Comparison

Inventioneers vs CircuitLab Designer

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

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About

Inventioneers

Unleash creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and educators.

Highlights
  • Create custom inventions
  • Learn physics concepts
  • Use tiny helper characters
  • Solve pre-made inventions
  • Share creations with friends
  • Classroom sharing option
Features
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! ONE TIME FEE TO BUY THE FULL VERSION To make it easier for families to try the game before buying, we have implemented a one time fee to buy the full game. There are no recurring in app purchases or consumables. It is important for us to protect the integrity of the children. Features in the free version: • First chapter with 15 inventions • The first Inventioneer - "Windy" • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • 50+ different objects to use in the inventions • Share up to 4 inventions with your friends! The full version (purchase: one time fee): • 7 more chapters with a total of 105 new inventions! • 50+ new objects • 18 characters that you can help • 7 more Inventioneers with unique features - "Blaze", "Bunny", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie" Family Sharing Note! You can't share IAPs with other members in your family. Please download the full version of Inventioneers instead.

About

CircuitLab Designer

Learn electrical circuits through interactive building challenges. Instantly visualize current flow and understand concepts like series and parallel connections. This app offers a clean, offline experience with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive circuit-building challenges
  • Real-time visual feedback
  • Learn series and parallel connections
  • Understand circuit logic
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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CircuitLab Designer is an interactive educational app for learning electrical circuits through hands-on challenges. Build circuits, connect components, toggle switches, and instantly see how current flows. Each level presents a clear goal that helps you understand core concepts like series and parallel connections, switches, and circuit logic. Features: • Interactive circuit-building challenges • Real-time visual feedback • Clean and intuitive interface • No accounts, no tracking, no ads • Works fully offline Designed for students, hobbyists, and anyone curious about how electrical circuits work.

Screenshots

Inventioneers4 screens
CircuitLab Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inventioneers at Free against CircuitLab Designer's $2.99. Inventioneers also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (321 vs 1). CircuitLab Designer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On ads 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

Inventioneers is free to download; CircuitLab Designer costs $2.99 up front. Inventioneers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CircuitLab Designer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inventioneers holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inventioneers has 321 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventioneers ships an update monthly, CircuitLab Designer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Inventioneers versus CircuitLab Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventioneersCircuitLab Designer
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (321 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings321 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilimundus ABKRASMIROV KANEV

Customer experience

Inventioneers

All ratings317 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews388 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative16.5%

CircuitLab Designer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Inventioneers

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not saving properly
  • Crashes when trying to purchase full version
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free levels and content
  • Ability to save custom levels
  • Faster download speeds
  • Improved level editor tools

CircuitLab Designer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Inventioneers

One-time2
  • Open up!$0.99
  • Full Version$4.99
None

CircuitLab Designer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inventioneers free?
Inventioneers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CircuitLab Designer free?
CircuitLab Designer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inventioneers or CircuitLab Designer?
Inventioneers is rated higher. Inventioneers averages 4.3 out of 5 from 321 ratings, while CircuitLab Designer averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Inventioneers or CircuitLab Designer have ads?
Neither Inventioneers nor CircuitLab Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventioneers or CircuitLab Designer?
Inventioneers ships an update monthly, and CircuitLab Designer weekly. Most recently, Inventioneers was updated on October 22, 2026 and CircuitLab Designer on October 17, 2026.

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