Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite vs Sensors NM
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 smartphone into a scientific instrument suite, enabling measurement, recording, analysis, and export of real-time sensor data. It offers tools for kinematics, acoustics, light, magnetism, and more, suitable for students, educators, researchers, and hobbyists.
- Real-time sensor data measurement
- Data recording and analysis
- Data export functionality
- Kinematics tools (accelerometer, gyroscope)
- Acoustics tools (sound meter, oscilloscope)
- Magnetism tools (compass, magnetometer)
- AR visualization for magnetic fields and measurements
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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)
Sensors NM
Monitor IoT devices and sensors, both public and your own. Visualize data with custom dashboards and historical plots. Receive important notifications and access aviation weather reports.
- Monitor public and private IoT sensors
- Map view of public sensors
- Create custom sensor dashboards
- Plot sensor data over time
- Receive project notifications
- View aviation METAR reports
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The client application of the IoT Project Public monitoring (narodmon.com). The application allows you to monitor your own, as well as public devices and sensors of the Public monitoring project: - Find public sensors on the map; - Add desired sensors to favorites; - Create dashboards of any type of sensors; - Plot selected sensors for different periods; - Receive notifications and messages from the project. The app also allows viewing METAR reports — aviation weather summaries from airports that include temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction, visibility, cloud cover, precipitation, as well as other data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite at 1.8K against Sensors NM's 4. Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (81% vs 63%). Sensors NM's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Sensors NM sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sensors NM 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite's written reviews are positive against 63% of Sensors NM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite ships an update weekly, Sensors NM every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite | Sensors NM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better | 62.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chrystian Vieyra | Sergey Krasavin |
Customer experience
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite
Sensors NM
In-app purchases
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite
- Upgrade to Pro$5.99
Sensors NM
- Donation (Level 1)$0.99
- Small tips$1.99
- Donation (Level 2)$1.99
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- Donation (Level 3)$3.99
- Medium tips$4.99
- Donation (Level 4)$5.99
- Huge tips$10.99
- Donation (Level 5)$10.99
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