Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2 vs Interactive Solar System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2
Explore and learn about complex 3D mathematical solids, including star polyhedra and their compounds. Interact with these abstract shapes through intuitive touch gestures, customize their appearance with various colors and patterns, and view them from any angle.
- Interactive 3D model rotation, zoom, and pan
- Toggle visibility of faces and components
- Adjustable edge thickness and color
- Extensive library of polyhedral compounds
- Customizable face color patterns
- Access to Wikipedia for related information
- Save PNG images of models
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Polyhedron and Polyhedra Volume 2 is a collection of 4 kepler-poinsot polyhedra, 53 uniform star polyhedra, their duals and polyhedral compounds of them. This is also an application which helps you to learn about or explore these mathematical solids. Without knowledge of mathematics or polyhedron, you can easily interact with the 3d solids by this application. So, you will become more familiar with the polyhedrons, and you may enjoy these abstract solids as fascinating formative arts. The main advantage of this app is that it offers a large variety of polyhedral compounds of identical uniform star polyhedra and their duals. By choosing a model, and by setting colors and parameters optionally, you will find various types of 3d shapes including wonderful shapes, mysterious artistic shapes, and strange eccentric shapes, which will be interesting for you. Features: - Swipe or touch gesture will rotate, zoom or move the object. So, you can observe it from various angles or positions. (You can observe it even from inside.) - Switches between showing and hiding each face of the polyhedron, and switches between showing and hiding each component of the compound - Function to display the edges of the polyhedra with selectable thickness and color - For each kepler-poinsot polyhedron, each uniform star polyhedron and each dual of uniform star polyhedron, the app can provide the compound from 14 to 22 kinds (more than 1200 in total). - Many color patterns for the faces of the polyhedron. - Functions to display basic informations about the polyhedron, and to access the wikipedia sites about the related items - Slider controllers to reduce z-fighting (screen flicker) - Save PNG images to camera roll
Interactive Solar System
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Take a thrilling tour of the Solar System with the Interactive Solar System Explorer. Select the planet that you wish to explore and then hit the power button to zoom off to your destination. When you arrive a myriad of interesting facts await you. Tap a button access interesting data about each of the planets, the asteroids and the Earth's moon. Facts include distance from the sun, diameter, mass, and orbital and rotational periods -- all presented in an interactive format. Tap the info button to read interesting facts about each important object in the solar system. Teachers will really like this app. After students have read about the planets, they can tap the quiz button to measure their reading comprehension. In addition to the quiz there is also a word game that helps students review the information presented. Charts and graphs are used to present comparison information about the planets. Interactive Solar System Explorer is available for iOS and tvOS devices. It is just beautiful on a big screen TV and would be a wonderfully exciting tool in any science classroom.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Interactive Solar System at fortnightly against Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2's every 28 months. Interactive Solar System also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2 costs $2.99 and Interactive Solar System $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2 ships an update every 28 months, Interactive Solar System fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2 | Interactive Solar System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masahiko Fukuyama | Ventura Educational Systems |
In-app purchases
Polyhedron and Polyhedra Vol.2
No in-app purchases
Interactive Solar System
No in-app purchases
Questions
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