Gliders by Design vs Talking Tintypes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gliders by Design
Design and build your own handheld gliders using your iPad or Mac. This application provides authentic glider analyses and predictions, empowering users to learn about flight through hands-on creation. It's a rewarding way to explore aerodynamics and engineering principles.
- Handheld glider design
- Authentic glider analysis
- Flight predictions
- Build and fly custom designs
- STEM learning tool
- School success
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Harness the incredible power of your iPad or MacOS desktop computer. Design impressive handheld gliders that you can easily put together. Create whole squadrons of your very own designs that you can make soar! Have a contest to see who can design and build the best glider. All you need is our software, along with your iPad, scissors, a metric ruler, card stock and/or balsa wood, a little clay, and a bottle of super glue (for card stock gliders) or a hot glue gun (for balsa wood gliders). This software is a true designing application that includes authentic glider analyses and predictions. It requires a bit more effort to design and build your own gliders to fly instead of just watching simulations, or using prebuilt designs, but the payoff can be well worth it. By building your own gliders you will quickly learn much more about flight, while likely feeling far more empowered and satisfied seeing your designs glide off into the distance. The software is already a great success at many schools (students 11 years old and up).
Talking Tintypes
Experience augmented reality with historical photographs. Scan images from a special collection to bring them to life, restoring voice to still images using a blend of old and new technologies.
- Scan photographs to activate AR content
- Augmented photographic experience
- Restores voice to still images
- Uses 19th and 21st century technologies
- Access limited content via artist's website
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Talking Tintypes is an augmented photographic experience created by Diné photographer, Will Wilson. Using the app, scan any photograph from the Talking Tintypes collection to activate the photograph. To activate the augmented reality (AR) content, you must be in a location where the Talking Tintypes collection is being exhibited (e.g. museum, gallery). You may also access limited content by visiting the artist's website: http://willwilson.photoshelter.com and selecting the "Talking Tintypes" collection. Talking Tintypes is a collaboration between Will Wilson, indigenous artists and leaders, and a broader public. The project strives to restore voice to the still image. It employs 19th and 21st century technologies, creating space for agency between the archive and the repertoire, and in so doing, disrupting the archive's discursive authority. To use: -Open the app and click on "Begin" -Scan any photograph from the Talking Tintypes Collection (willwilson.photoshelter.com) -Watch on your phone as the Talking Tintype is activated Permissions note: -Camera: Needed to scan for images
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Talking Tintypes at Free against Gliders by Design's $4.99. Gliders by Design's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
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Talking Tintypes is free to download; Gliders by Design costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gliders by Design against 5.0 for Talking Tintypes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gliders by Design ships an update every 30 months, Talking Tintypes every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gliders by Design | Talking Tintypes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 21 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seeds Software | Digital Ant Media, LLC |
Customer experience
Gliders by Design
Talking Tintypes
In-app purchases
Gliders by Design
No in-app purchases
Talking Tintypes
No in-app purchases
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