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  • Best raytracing app on iPad

    Ray tracing software is so essential yet so unbelievably expensive on PC OS that its a joke… This app does what $1000 software from a bigger name company does for just $100. Only wish I could use my PCs processor to run it. Fantastic overall. A buggy at times but as IPad and mobile devices get more powerful I’ve noticed better results.
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  • Amazing!!!

    I've been looking for a product like this for years. Simple enough to use, but provides enough control to form aspheres, really any lens! It can import zemax models too! Absolutely amazing - if you work with optics this is a no brainer.
  • Dark theme

    Not fonctionnal with dark theme. Text unreadable!
  • App crashes and dark mode text

    The app crashes when trying to open a model after toggling on “show when model is open” in the title/author/description menu. (I found that this did not work for renaming models anyway).

    In IOS dark mode, text remains black, making it difficult to read against the grey menu
  • Cannot be used in a meaningful way

    Fatal flaws such as the exit pupil or surface order that cannot be changed make this app useless

    A real shame...

    Developer Response

    Exit Pupil is a computed property of a lens system which is derived from configuration of the lenses. It is not something that the user can select. Changing surface order is unnecessary in RayLab since it performs Non-Sequential Raytracing. That is, the application automatically determines what order the surfaces are encountered by each ray based on their position regardless of the order that the surfaces were entered in the model definition.
  • Excellent optics tool

    Great tool for ray tracing and other optics related calculations. Highly recommend. Great service as well. Hope they continue development!
  • Subscription does not work

    Help please...

    The app does not work after I re-enabled my subscription since some interruption from my previous subscription. Do I need to buy the “RayLab Pro Bundle” at the same time with the “RayLab Pro Subscription”? From the description in the app, it seems I don’t need to.
  • Wonderful optic software

    This is a really great app for optical simulation. It has many advanced type of optical elements that can be used. Great for learning and teaching. Great and affordable alternative to ZeMax. Support is excellent and quick. The developers are really listening to users.
  • How is this free?!

    It’s basically Zemax for iPad.
  • Big Oof

    Instant crash- after turning on image preview in 3D view, now the file instantly crashes every time. Will never be able to open again- buyer beware

    Developer Response

    This issue has been resolved in the latest version of the app.

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