📈Last 7 days+2K installs — 33% slower than the week before (+2.9K) · 243/day since Oct 7
🏆Among Tools appstop 4% by installs gained this week (859 peers growing)
⭐Rating★ 4.56 → 4.71 since Oct 7
🛠Updatesactively updated · updated 11 days ago · every ~9 days (3 updates tracked)
Installs since launch
+7,060 installs
· +100 ratings
since Oct 7
Update history
1.19.0Oct 31, 2026 · seen Nov 5, 2026
Ladder Editor: write ladder logic without building a circuit. 3 new languages (Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese) — 14 in total; translations in 11 languages reviewed. Auxiliary contact block: mounts on the contactor's AUX terminal, chains, each contact NO/NC selectable. Three-position selector 0→II→0→I; phase-loss fix. Improved contactor/PLC/module labels and info cards.
1.17.0Oct 25, 2026
• Commissioning: two new sites — Pneumatic Press Station (easy) and Case Palletizing Station (hard); an All list in the section.<br>• Watch the cycle: in every scenario the site runs one cycle by itself.<br>• VFD digital inputs: REV reverse and three fixed speeds via DI1/DI2; terminal labels on the 1-0-2 selector.<br>• Ladder TIA compatibility: DB field removed from MOVE/ADD/NORM/INC, INC/DEC coun
1.16.0Oct 12, 2026 · seen Oct 15, 2026
New: Tidy Wires + new components<br>• Three-position selector (I-0-II), MCB 1P/2P, two-pole contactor, busbar<br>• Tidy Wires: power on the left, control on the right in neat main runs<br>• 15 new challenges + 12 new problems<br>• HMI: 10" panel, multi-state lamp, slider; ladder: MOD/ABS/MIN/MAX/LIMIT<br>• Autosave in problems and challenges; freeze on button release fixed
PLC Simulator & Automation Lab is a tools app by PLCForge with 10,000+ downloads (about 15K estimated). +2K installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.7 from 211 ratings. Released Jun 24, 2026. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.
From the store listing: “PLC & motor control circuit simulator: ladder logic, contactor, VFD, HMI, faults”