L.E.D. Lab vs Electronics Engineer Helper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
L.E.D. Lab
Create dynamic visual experiences for LED displays without custom programming. Animate images, videos, and particles, and synchronize them with music or external audio inputs. Ideal for artists, designers, and hobbyists looking to add animated color to various projects.
- Create and animate scenes with images, videos, and camera feeds
- Animate particle color, velocity, and brightness for LED strips
- Synchronize visuals with music from your library
- Audio reactivity for parameter control
- External control via MIDI, DMX, ArtNet, OSC
- Color keying and tiling for advanced compositing
- Supports various LED controllers and external monitors
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L.E.D. Lab is the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to drive your LED display! Custom programming is no longer required to get up-and-running. It is ideal for artists, professional display designers, architects, VJs, lighting designers, hobbyists, and anyone wanting to add a little animated color to their sculpture, art car, home, business or wardrobe. L.E.D. Lab allows you to create a list of Scenes, which can be played back in order or shuffled. There are currently two kinds of Scenes: ● Pictures Scene - A montage of still images, videos, and live camera feeds is designed. The position, velocity, rotation, size, and coloring of each picture can be animated. You can use your own photos and videos, and the iPad camera. Rendering to odd-shaped displays is made possible with photographically-generated map files. ● Strips Scene - Particles of color are sent down each strip. The velocity, hue, saturation, and brightness of each particle can be animated. Other features include: ● Music - Create lists of Tracks. Each track plays a song from your music library, along with any number of Scenes. You can elaborately choreograph a song, or let the Scenes play in random order. ● Audio Reactivity - Any animatable parameter may be controlled by the amplitude of audio in a specified frequency range. ● External Control - Any animatable parameter may be controlled by MIDI, DMX, ArtNet, or OSC. ● Color Keying - An image, video file, or live video feed can be made selectively transparent, making it easy to mix in with other images. ● Tiling - Any image, video file, or live video feed can be tiled in any or all directions, with adjustable spacing and fade-out. ● Display Modes - Editing can be performed with or without the LEDs connected. The editing UI can also be hidden, allowing operation in a "kiosk" mode. So what kind of LED display can you make with L.E.D. Lab? Some Examples: http://ledlabs.co Any iOS device can be used to play Scene Lists. An iPad is best for full editing. L.E.D. Lab works with the following LED controllers: ● PixelPusher (our favorite) ● Art-Net ● sACN ● DDP/Minleon/TekLights ● RGB-123 ● FadeCandy/FCServer ● OpenPixel It can also display to an external monitor or projector, serving as a VJ app. Extensive help information is provided for the rich user-interface: ● Help Explorer - Displays help text for any knob, slider, button, popup, list, or view inside a magnifying glass you drag around the screen. (See this in the last screen shot.) ● Help Topics - Little chapters to read about some of the more detailed functionalities. ● Help Tutorials
Electronics Engineer Helper
This app provides a comprehensive suite of calculators and reference tools for electronics enthusiasts and professionals. It includes features for component identification, circuit calculations, and electrical property analysis, aiding in both study and practical work.
- Datasheet search
- Resistor color code calculator
- Electronic schematic symbols
- Pinouts guide
- Ohm's law calculator
- AWG converter
- Unit converter
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Digital toolbox for electronics engineers and electricians. Calculators and references for beginners and professionals — for work, study, DIY, and repair. Used by over 100,000 users. Completely ad-free. Included tools: • Datasheet search • Equivalent parts search (cross reference for transistors, diodes and ICs) • Resistor color and digit marking (4, 5 and 6 band color code; 2 symbols, 3/4 digit and EIA-96 code SMD resistors code) • Electronic schematic symbols (IEC 60617, IEEE 315 and GOST standards) • Pinouts of connectors and interfaces (USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, VGA, Thunderbolt, Apple Lightning and 30-pin, SATA, PCI Express and M.2, Ethernet RJ45 with PoE, RJ11/RJ14/RJ25, RS-232/422/485, IEEE 1394 FireWire, ATX, computer fans, SD card, audio jack, RCA, MIDI, XLR, PS/2, D-sub, SMEMA) • Pinouts of boards and microcontrollers (Raspberry Pi and Pico, Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266, STM32 Nucleo, Teensy, Orange Pi, RADXA Rock Pi, LubanCat, Flipper Zero, ATmega and ATtiny) • Ohm's law calculator • AWG converter (wire diameter, cross-section area, resistance and maximum current) • Resistor for LED • Voltage divider • Wheatstone bridge (output voltage or unknown resistance, current and power of every arm) • Capacitor code • Capacitor markings • Capacitor ESR tables • Frequency response curve calculation of passive filters (RC, RL, RLC, LC) • Inductor color code • Air-core coil calculator (inductance or number of turns of a single-layer solenoid) • Ideal transformer (winding turns, voltages and currents) • Linear current regulator • SMD packages list • Reactance • PCB trace resistance • Active, apparent and reactive power • RMS converter (peak, RMS and peak-to-peak values for seven waveform shapes) • 555 waveform generator • Operational amplifiers • RLC circuit • Number conversion • Unit converter • Cable voltage drop • Battery life (runtime of a battery pack, with discharge curve) • NTC thermistor resistance • Logic gates • RC circuit • Decibels calculator • 25-pair cable color code • Fuse color marking Additionally, by purchasing the PRO version of the app, you will get access to additional tools: • SMD components marking codes • Diodes color code (Pro Electron, JEDEC and JIS-C-7012 standards) • Linear voltage regulator • Resistor value to color or SMD code marking converter • Voltage rectifier • Series or parallel electrical components' connection calculator • Diode voltage drop • Minimum PCB trace width • Analog to digital conversion • Attenuators • 4-20 mA signal converter • Thermocouple calculator • Resistance thermometer • Buck switching voltage regulator • Wire resistance • Zener diode regulator (Zener diode and series resistor selection from a catalogue of 438 parts) • Load cell (bridge output voltage to weight, force, pressure or torque) • BJT voltage divider biasing • Transformer turns per volt (from core area, flux density and frequency) • Junction temperature (with or without a heatsink, power derating curve) • Solar string dimensioning (minimum voltage and current ratings for a PV array) • Solar cable and fuse selection (NEC and IEC rules) • 555 astable generator with variable duty cycle • NTC thermistor in a voltage divider and with an ADC input Privacy Policy: https://www.eehelper.app/ios/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.eehelper.app/ios/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: L.E.D. Lab at free against Electronics Engineer Helper's free with in-app purchases. L.E.D. Lab also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Electronics Engineer Helper's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (436 vs 15). On price, ads, 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. L.E.D. Lab sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Electronics Engineer Helper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.89 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Electronics Engineer Helper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Electronics Engineer Helper has 436 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of L.E.D. Lab's written reviews are positive against 98% of Electronics Engineer Helper's.
L.E.D. Lab ships an update every 4 months, Electronics Engineer Helper monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | L.E.D. Lab | Electronics Engineer Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) | 4.8 (436 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 97.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 436 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Christopher Schardt | Rostyslav Dovhaliuk |
Customer experience
L.E.D. Lab
Electronics Engineer Helper
Bugs and requests
L.E.D. Lab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Electronics Engineer Helper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect resistor color code display for some values
- In-app purchase option not working for some users
Requested features
5 requests- Add more circuit schematics and examples
- Include ASCII code to decimal, hex, and octal conversion
- Expand the pinout section with more details
- Add active filter (RC, RL, RLC, LC) calculators
- Include digital to analog converter, transistor, and transformer calculators
In-app purchases
L.E.D. Lab
- Live Microphone$9.99
- Live Video$9.99
- LED Display$19.99
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- External Control$19.99
- Music$19.99
- External Screen$39.99
- Authoring$49.99
- LED Artist Pack$59.99
- VJ Pack$79.99
- Advanced Mapping$84.99
- Everything Pack$209.99
Electronics Engineer Helper
- 1 Year Subscription1 Month trial$4.891 Year
- Lifetime PRO Version$12.49
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