Comparison

Science 8 vs Interactive science 2nd

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Science 8

This app offers interactive tools and practice tests to help middle school students visualize and understand key science concepts. It includes simulations for density, molecular activity, and population dynamics, along with practice tests covering various science subjects.

Highlights
  • Interactive molecular activity demonstration
  • Density and buoyancy simulation
  • Comprehensive science practice tests
  • Category building exercises
  • Statistics exploration tool
  • Food web population dynamics simulation
Features
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These are a few tools for helping visualize middle school science. I spent a year volunteer tutoring middle school (grade 8) science students. While doing that, I created an app with a few simple demonstrations and practice tests to help them. The modules included were those that illustrated or helped practice the concepts my students had trouble either understanding or remembering. The test module contains every test the students took. Hot Molecules is an interactive demonstration of the effects of heating and cooling on molecular activity. Will it float? is an interactive lab simulation for determining density. Questions is a test-practice module for all subjects thus far covered (phase changes, heat transfer, density, atoms, molecules, reactions, atmosphere). Buckets is a category builder to help understand grouping of like things on arbitrary traits Which is Bigger? is an interactive statistics exploration, showing how much overlap there is between categories and how important sample size is. How do population dynamics of the species populations in a food web interact? Play with the simulation and ecological and human-introduced factors. Watch out for natural disasters! Other demonstrations and test topics are added periodically.

About

Interactive science 2nd

Explore core science concepts across life, physical, earth, space, and technology. This app uses colorful visuals to make learning easier and deeper, aligning with US and Canadian national curricula.

Highlights
  • Life Science topics
  • Physical Science topics
  • Earth/Space Science topics
  • Technology and Society
  • US and Canada curriculum alignment
  • Visual learning aids
Features
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- Covers key science topics in Life Science, Physical Science, Earth/Space Science, and Techonology and Society - The contents are based on th national curriculum of the US and Canada - Colorful photographs visualize the key concepts for learners' deeper and easier understanding

Screenshots

Science 84 screens
Interactive science 2nd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Science 8 at every 3 months against Interactive science 2nd's every 30 months. Science 8 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Science 8 against 5.0 for Interactive science 2nd. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Science 8 ships an update every 3 months, Interactive science 2nd every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Science 8 versus Interactive science 2nd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScience 8Interactive science 2nd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIdeateGames언어세상

Customer experience

Science 8

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Interactive science 2nd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Science 8

No in-app purchases

None

Interactive science 2nd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Science 8 free?
Science 8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interactive science 2nd free?
Interactive science 2nd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Science 8 or Interactive science 2nd?
Science 8 and Interactive science 2nd are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Science 8 or Interactive science 2nd have ads?
Neither Science 8 nor Interactive science 2nd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Science 8 or Interactive science 2nd?
Science 8 ships an update every 3 months, and Interactive science 2nd every 30 months. Most recently, Science 8 was updated on August 19, 2026 and Interactive science 2nd on September 9, 2026.

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