Circuit Jam

A Google user

6 years ago

I liked it initially on my Android emulator, but this game is unplayable on my phone. I don't know why, but the lag when toggling switches is so bad that sometimes one tap doesn't register until I tap again, and then that messes up the timing of the currents. Brand new phone by the way, LG V40 ThinQ with Oreo.

Timothy Gall

4 years ago

Fun game that does teach some concepts. Worth buying for young kids interested in electricity. It would be a 5 star if it included more advanced concepts such as RC time constants. It would be awesome if it included inductors, transistors, and since AC circuits. I would rather pay $15 for those in a game than in Every Circuit!

A Google user

5 years ago

I had this app for a while before deleting it (I had finished all the puzzles). After some time I redownloaded it, to play somemore. Now I don't have access to my purchase, and it said I still had already purchased it. I sent an e-mail explaining this with screenshots a week ago, and I haven't heard back. I consider this app unsupported, and bugged.

A Google user

6 years ago

If you're learning electronics this might be fun and stimulating, but if you know basic electronics this isn't challenging. The creator needs to make levels that challenge everyone. I feel pretty cheated that the game doesn't have all the components integrated and no new levels have been added. Nice idea, but needs more development.

Емилиян Николов

4 years ago

Seems like it would be a fun game for a novice and could potentially help build some intuition about current and voltage distribution. (Judging by the free trial.) I would suggest that you add voltage source to the free trial. Then people can directly apply what they learn here to the real life. This way they might be even more motivated to continue playing and buy the app. (We have voltage sources everywhere around us, but as a novice current sources are a lot harder to find in daily life.)

Mark Croker

5 years ago

Poor instructions, you are largely left to learn by fumbling about. Doesn't mention cost until you have completed all levels of the first unit and then demands payment to unlock the rest. Doesn't cost much (UK £2.50) but it is the underhand way it goes about it that means I won't be buying an app that I actually like.

Jordan Richards

3 years ago

Definitely a great tool to help teach people with little to no understanding of how circuit design. However I feel the app may be missing the majority of its target audience, or at the very least boaring them to death. It's designed for novices, linear, and exhausive... it's kinda a drag. The topic is niche so its safe to assume the audience is already familiar, and beginners teaching themselves are clever little cookies. Forcing the spoonfed approach is just not a good idea in this instance ❤

A Google user

5 years ago

The app is really small with too little puzzles. The max "learning" level is capacitors even if you pay for the app. It makes you a promise learning about more components but for that you will have to install another app and pay but there you won't learn anything. Currently, I am sorry giving money for this, because I expected a lot more components not just resistors and capacitors.

samantha bottoms

2 years ago

This is the ideal beginners guide to electrical engineering. And as a future reference guide to troubleshooting and wiring issues. Clues are helpful. Definitely recommend purchasing! Keep it with NO ads. I wouldn't have the been able to pay attention to this game if it had interrupting advertising. I bought it!

Zachariah Brown

2 years ago

This game is amazing and super helpful with understanding basic circuits and I wish there was more advanced puzzles but hopefully soon. My only gripe is that there are times when I need to open or close 2 switches quickly but as soon as one opens it starts the cirtuit going again which resets my progress on a level. But Maybe I just have a incorrect circuit and each problem can be solved by opening one switch at a time.

Kuba Michalik

4 years ago

I don't know. Awesome idea on one hand, but for the price it's very short and basic, and even within the scope (current, voltage, switches, resistors, capacitors) it does not go to some interesting places, like using a capacitor to double the voltage, or basic RC circuits. I'm sure the Every Circuit engine is more than capable of handling such things and more, but apparently making circuits that will make for good puzzles is not easy.

A Google user

6 years ago

Possibly a decent educational tool falsely advertised as free. You will be met by a pay-wall before you can even begin to learn about the most basic concepts of electricity which include voltage, resistors and so on. The "sandbox" mode (supposed to be used to create circuits) is a joke at best. It seems to feature a grand total of 2 components - a resistor and a capacitor, but even those can't be used freely as the game requires you to have unlocked them through progress, which costs money.

Tyler Mills

1 year ago

these exercises are great. I've recently been fascinated by electrical engineering. this app really has been helpful towards grasping the basics. it would be nice if once a level of complete one could review the circuit to see how it all came together. currently there's a lot of tinkering and when it works the level ends and you have no way of comprehensively studying what we done.

Blake H

5 years ago

Great app for learning though some modules are confusing. If you're good at figuring things out on your own, this will treat you well. If you're more of a guided learner it might be a take more time or even some outside research. Also, you unfortunately have to purchase the full version to get access beyond the first module or two. Everything else is great.

Travis Batty

1 year ago

A wonderful and fun app. I wish these learning apps existed 30 years ago when I learned electronics. I would like to see more. For example, each circuit has an option to buy and download detail information about how the circuit is working and hints to solve them ($1 per circuit?). An option to buy more components ($5 per component?) A special gift for providing feedback (a component that cannot be purchased?) Thank you for your hard work in providing this entertaining app!

Eldorel

5 years ago

not much to say, other than well done. Edit: 3 years later, reinstalled to show to a friend and found that all but the first chapter is locked and there doesn't seem to be a way to restore them without paying again. The play store 'update' text seems to imply that this was a known issue. I'm not sure what got broken, but it's apparently not fixed.

Clint F

5 years ago

Fun way to practice with basic circuits. Purchased the complete app and finished it in a couple of days. They really need to add more levels to it for a paid app ( RC circuits other components, etc). Once you get the hang of how to manipulate the components it works very well. Sometimes hard to see with the black background and grey colored components. Free version is very limited