Comparison

Digital Simulator bitGateLab vs DLD

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

Head to head
About

Digital Simulator bitGateLab

Features
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bitGateLab Digital is a digital electronics lab on your PC, phone or tablet: design a circuit with logic gates, watch it run live, get its truth table and Karnaugh map, check the timing diagram and build it on a 3D breadboard with step-by-step wiring. Everything works offline, with no account. DESIGN AND SIMULATE • AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR and buffer gates; inputs, switches, push buttons, DIP banks, LEDs, LED strips and bar graphs, 7- and 16-segment displays, buzzer. • Sequential logic: D, T, JK and SR flip-flops, clock, crystal, counters, 555 timer, word generator, serial monitor. • Components: multiplexers, buses, ROM and RAM, H-bridge, motor, optocoupler, registers. • Group any part of the circuit into a reusable block with its own pins. • Undo and redo, copy and paste, named and colored wires, grid and automatic fit. TRUTH TABLE AND KARNAUGH • Type a boolean equation or fill in the truth table and turn it into a circuit with one tap. • Karnaugh maps from 2 to 8 variables, with groupings, canonical form, minterms or maxterms. • Step-by-step simplification naming each law applied, NAND form and Verilog export. • From the circuit back to the truth table or the Karnaugh map. TIMING DIAGRAM • Every input combination as a binary counter, with the hex value of each cycle. • A and B probes to measure intervals, X and Z levels, slopes and propagation delay per logic family (TTL, CMOS...). • Export to PDF. 3D BREADBOARD • Your circuit becomes a real build on its own: 74-series chips, resistors, LEDs, switches and wires on one or more breadboards. • Step-by-step guide hole by hole (for example 44i → 12i), bill of materials and net list. • Move chips, LEDs and switches where you like, recolor wires, isolate a net or a single wire, undo and redo. • Labels on every input and LED, free rotation, zoom and image capture. MICROCONTROLLERS AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC • MCU51 (8051-compatible) and MCU14 (14-bit): program in C or assembly, assemble and single-step with registers, ports, timers, interrupts and UART. • 16V8, 20V8 and 22V10 PLDs: equations, fuse map and JEDEC file. • Ready-made examples: counters, blinkers, traffic lights, serial communication and more. SHARE AND SAVE • Save your circuits with version history; share them as a file, a link or a QR code. • Export images as SVG, PNG, JPEG, WebP or PDF, and code as Verilog. • Number systems calculator, two's complement and binary operations with flags. FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING • Reference of boolean algebra laws and theorems. • State table and state diagram of your sequential circuits. • Large-button interface, comfortable on PCs, phones and tablets; light and dark themes. • 16 languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), French, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hindi. PRIVACY No account, no cloud and no ads: your circuits are stored only on your device. Something not working? Settings → Report a problem sends your message with the app version, device model and a technical log, with no personal data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://juchabit.com/privacy-policy/

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DLD

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DLD is a digital logic design and circuits workbench for your phone. Drop gates onto the bench, wire them together, flip a switch, and watch the signal travel through the circuit in real time. Built for students working through a digital logic design course — and for anyone who wants to see Boolean algebra actually do something. BUILD ANYTHING • 28 components: switches, clocks, Vcc and ground, every standard gate, tri-state buffers, multiplexers, flip-flops, displays and probes • Gates take 2 to 8 inputs — one wide NAND instead of three cascaded ones • Tap a component to reach its settings: input count, clock speed, colour • A work bench far bigger than the screen, with pan, zoom and fit-to-circuit SEE IT WORKING • Current animates along every live wire, so you can follow a signal • LEDs, LED bars, 7-segment and hex displays light up as the circuit runs • A school bell that rings for as long as it has current • Logic probes read out 1 or 0 anywhere you wire one UNDERSTAND IT • Boolean equations written out from whatever you have drawn • A full truth table generated from your circuit, ready to copy out • Conflicting drivers on a net are flagged rather than quietly wrong • A tutorial section covering every gate symbol and its truth table KEEP YOUR WORK • Save and reopen as many circuits as you like • Undo and redo everything • Recolour wires, lamps and blocks however you want to read them COMPONENTS Switch · Clock · Vcc · GND · AND · OR · NOT · NAND · NOR · XOR · XNOR · Buffer · Tri-state buffer · Tri-state NOT · MUX · DEMUX · D flip-flop · T flip-flop · JK flip-flop · Virtual links · LED · LED bar · 7-segment · Hex display · Bell · Probe · Label PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-in. No analytics. No ads. Nothing leaves your device — your circuits are saved on the phone and nowhere else. The app works with no network connection at all.

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Digital Simulator bitGateLab4 screens
DLD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DLD at none against Digital Simulator bitGateLab's 3. DLD also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Digital Simulator bitGateLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DLD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Digital Simulator bitGateLab versus DLD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Simulator bitGateLabDLD
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRUBEN ESTRADA MARMOLEJOMuhammad Rafhan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Digital Simulator bitGateLab

Subscriptions2
  • bitGateLab Digital Monthly$1.991 Month
  • bitGateLab Digital Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • bitGateLab Digital Lifetime$29.99
None

DLD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digital Simulator bitGateLab free?
Digital Simulator bitGateLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DLD free?
DLD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Digital Simulator bitGateLab or DLD have ads?
Digital Simulator bitGateLab shows ads; DLD does not.

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