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Install the beta

PCB Canvas ships through Apple’s TestFlight, the official way to run beta apps. About two minutes, on the iPad you’ll design on.

~2 miniPad + Apple Pencil optionalFree

Steps

  1. Get TestFlight

    On your iPad, install TestFlight from the App Store (Apple’s own beta app, blue propeller icon). If it’s already there, skip ahead.

  2. Join the beta

    Open this link on the iPad: testflight.apple.com/join/zNEThQ86 ▸ Accept ▸ Install. The build downloads like any app.

  3. Open it and design

    No account or sign-in is needed. Boards ▸ New Board starts a design. A good first project is the tiny Li-ion charger.

  4. Stay current

    TestFlight updates the app as new builds ship, turn on its automatic updates and you’ll always have the latest. Your boards are local files and survive every update.

In TestFlight, “Send Beta Feedback” (or sharing a screenshot from inside the app) goes to the developers.
Good to know: TestFlight builds expire after 90 days, but new builds ship far more often than that, stay on automatic updates and you’ll never notice. The beta is iPad-only, matching the product.