Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite vs smaXtec
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite
This app turns your phone into a scientific instrument suite, measuring sound, light, magnetism, motion, and more. It's ideal for students, educators, researchers, and hobbyists to record, analyze, and export real-time sensor data for experiments and research.
- Measure sound, light, magnetism, and motion
- Record, analyze, and export real-time data
- AR visualization for magnetic fields and measurements
- Includes barometer, GPS, and ruler functions
- Data-verified challenges for interactive learning
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Whether you’re a student, educator, researcher, or hobbyist, Physics Toolbox transforms your smartphone’s built-in sensors into a powerful suite of scientific instruments. Easily measure, record, analyze, and export real-time data for a variety of uses—from classroom experiments to cutting-edge research. KINEMATICS G-Force Meter Linear Accelerometer Gyroscope Inclinometer Motion Visualizer (LiDAR-tracked position and velocity) ACOUSTICS Sound Meter Tone Detector Tone Generator Oscilloscope Spectrum Analyzer Spectrogram LIGHT Light Meter Color Detector Proximeter Stroboscope MAGNETISM Compass Magnetometer Magna-AR (AR visualization of magnetic field vectors) OTHER Barometer GPS - latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, direction, number of satellites Ruler-AR (AR-estimated measurements) COMBINATION Multi Record Roller Coaster GAME Play (data-verified challenges)
smaXtec
Monitor your dairy herd's health and reproduction status remotely. Receive alerts for critical actions, track individual animals, and log events like calvings and heats, even offline. Optimize animal well-being and farm productivity.
- Real-time cow and herd data access
- Calving, heat, and health event tracking
- Push notifications for critical actions
- Offline data synchronization
- Animal list and watchlist for monitoring
- Event logging for insemination, dry-offs, etc.
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Access your cow and herd data on the go with the smaXtec App. Keep track of calvings, heats and changes of animal health and behavior at all times. Receive push notifications whenever you need to take action. Selected features of the smaXtec App: • Check your Tasks to see which animals require your attention and what actions you need to take (e.g. inseminations, calving support, dry-offs, …) • The animal list gives an overview of all your animals and their current health and reproduction state • If you need to keep an eye on selected cows, put them on the Watchlist. This allows you to monitor additional cows according to their needs. Add events such as calvings or pregnancy checks even when there is no Internet connection. Data will be synchronized as soon as your device reconnects. Select multiple cows at once to set the same action, e.g. add all inseminations at once, to save time and effort. Access your cows’ lactations and corresponding events inside the animal profile and add events (estrus, insemination, dry-offs, …) easily. Display cow data also in form of diagrams. Quickly navigate between events and gain deeper insights and understanding. Thanks to practical lists and recommended actions fast and appropriate actions can be taken. This improves animal health, reproduction success rates as well as financial gain. To access your cow and herd data, you also need to use smaXtec hardware. You’ll find more information here: www.smaXtec.com/en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: smaXtec at none against Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite's 1. smaXtec also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. smaXtec asks for nothing beyond the download.
smaXtec holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite ships an update weekly, smaXtec fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite | smaXtec |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chrystian Vieyra | smaXtec animal care GmbH |
Customer experience
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite
smaXtec
In-app purchases
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite
- Upgrade to Pro$5.99
smaXtec
No in-app purchases
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