interface • Export circuits as PNG, PDF, and SVG • Cloud sync and project backup Whether you're designing simple LED circuits or advanced electronic systems, Circuit Design gives you a portable electronics lab directly on your device. The App offers two subscription options: -$7.99 Monthly -$29.99 Yearly Prices may vary by location. Privacy Policy: https://privacy.vanlangapps.com Terms of Use: https://tos.vanlangapps.com Should you choose to upgrade to a Pro subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may cancel automatic renewal and manage your subscription by selecting Manage App Subscriptions in your iTunes Account settings and selecting the subscription you want to modify. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a Pro subscription, where applicable.

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Ohmira

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Ohmira turns electronics into something you can see. Place real components on a grid, wire them together, press Run, and watch voltage colour the wires while moving dots show you where the current goes. No account. No ads. Nothing to sign up for. BUILD IT Drag a part onto the grid and drag between terminals to wire it. Parts snap to the grid, wires route themselves around what is in the way, and every action can be undone. Tidy a messy circuit with one tap and it redraws itself as a schematic: the source standing up on the left, the ground at the bottom. OBSERVE IT Run the circuit and it stays live. Wires take the colour of their voltage, from grey at 0 V to indigo at the supply. Dots travel along them at the speed of the current. Tap any part to read its voltage, its current and its power, or pin the readings to the canvas and watch them change as you edit. LEARN IT Thirty exercises, in three tiers, from Ohm's law to a regulated power supply. Each one gives you a brief and then checks the circuit you actually built, not a multiple-choice question about it. When it fails, it tells you why in words about your circuit: a part missing, a value wrong, a node left unwired, a reading that came out too low. WHAT IS IN THE BOX • 43 components: sources, batteries, resistors, capacitors, inductors, potentiometers, diodes, LEDs, Zeners, transistors, MOSFETs, an op-amp, bridge rectifiers, regulators, a transformer, relays, lamps, motors, buzzers, thermistors, photoresistors, and probes • DC analysis and a transient simulation that draws real waveforms • A single-channel oscilloscope with a 1-2-5 timebase, mean and peak-to-peak • Ten starter circuits, from a single loop to a MOSFET stage • Annotated zones for labelling parts of a circuit • Import and export as a file, and private iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A workspace on iPad with floating panels, an Apple Pencil and a pointer welcome, keyboard shortcuts, and a canvas-first layout on iPhone. Full VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast, and colour-blind indicators. Colour is never the only thing that carries meaning. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your circuits live on your device. iCloud sync, if you want it, uses your own private database, never an account of ours and never a shared server. Ohmira collects no data, contains no analytics, and tracks nothing. There is no backend to leak. FREE, AND WHAT IS NOT Ohmira is free, with no time limit and no cap on how many circuits you keep. The free app includes the whole editor, fifteen fundamental parts, the full DC simulation, iCloud sync, import and export, the first ten exercises, and six starter circuits. Ohmira Complete is one purchase, with no subscription and shared with your family. It adds the other 28 components, the remaining 20 exercises, and the oscilloscope. Ohmira is a teaching simulator, not a SPICE replacement: it is built to make circuits understandable, not to certify a design for manufacture.

Screenshots

Circuit Design3 screens
Ohmira4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Circuit Design at 17.0 against Ohmira's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Circuit Design sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Ohmira sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Circuit Design versus Ohmira: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircuit DesignOhmira
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTu Anh DoMewey

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Circuit Design

Subscriptions2
  • Circuit Design Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Circuit Design Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Circuit Design Premium Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Ohmira

One-time1
  • Ohmira Complete$8.99

Questions

Is Circuit Design free?
Circuit Design is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ohmira free?
Ohmira is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Circuit Design or Ohmira have ads?
Neither Circuit Design nor Ohmira shows ads.

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