# Breadpad - SPICE Simulator

> Electronic circuit breadboard

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443904179](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443904179)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6443904179`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** FreshBizOpps, LLC
- **Category:** Developer Tools
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (157 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.205
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-12
- **First published:** 2023-09-29
- **Size:** 60 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breadpad-spice-simulator/id6443904179)
- **Website:** [https://breadpad.com/](https://breadpad.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://breadpad.com/privacy/](https://breadpad.com/privacy/)

## Description

Breadpad is your go-to analog/digital electronics lab, featuring an interactive digital breadboard and a powerful SPICE simulator. Easily add components, wire circuits, and analyze your designs with a virtual oscilloscope and logic analyzer. Import PSPICE and LTSpice netlists, run full SPICE simulations, and render quick graphs to assess circuit behavior.

Free features cover core workflows, including 400+ parts, 3D viewing on Vision Pro, and seamless collaboration via iCloud, AirDrop, and cloud drives. Premium unlocks advanced data export (CSV), temperature and tolerance analyses, extra voltage sources, editable SPICE netlists, and Monte Carlo simulations for manufacturing variance.

## Rankings

- #121,948 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the concept of a portable breadboard simulator for learning electronics, but recurring issues hurt usability: frequent crashes; a clunky UI that makes placing and editing components difficult; an incomplete component library (missing LEDs, switches, transistors, etc.); limited zoom/view that prevents seeing the whole breadboard; and circuit-saving issues where layouts disappear or don’t persist. Despite the potential, the app remains unusable for many, though longtime users see value and potential with improvements like tutorials, more components, and a smoother UI.

### Pros

- Innovative breadboard simulator designed for iPad, enabling on-the-go electronics practice.
- Helpful for learning and experimenting with circuits without a computer.
- Long-term users praise the concept and see potential despite current issues.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and instability across devices and features (e.g., starting new boards or using the oscilloscope).
- Inadequate UI/UX: cannot rotate or move components easily; no usable toolbox; difficult to place or edit parts.
- Incomplete component library (missing LEDs, switches, transistors; limited or empty chip library).
- View/zoom limitations: cannot see the whole breadboard; zoom out is restricted and default view is overly zoomed-in.
- Saving/persistence issues: circuits disappear or fail to persist when revisiting/editing; edits aren’t reliably saved.

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