Gerber Viewer vs VeinScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Gerber Viewer
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The Ultimate Mobile PCB & Gerber File Inspector. Whether you are a hardware engineer, an electronics hobbyist, or a manufacturer, Gerber Viewer provides a desktop-grade experience for opening, inspecting, and verifying your printed circuit board designs directly on your iPhone or iPad. No need to wait until you are at your computer. Open both native CAD PCB layouts and manufacturing Gerber files instantly from your email, cloud storage, or local files. Key Features: Instant ZIP Archive Support: Simply open a .zip bundle of your design! The app automatically decompresses the archive and intelligently matches all layers for you. Advanced Layer Management: Toggle specific layers on and off effortlessly. Isolate copper traces, solder masks, silkscreen layers, and board outlines. Precise Measurement Tools: Check clearances, pad distances, and trace widths on the go with high-precision measurement tools. Smooth Render Engine: Built for speed. Experience fluid zooming, panning, and rendering of complex, high-density multi-layer boards without lag. Secure & Offline: Your designs are safe. All file rendering happens locally on your device, keeping your intellectual property completely secure and accessible offline. Comprehensive File Support: Our robust engine is designed to recognize and render all standard EDA exports automatically: Gerber Files (PCB Layer Artwork): General Gerber: .gbr, .ger Copper Layers: .gtl, .gbl, .cmp, .sol Silkscreen Layers: .gto, .gbo, .plc, .pls Soldermask Layers: .gts, .gbs, .stc, .sts, .st, .sb Board Outline / Keep-out: .gko, .gm1, .gm2, .gml, .profile, .outline, .cut, .out Layer Aliases: .top, .bottom, .bot, .ts, .bs Excellon Drill Files (CNC Holes): Supports: .drl, .txt, .xln, .tap, .drd, .drill, .pth, .npth Gerber ZIP Archives: Direct import of .zip files containing any of the Gerber and Drill files listed above with automatic layer matching! Premium Subscriptions & Plans: Unlock the full power of Gerber Viewer with our flexible premium plans designed to fit your production and engineering workflow. Choose the plan that best suits your needs: Weekly Subscription: $2.99 / week โ Perfect for quick project checks and short-term manufacturing reviews. Monthly Subscription: $4.99 / month โ Ideal for active hardware developers and engineering students. Yearly Subscription: $19.99 / year โ Best value for professionals, offering full year-round access at a massive discount. Note: Payments will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew 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 can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Apple ID Account Settings at any time after purchase. Legal & Privacy: Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/gerber-terms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/gerber-policies/home
VeinScan
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VeinScan turns your iPhone camera into a live vein visualiser. It analyses every frame, recombines the colour channels into a narrow synthetic wavelength band, and boosts local contrast - so the veins beneath the skin stand out clearly on screen. HOW IT WORKS A camera sees the world through wide red, green and blue channels. VeinScan mixes those channels into a much narrower band that you tune yourself, anywhere from 500 to 1000 nm. It then flattens uneven lighting, applies adaptive local contrast enhancement, and filters out fine hair, leaving a high-contrast live map of the vessels under the skin. PIN IT IN PLACE WITH AR Found a good view? Tap ANCHOR and the enhanced image is pinned in 3D space, right over the arm. Built on ARKit - and on the LiDAR scanner where the device has one - the anchored image stays locked in position while you move the phone around it and look from another angle. Optional hand tracking follows the limb if it shifts. FEATURES - Live spectral enhancement, tunable from 500 to 1000 nm - Four view modes: Normal, Spectrum, Inverse and Vessels - Adjustable bandwidth, contrast, illumination flattening and hair filtering - AR anchoring - pin the enhanced image in 3D space and walk around it - Hand tracking keeps anchors aligned when the limb moves - LiDAR depth and surface fitting on supported devices - Exposure bracketing for steady shots - Torch control, freeze frame, zoom and adjustable overlay opacity - Collapsible control panel for a full-screen preview - English and Hungarian PLEASE READ VeinScan is an experimental visualisation tool. It is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, measure or treat anything, and it is not intended for any clinical or diagnostic use. What you see is a contrast-enhanced camera image, and how well it works depends a great deal on lighting, skin tone and which iPhone you are using. Never rely on it for a medical decision. PRIVACY Everything runs on the device. VeinScan has no account, needs no network connection, and never collects, stores or transmits your images or any personal data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VeinScan at none against Gerber Viewer's 3. Gerber Viewer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Gerber Viewer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. VeinScan asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Gerber Viewer | VeinScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CODIGITAL SOLUTIONS | Peter Molnar |
In-app purchases
Gerber Viewer
- Pro Access$2.997 Days
- Pro Access$4.991 Month
- Pro Access$19.991 Year
VeinScan
No in-app purchases
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