Comparison

DC Circuit Builder vs Circuit

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

Head to head
About

DC Circuit Builder

Design, build, and test DC circuits with realistic component behavior. Visualize charge flow and power dissipation. Ideal for students and educators to grasp fundamental electrical concepts.

Highlights
  • Design series, parallel, and compound circuits
  • Visualize charge flow
  • Realistic voltmeters and ammeters
  • Voltage displayed on circuit nodes
  • Bulb brightness indicates power dissipation
Features
Read full description

Design, build, and test circuits on your iPhone or iPad for free! "So that's how parallel circuits work!" - Physics student From Nerd Island Studios, LLC the creators of the top-rated "Step2Step Physics - Mechanics" for the iPad, comes an easy-to-use DC circuit builder: • Build and test series, parallel, and compound circuits • Visible charges flow through the circuit components • Voltmeters and ammeters behave like the real thing • Voltages are shown right on the circuit nodes • Bulbs glow brighter according to the amount of power they are dissipating Tested by high school teachers and students, DC Circuit Builder meets the need for a simple classroom tool to show students the basics of current and voltage, as well as the proper use of voltmeters and ammeters. www.nerdislandstudios.com

About

Circuit

Design, analyze, and solve electrical circuits with this comprehensive tool. It supports various circuit types, simplifies complex networks step-by-step, and includes educational resources on electrical laws and formulas. Save and share your designs locally.

Highlights
  • Design and analyze electrical circuits
  • Simplify complex resistor, capacitor, and inductor networks
  • Convert delta to wye and vice versa
  • Convert current to voltage sources and vice versa
  • Design or find resistor values
  • Step-by-step simplification visualization
  • Educational study tab with electrical laws and formulas
Features
Read full description

The CircuitDesign is a feature rich app designed by an engineer. This app allows the creative smart people like you to design, draw, analyse, simplify and solve electrical circuits. You can design, draw, solve and simplify resistor-network, solve capacitor-network, solve inductor-circuit. You can design, draw, solve and simplify parallell circuit diagrams, series circuit diagrams, delta/wye circuit diagrams and any combinations of these. You can convert delta to wye and wye - delta network You can convert current source to voltage source or voltage source to current source You can design your own resistor (3,4,5 or 6 band resistor) or find the value for existing resistor You can even share your creativity with other people. Save the diagram locally. Do you have a complex network involving any combinations of parallell network, series network, delta/wye network? Fantastic. You can simplify this network and see how its done step by step so you can learn how to simplify networks. You can go back all the way to original network to see how the simplification was done. Simply stated, view simplification steps graphically. Keeps the historical diagram so that you can go back and verify each step. You can also share the simplification steps or save it locally. It automatically saves your hard work locally on your device so you can come back and pick up from where you left off as your great effort of drawing diagrams and simplifying/solving it will not be lost. Are you a high school student learning electricity? This is the app for you. Are you a university student learning electrical engineering? This is the app for you. There is also a page to help you study. This study tab teaches you some very important laws of electricity and important formula. Like Ohm, law, Kirchhoff's volgate law, Kirchhoff's current law, There is also a page to help you learn now to use this app. This is a perfect app for a creative smart individual like you. This is an app for all student groups. From high school to college to university students. Be creative. Enjoy the app!

Screenshots

DC Circuit Builder4 screens
Circuit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DC Circuit Builder at 50% against Circuit's 0%. DC Circuit Builder also leads on rating (2.6 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DC Circuit Builder holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DC Circuit Builder has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of DC Circuit Builder's written reviews are positive against 0% of Circuit's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DC Circuit Builder versus Circuit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDC Circuit BuilderCircuit
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (26 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better2
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNerd Island Studios, LLCOm Prakash Chapagain

Customer experience

DC Circuit Builder

All ratings26 ratings
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.8%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative44.4%

Circuit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

DC Circuit Builder

No in-app purchases

None

Circuit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DC Circuit Builder free?
DC Circuit Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circuit free?
Circuit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DC Circuit Builder or Circuit?
DC Circuit Builder is rated higher. DC Circuit Builder averages 2.6 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Circuit averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do DC Circuit Builder or Circuit have ads?
Circuit shows ads; DC Circuit Builder does not.

Other comparisons