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Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD is #182 in Graphics & Design Free in Indonesia and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CategoryGraphics & Design
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (2)
Version1.14.5
Age rating4+
First seen by us
8 Oct 2026
8 Oct 2026Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD update history & changes
Last change · 9 events since 13 Sep 2026Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 1.14.5📦Now updating weekly🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 9 events
- 📦Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD updated to version 1.14.5• Every plan limit now shows the way past it. The locked timelapse watermark, the pinned-exports limit and the warning that a new export will replace an older one now open the plan that lifts the limit.
- 📦Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD updated to version 1.14.2• Long editing sessions are saved to the end. After the 200th change in one visit to a board, every later edit was drawn but never saved. An exact angle typed after turning a selection is now saved too.
• Edits are saved again after the app reconnects. When the app confirmed your sign-in late (on a slow connection, or after opening without one), or another device's change arrived while you were editing, every edit after that was drawn but never saved, and was gone the next time the board opened.
• Deleted pads no longer come back after a phone call or an app switch, pads you changed no longer go back to their old shape, and a group made after an Undo is no longer saved empty.
• A pad placed on the end of a track stays locked to it, and Unlock in the locked-track dialog sticks once the board is saved.
• A Done key for the iPhone's number keyboard: a bar above it has Done, arrows to the previous and next field, and a ± key wherever a value can be negative. Tapping outside a field, or scrolling the panel, also applies the value and puts the keyboard away.
• Starting an airwire from a pad lights up the airwires it already has, so you can see which one to draw again to remove it.… more - ✏️Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD: app got smaller61 MB → 54 MB (-12%)
- 📦Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD updated to version 1.13.17• Photoview: see your board as the fab will make it, one side at a time, in the solder mask color you will order (green, purple, red, yellow, blue, white or black), with HASL, ENIG or OSP on the exposed copper and white or black silkscreen. Open it from Tools, or with Preview in the Gerber export.
• Solder mask: Board Settings has a Solder mask section (how far each opening reaches past its copper, the narrowest mask strip, whether vias are covered), a pad can have its own expansion, the solder mask layers show where the mask is open, and the design rule check warns where the mask between two pads is too narrow.
• Type an exact rotation: tap the rotation handle and type the angle, or pick a preset. A ↺ | ↻ switch shows which way it turns, and a part whose pins sit on the grid lands on the grid again.
• Edit a footprint's pads without ungrouping it: the Pads row in its panel lists them by pin number, to rename or renumber them or put them on a net.
• 43 new footprints, among them 18 mechanical keyboard switches (Cherry MX, Kailh Choc, Gateron low profile). The TO-92, TO-3 and DO-201 footprints now fit their parts.
• Smoother and lighter on iPhone and iPad: a two-finger zoom draws the board from one picture, the design rule check takes about a second on an iPhone 8 instead of 17 and no longer freezes the editor, KiCad boards with copper pours open and edit quickly, and the app uses less memory.
• Gerber export: rounded pads keep their shape, pads come out at their real size, cut-outs and slots reach the fab, and exposed copper and holes are no longer under the mask. Export your Gerbers again for any board you have not had made yet.… more - 📦Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD updated to version 1.13.14• Array duplicate is free on every plan. On iPhone it opens as a sheet at the bottom of the screen with the board still in view, so you see the copies change as you type.
• Finishing a track works again: while you draw, the buttons above the board show the check mark to finish and the arrow that removes the last segment. Every point you have placed is now marked, so you can see where the track bends.
• Busy boards are smoother: selecting, panning, placing parts and routing tracks redraw only what changed, and tools respond the moment you tap them. An editor you are not touching no longer redraws the screen, which saves battery.
• The app opens faster, the footprint library uses about 100 MB less memory, and the library and Share & export open faster. The PDF export screen no longer freezes while it redraws its preview.
• Imports: text, board outlines and cut-outs now come in from Eagle and Sprint-Layout boards; Eagle boards come in at their real size; Sprint-Layout 5 boards (.lay) open; and pads, vias, copper pours and silkscreen come in the way Eagle, Sprint-Layout and KiCad draw them.
• Panning stops when your finger stops.… more - 🆕Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD first spotted by AppInsider#59 in Top Free · Graphics & Design · Indonesia
- 📦Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD version 1.13.11• Now in Spanish, French, Korean, Turkish and Italian — every screen. Pick the language in Settings, or let the app follow your iPhone. An iPhone set to Filipino now gets the Filipino app too.
• Unsaved changes survive a crash. If the app closes before your latest changes are saved, it offers them back the next time you open it.
• Typing never hides the field any more: on an iPad in landscape the footprint search stays above the keyboard, and on an iPhone held sideways panels and dialogs open full screen.
• 147 new footprints — the library now holds 2,960 parts — including every USB connector in KiCad's library and Espressif's official ESP32 and ESP8266 modules. The USB, ESP32-WROOM-32 and ESP-12F pads now match the real parts: place them again before you order a board.
• KiCad boards import the way KiCad draws them, from KiCad 4 to today, and a KiCad ground pour no longer covers every pad.
• Footprint search finds more of what people type: KiCad names, order codes, "18dip", "100μF".
• Fixed: Sign in with Apple could stop working for good after an interrupted sign-in; the copper pour could cover a track; Modify together could pull a pin out of its part; and the Gerber export no longer tells iPhone and iPad users to use the web app.… more - 🆕Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
5.0 ★
2 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#182
Graphics & Design FreeMeasured
Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD on the App Store
App details
App ID
6799526213
Publisher
Protoboard Designer Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag
On the store since
Sep 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
57 MB
Where Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | Graphics & DesignFree | #182 |
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
2 ratings
Measured
Ratings
2
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
5.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
43/100
faster than 39% of Graphics & Design apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD
Go from circuit idea to production-ready Gerber file in minutes. No netlist. No learning curve. Just open the app and start building.
Protoboard Designer is a WYSIWYG PCB layout editor for makers, hobbyists, students, and anyone who finds KiCad or Altium overwhelming. Place components, route copper traces, and export your board — on your phone, tablet, or directly in your browser at protoboarddesigner.com.
Available on iOS and Web — your projects sync seamlessly across all your devices.
KEY FEATURES
• WYSIWYG PCB Layout — what you place on screen is exactly what gets manufactured. No surprises at the fab house.
• Gerber & PDF Export — send production-ready Gerber files directly to any PCB fab, or export a PDF to etch your own board at home.
• KiCad Footprint Import — use the built-in component library, import KiCad footprints, or add any public GitHub repository as a footprint source.
• Cloud Project Sync — your boards are automatically backed up and synced across iOS and Web. Start on your phone, finish in the browser — or vice versa.
• No Netlist Required — skip the schematic step entirely and jump straight to layout.
PERFECT FOR
• Makers and hobbyists designing perfboard, stripboard, or custom PCB layouts
• Students learning electronics and circuit board design
• Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP32 tinkerers moving beyond breadboards
• Anyone wanting to go from idea to fabrication without weeks of learning software
WHY NOT KICAD OR ALTIUM?
Traditional EDA tools are powerful — but they're designed for professional engineers managing complex multi-layer boards. They take weeks to learn and are desktop-only. Protoboard Designer strips away everything you don't need for hobby and prototype work, so you can focus on building, not learning software.
Try the web app for free at protoboarddesigner.com — no install required. Or download now and sign in with Google to get started in seconds. No credit card required.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://protoboarddesigner.com/terms-of-service.html
Privacy Policy: https://protoboarddesigner.com/privacy-policy.html
Protoboard Designer is a WYSIWYG PCB layout editor for makers, hobbyists, students, and anyone who finds KiCad or Altium overwhelming. Place components, route copper traces, and export your board — on your phone, tablet, or directly in your browser at protoboarddesigner.com.
Available on iOS and Web — your projects sync seamlessly across all your devices.
KEY FEATURES
• WYSIWYG PCB Layout — what you place on screen is exactly what gets manufactured. No surprises at the fab house.
• Gerber & PDF Export — send production-ready Gerber files directly to any PCB fab, or export a PDF to etch your own board at home.
• KiCad Footprint Import — use the built-in component library, import KiCad footprints, or add any public GitHub repository as a footprint source.
• Cloud Project Sync — your boards are automatically backed up and synced across iOS and Web. Start on your phone, finish in the browser — or vice versa.
• No Netlist Required — skip the schematic step entirely and jump straight to layout.
PERFECT FOR
• Makers and hobbyists designing perfboard, stripboard, or custom PCB layouts
• Students learning electronics and circuit board design
• Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP32 tinkerers moving beyond breadboards
• Anyone wanting to go from idea to fabrication without weeks of learning software
WHY NOT KICAD OR ALTIUM?
Traditional EDA tools are powerful — but they're designed for professional engineers managing complex multi-layer boards. They take weeks to learn and are desktop-only. Protoboard Designer strips away everything you don't need for hobby and prototype work, so you can focus on building, not learning software.
Try the web app for free at protoboarddesigner.com — no install required. Or download now and sign in with Google to get started in seconds. No credit card required.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://protoboarddesigner.com/terms-of-service.html
Privacy Policy: https://protoboarddesigner.com/privacy-policy.html
Latest updates
1.14.5
• Every plan limit now shows the way past it. The locked timelapse watermark, the pinned-exports limit and the warning that a new export will replace an older one now open the plan that lifts the limit.
1.14.2
• Long editing sessions are saved to the end. After the 200th change in one visit to a board, every later edit was drawn but never saved. An exact angle typed after turning a selection is now saved too.
• Edits are saved again after the app reconnects. When the app confirmed your sign-in late (on a slow connection, or after opening without one), or another device's change arrived while you were editing, every edit after that was drawn but never saved, and was gone the next time the board opened.
• Deleted pads no longer come back after a phone call or an app switch, pads you changed no longer go back to their old shape, and a group made after an Undo is no longer saved empty.
• A pad placed on the end of a track stays locked to it, and Unlock in the locked-track dialog sticks once the board is saved.
• A Done key for the iPhone's number keyboard: a bar above it has Done, arrows to the previous and next field, and a ± key wherever a value can be negative. Tapping outside a field, or scrolling the panel, also applies the value and puts the keyboard away.
• Starting an airwire from a pad lights up the airwires it already has, so you can see which one to draw again to remove it.
1.13.17
• Photoview: see your board as the fab will make it, one side at a time, in the solder mask color you will order (green, purple, red, yellow, blue, white or black), with HASL, ENIG or OSP on the exposed copper and white or black silkscreen. Open it from Tools, or with Preview in the Gerber export.
• Solder mask: Board Settings has a Solder mask section (how far each opening reaches past its copper, the narrowest mask strip, whether vias are covered), a pad can have its own expansion, the solder mask layers show where the mask is open, and the design rule check warns where the mask between two pads is too narrow.
• Type an exact rotation: tap the rotation handle and type the angle, or pick a preset. A ↺ | ↻ switch shows which way it turns, and a part whose pins sit on the grid lands on the grid again.
• Edit a footprint's pads without ungrouping it: the Pads row in its panel lists them by pin number, to rename or renumber them or put them on a net.
• 43 new footprints, among them 18 mechanical keyboard switches (Cherry MX, Kailh Choc, Gateron low profile). The TO-92, TO-3 and DO-201 footprints now fit their parts.
• Smoother and lighter on iPhone and iPad: a two-finger zoom draws the board from one picture, the design rule check takes about a second on an iPhone 8 instead of 17 and no longer freezes the editor, KiCad boards with copper pours open and edit quickly, and the app uses less memory.
• Gerber export: rounded pads keep their shape, pads come out at their real size, cut-outs and slots reach the fab, and exposed copper and holes are no longer under the mask. Export your Gerbers again for any board you have not had made yet.
Store changes
What Protoboard Designer: PCB CAD changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got smaller
61 MB → 54 MB (-12%)