Point your iPhone at the wall, WireSketch turns every surface into a measured canvas. Place sockets, switches and solar at code, then hand your electrician one clean PDF.
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Sockets, switches, dimmers, lights, data outlets, kitchen appliances, outdoor fixtures, EV chargers, floor heating, smoke detectors and full PV components, across 10 categories.
Plan every wall in a room. Add multiple wall photos per project, switch between them, and keep fixtures organized per wall.
Region-specific cable routing zones per IEC 60364, BS 7671, NEC and AS/NZS 3000. Wet-room IEC Zone 0/1/2 included, with real-time violation warnings.
Draw a box on your wall photo, enter one dimension, and auto-calculate the other. Pro Measurements shows distance from wall edge and height from floor for every fixture.
Dry room, wet room, kitchen and outdoor. EU (DIN 18015), UK (BS 7671), US (NEC) and AUS/NZ (AS/NZS 3000) with region-specific rules, cable types and symbols.
WYSIWYG PDF with title block, fixture schedule, bill of materials and symbol legend. Also PNG, JPEG and CSV. What you see on screen is what you export.
Region-specific cable types (NYM-J, Twin & Earth, Romex, TPS), conductor counts, circuit-splitting calculations and material cost estimates.
Freehand drawing, arrows, text notes and pins directly on your wall photo. Five colors. Mark up your plans before sharing.
Automatic cable routing from fixtures to junction boxes. Vertical-first or horizontal-first paths, tap to toggle. Diagonal routing where codes allow.
WireSketch is region-aware. You pick one of four code regimes per home, and every project inside inherits it, so clearances, breaker defaults, cable selection and load calculation stay consistent across the whole place. Here's what each selector actually applies, named honestly:
IEC 60364 is a harmonized skeleton, but national codes flesh it out, France runs NF C 15-100, Spain REBT, Italy CEI 64-8, Belgium AREI/RGIE, Switzerland NIN. WireSketch's DIN 18015 / VDE 0100 selector is the closest available match for any IEC-aligned country, but installation zones, mandatory circuit counts, socket density and bathroom volume definitions differ nationally. For France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and the French/Italian parts of Switzerland: treat WireSketch as a layout-planning tool only and defer breaker counts and zone compliance to a local licensed electrician.
Vanilla NEC isn't enforced anywhere, every jurisdiction adopts it with amendments. California (CEC + Title 24), Massachusetts, NYC and Chicago all add substantial local rules. NEC year is not selectable (your AHJ may be on 2017, 2020 or 2023). AFCI dwelling-unit branch-circuit rules (NEC 210.12) are not modelled, that's the most consequential modern residential requirement, covering bedrooms, living, dining, kitchens, laundry and family rooms. Conduit fill, service-entrance specifics and local inspector quirks are out of scope. Use WireSketch for the planning conversation; hand the permit-ready design off to a licensed pro.
Canada (CSA C22.1) is its own regime, not NEC, and is not yet a separate selector. Ireland (I.S. 10101) diverges from BS 7671 in practice and is not modelled separately. New Zealand (AS/NZS 3000 + NZ deviations) has 11 specific clause changes from the Australian baseline and isn't modelled separately either. If you're in one of these jurisdictions, none of the four selectors will give you compliant defaults; treat the app as a sketching tool only.
WireSketch is a planning tool, not a stamped electrical design. A licensed electrician must verify and approve the layout before any installation work, that's the law in every jurisdiction WireSketch supports. GFCI/RCD wet-room rules are applied per region. The app makes the planning conversation faster and more concrete; it does not replace a code-compliant design from a qualified professional.
Search your address, align the satellite view on your roof, and draw your roof area. Mark obstacles like chimneys, dormers and skylights, panels auto-fill around them. Satellite imagery © Apple Maps, shown for planning only.
Choose 300W, 400W, 450W or 500W panels, portrait or landscape. Panels are placed at their actual dimensions with no gaps, adjust the count with a slider or tap Fill Roof.
Live kWp calculation, estimated yearly kWh yield, inverter sizing (single/three-phase), battery recommendations, DC/AC cable sizing and self-consumption estimates.
A dedicated second wall for your inverter, battery, combiner box and balance-of-system components. Plan the indoor side of your solar installation on a separate photo.
Auto-seeded from your placed fixtures (EV charger, oven, fridge…). Three honest headlines: what share of your solar actually gets used onsite, how many days a battery would cover in an outage, and a simple payback estimate. Plug-in balcony-solar and battery packages too.
WireSketch is an iOS app for planning electrical installations on wall photos. Take a photo of your wall, place fixtures like sockets, switches and lights, view safety zones based on your regional electrical code, get cable recommendations, and export professional PDF plans.
Four standards, named by the standard rather than by region: DIN 18015 / VDE 0100 (Germany; reasonable starting point for Austria, German-speaking Switzerland and the Netherlands), BS 7671 (UK, 18th edition A2 2022), NEC base (US planning reference, not jurisdiction-compliant), and AS/NZS 3000 (Australia/NZ). Wet rooms use IEC 60364 zones across all four. Other European national codes (France/NF C 15-100, Spain/REBT, Italy/CEI 64-8, Belgium/AREI) and Canada (CSA C22.1) are not modelled separately, for those jurisdictions treat the app as a sketching tool and defer compliance to a local electrician.
Yes. WireSketch has a dedicated wet-room mode with IEC 60364 Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2 safety zones. It shows where you can and cannot place fixtures near showers and bathtubs.
No. WireSketch is a planning tool only. All electrical work must be carried out by a qualified electrician. The app helps you plan and communicate your layout.
Yes. Your projects work fully offline and all your planning data stays on your device. Network is used only for optional extras: in-app purchases via the App Store, Apple Maps imagery in the Solar Planner, and, for free users, ads (any purchase removes ads completely).
English, German, French, Dutch, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Portuguese. Switch instantly within the app.
Multi-Wall lets you add multiple wall photos per project. Pro Measurements auto-calculates dimensions and adds perspective correction. The Pro Bundle includes both at a discount. Solar Planner lets you plan solar panels on satellite imagery with kWp, yield and inverter/battery sizing.
Yes. The Solar Planner add-on lets you search your address, view your roof on satellite imagery, draw the roof area, mark obstacles like chimneys, and auto-fill panels. You get a live system summary with kWp, estimated yearly kWh yield, inverter sizing, battery recommendations and cable sizing. Export a professional PDF to share with your solar installer.
No. WireSketch Solar Planner is a communication tool for planning purposes only. All solar installations involve lethal DC voltages, roof-work hazards and grid interconnection requirements. Share your plan with a certified solar installer for a professional design.
What WireSketch's German default actually applies, and where DIN-aligned countries (AT, CH-de, NL) fit. Plus what we don't model.
→18th edition Amendment 2 (2022). What WireSketch implements, why Part P notifiable work still needs a registered installer.
→Why "vanilla NEC" isn't enforced anywhere unchanged, and the practical limits of using WireSketch for US residential planning.
→The Wiring Rules, what WireSketch models, where licensing rules vary, what's out of scope.
→Lay out every breaker, auto-fill from placed fixtures, export the Panel Report PDF.
→House, Flat, Apartment, Garage, Commercial. One address, one region, one or more panels. Free for everyone.
→A4 with cover, wall sketches, fixture schedule, bill of materials, and an 8-item electrician checklist.
→Zone 0/1/2 explained: what fits where, what IP rating goes where, and why the US uses a different model.
→NYM-J, Twin & Earth, NM-B, TPS, what residential cable is used where and why they aren't interchangeable.
Free to download. Works offline. Your electrician will thank you.