Learn Electronics & Arduino vs Perfboard Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn Electronics & Arduino
Learn electronics and Arduino programming through interactive lessons and simulations on your phone. Build real projects with no prior experience or hardware needed. Covers fundamentals to advanced projects with guided labs and quizzes.
- Interactive 3D circuit simulations
- Built-in Arduino sketch editor and interpreter
- 124 lessons across 4 learning worlds
- 52 hands-on guided labs
- Offline functionality
- Multi-language support
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Learn Electronics & Arduino takes you from absolute zero to building real Arduino, ESP32 and Raspberry Pi projects: no prior experience and no hardware required. It is electronics for beginners that keeps going long after the basics: try every idea before you buy an Arduino starter kit, or practice with the kit you already have. Everything runs on your phone. Write real Arduino sketches in the built-in code editor and watch them run on an interactive 3D board that reacts live: blink LEDs, read sensors, drive servos and motors, and play tones, all simulated on-device. WHAT YOU GET • Step-by-step lessons that start with basic electronics and grow into complete Arduino projects • Hands-on labs, each with a guided task and a model solution • A built-in Arduino simulator that runs your code instantly: no compiler, no cables • A circuit builder Playground to wire up components and experiment CIRCUIT SIMULATOR AND PLAYGROUND Drag parts onto a virtual breadboard, wire them up and press Run. Resistors, LEDs, buttons, potentiometers, sensors, servos and motors behave the way they would on your desk, and a wiring check and power budget point out mistakes as you build. ESP32 AND RASPBERRY PI Switch the Playground to an ESP32 board (Pro), shown in 3D with its own pins, PWM, analog inputs, touch and a simulated radio. Or open the Pi Playground: an empty Raspberry Pi that is all yours. Wire parts, write Python, and find your build saved next time. BENCH: 33 TOOLS FOR REAL BUILDS • Calculators: resistor color code, Ohm's law, LED resistor, voltage divider, capacitor code, RC time, 555 timer, PWM and more • Design helpers: regulator, op-amp gain, filter, transistor and MOSFET switch, PCB trace width • Reference: Arduino and IC pinouts, component pinouts, SMD codes, logic gates, wire gauge, unit converter • Code snippets and an Arduino function reference Resistor color code, Ohm's law, LED resistor, pinouts and snippets are free; Pro unlocks the full Bench. TOPICS YOU WILL COVER • Basic electronics: voltage, current, resistance, Ohm's law, voltage dividers, series and parallel circuits • Components: resistors, capacitors, diodes, LEDs and RGB LEDs, transistors, MOSFETs, relays and buzzers • Measuring: how to read a circuit with a multimeter and find what is wrong • Arduino programming: digital and analog pins, PWM, timing, the serial monitor and debugging • Sensors and input: buttons, potentiometers, joysticks, ultrasonic distance and temperature sensors • Motion: servos, DC motors with an H-bridge, stepper motors and encoders • Displays and buses: LCD screens and I²C • Digital electronics: logic gates and how a microcontroller makes decisions • Making it real: breadboard layout, power, and soldering basics PROJECTS, CHALLENGES AND THE FAULT BENCH Follow story projects that turn lessons into things you would actually build, take on daily challenges, and track down broken circuits on the Fault Bench, the fastest way to learn how to debug. SHARE WITH OTHER MAKERS Share the circuits you build, open circuits other makers made, press Run and make them yours. CERTIFICATE (PRO) Pass the exam and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link, ready for your CV or LinkedIn. FOR EVERYONE Whether you are a complete beginner, a hobbyist, an electrical engineering or physics student, a teacher looking for a hands-on classroom tool, or a maker brushing up the fundamentals, the lessons meet you where you are and grow with you. 10 LANGUAGES Available in English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. Learn Electronics & Arduino Pro unlocks every world, lab, the ESP32 board and the full Bench. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://coddykit.com/terms/privacy-policy
Perfboard Lab
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Understand electronics by trying it out: Perfboard Lab turns your iPhone, iPad or Mac with Apple silicon into an electronics lab. Build a circuit and switch on the power. Right away you see what happens: LEDs light up, buzzers beep, motors turn and hum. And if your maths was off: it smokes, it sparks and the part burns out – without any real damage. SEE WHAT HAPPENS, INSTANTLY • Every change is computed instantly with real physics • Overloaded parts smoke in four levels until they burn out • The analysis explains in plain words what is wrong: an LED the wrong way round, a missing series resistor, a short circuit, an open circuit MEASURE LIKE IN A REAL LAB • Multimeter: voltage, current and power at every part • Oscilloscope: voltage and current over time OVER 20 REAL PARTS • DC voltage source, AC source, current source and breadboard power supply • Resistors, potentiometers, ceramic and electrolytic capacitors, inductors, switches • Diodes and Zener diodes, NPN and PNP transistors, N- and P-channel MOSFETs, relays, op-amps, voltage regulators and Timer NE555 • LEDs in six colours, an incandescent lamp, a buzzer with a real tone and a motor whose hum matches its turning • Real characteristics as in a parts catalogue, each with a short explanation JUST LIKE ON THE WORKBENCH • Draw wires with the pen – straight wires with bends and branches • Perfboard, with Perfboard Lab Pro also stripboard with cuttable strips and breadboard as used with Arduino • Copy parts with all their values; text labels annotate your circuit • Real 2.54 mm grid: what fits in the app fits on the real board • Bill of materials with every part and the length of every wire • With Perfboard Lab Pro you see your circuit in the 3D view: real parts on the board that you turn, tilt and measure PERFECT FOR SCHOOL AND CLASS • A guided tutorial builds your first circuit with you • AI-assisted tasks and explanations in Perfboard Lab Pro: tasks that suit your level, explanations step by step on the board. • Lots of ready-made examples: from an LED with a series resistor to logic circuits, transistors and op-amps • The interactive formula collection adapts to your circuit: with the power on, every worked example calculates with the measured values of your parts and shows where each number comes from. • Teachers pass their default settings on to the whole class as a file FOR EVERYONE • For iPhone, iPad and Macs with Apple silicon • In many languages and usable with VoiceOver and Voice Control • No ads, no tracking FREE The perfboard with almost all parts and their examples, text labels, the instruments and the simulation are free. A circuit can have up to 7 parts. Your circuit is kept automatically. PERFBOARD LAB PRO With “Perfboard Lab Pro” you save as many circuits as you like and keep working on the same circuit on iPhone, iPad and Mac. You export them as PDF with a bill of materials and share them with others. Plus circuits with more than 7 parts, op-amp, voltage regulator, Timer NE555, motor, Zener diode and current source with their examples, the stripboard and the breadboard with their examples, AI-assisted tasks and explanations, and the 3D view. • Try it free for 3 days, then a weekly subscription. The App Store shows the price in your currency before you buy. • The subscription renews automatically every week unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. You can cancel at any time in your Apple Account settings under “Subscriptions”. • Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy policy: https://pascalschroeer.github.io/PerfboardLab_PrivacyPolicy/ Legal notice: https://pascalschroeer.github.io/PerfboardLab_PrivacyPolicy/#legal-notice
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Perfboard Lab at none against Learn Electronics & Arduino's shown. Learn Electronics & Arduino's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Learn Electronics & Arduino sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Perfboard Lab sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Learn Electronics & Arduino ships an update every 6 days, Perfboard Lab every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn Electronics & Arduino | Perfboard Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MEHMET CANKER (TR) | Pascal Schroeer |
In-app purchases
Learn Electronics & Arduino
- Electronics Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Electronics Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
Perfboard Lab
- Perfboard Lab Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
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