PlasmidViewer Pro vs Plasmid editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
PlasmidViewer Pro
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PlasmidViewer is a fast, native plasmid map viewer for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Open a sequence and see it the way you do in SnapGene or Benchling ā as a circular map, a linear map, or an annotated sequence, with restriction sites, features, labels, ORFs and a ruler you can show or hide from a single View sidebar. Built for molecular biologists, students and ehtusiasts, it reads the file formats you already use and renders them cleanly on every screen size, with no account to create and nothing to upload to a third-party server. VIEW YOUR PLASMIDS ⢠Circular, linear and annotated-sequence maps ⢠A SnapGene-style "View" sidebar to show or hide enzymes, features, labels, ruler and ORFs ⢠Pinch to zoom and pan anywhere on the map ⢠Select features and restriction sites to inspect them RESTRICTION-ENZYME ANALYSIS ⢠Full restriction-enzyme analysis over a bundled REBASE-style catalog ⢠Scope the map to an enzyme set, or show and hide individual enzymes ⢠See cut positions directly on the circular and linear maps OPEN THE FORMATS YOU ALREADY USE ⢠SnapGene binary (.dna) ⢠GenBank (.gb / .gbk) ⢠FASTA (.fa / .fasta) ⢠Raw sequences ⢠Export back to .dna YOUR LIBRARY, BACKED UP TO ICLOUD ⢠Save plasmids to your personal library ⢠Backup and sync through your own private iCloud (CloudKit) ⢠Your sequences stay in your iCloud account ā we never collect or see them TRY IT FREE The bundled example plasmid is always free to open and explore, so you can see exactly how the maps and enzyme analysis work before subscribing. SUBSCRIPTION Opening, importing, saving and iCloud backup require PlasmidViewer Pro, an auto-renewable subscription at $19.99/month. One subscription activates the app on one device at a time; you can move the active device any time from Manage Devices inside the app. ⢠Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. ⢠The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. ⢠Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Questions or feedback? Get in touch from the Support link below. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.biostudio.app/plasmidviewerpro/privacy/
Plasmid editor
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Import a SnapGene, GenBank or FASTA file. Every element is matched against the bases rather than trusted from the label, and each one is marked with how it was established: confirmed by exact sequence match, taken from the file's own annotation, or predicted from structure alone. 1. FOUR EDITS Replace the promoter. Add a gene. Remove a gene. Swap a part. Each one produces a finished construct, the Gibson assembly plan, and primers with melting temperatures. Homology arms extend until they are unique, so repeated sequence does not produce an ambiguous junction. Every design is re-assembled in silico before it is issued: if the product does not come back identical, you do not get the plan. 2. DESIGNS THAT WOULD HAVE FAILED QUIETLY A cargo in a FLEX or DIO cassette is stored antisense. Paste a normally written coding sequence into those coordinates and it goes in backwards. The app works out the required orientation from the cassette architecture and places it correctly. An annotated CDS is often only part of a longer reading frame. Replace just the annotated piece and your new gene inherits whatever sat in front of it ā tags, targeting motifs, linkers - as an N-terminal fusion. The app reads upstream in frame, names what it finds, and offers to remove it. 3. PACKAGING SIZE, BEFORE YOU ORDER The ITR-to-ITR genome is measured and compared against the real limit for AAV, self-complementary AAV, lentivirus or adenovirus. When a design is too large, you get specific reductions with the base pairs each one saves and what it costs you. 4. PROMOTERS AND CAPSIDS Sixteen promoters covering neurons, astrocytes, hepatocytes, cardiomyocytes and ubiquitous expression. Each was read out of a publicly deposited plasmid map and carries the Addgene number and the exact coordinates it came from. They are exactly what that deposit contains - not sequence written from memory. A capsid guide pairs cell types with AAV serotypes, each with the caveat that matters. 5. EXPORT GenBank, SnapGene, or FASTA. Annotations, strands and topology survive the first two; FASTA is bases only, and the app says so before you pick it. 6. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No analytics. No advertising. Your vectors stay on your device. The app works offline; the one exception is an optional NCBI lookup when you type an accession, which sends nothing but that accession. 7. COMPANION APP Gene Search, free, finds genes and accessions in NCBI and hands them straight to this app. Gene Editing is a design aid. Every construct is a prediction from the sequence you supplied, and predictions can be wrong - most often because the file's own annotations were wrong. Verify every junction by sequencing before you rely on a construct.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PlasmidViewer Pro at Free against Plasmid editor's $1.99. Plasmid editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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PlasmidViewer Pro is free to download; Plasmid editor costs $1.99 up front. PlasmidViewer Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Plasmid editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PlasmidViewer Pro | Plasmid editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free ā better | $1.99 |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MARTIN WILLIAMS | young-Hwan Jo |
In-app purchases
PlasmidViewer Pro
- PlasmidViewer Pro (Monthly)$19.991 Month
- PlasmidViewer Pro (Yearly)$129.991 Year
Plasmid editor
No in-app purchases





