Gliders by Design vs EagleSync EWU
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).
EagleSync EWU
Connect with your university community. Discover student clubs, events, and network with fellow students. Stay informed about campus happenings.
- Join student clubs and organizations
- Chat and network with other students
- Discover upcoming campus events
- Stay updated on university news
- Official campus platform
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Download the EagleSync app (the official campus community platform at Eastern Washington University) to join a student club/org, chat and network with other Eags, discover upcoming student events, and stay up to date on everything happening at EWU.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EagleSync EWU at Free against Gliders by Design's $4.99. EagleSync EWU also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Gliders by Design's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
EagleSync EWU 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.
Gliders by Design holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.
Gliders by Design ships an update every 30 months, EagleSync EWU every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gliders by Design | EagleSync EWU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Seeds Software | Eastern Washington University |
Customer experience
Gliders by Design
EagleSync EWU
In-app purchases
Gliders by Design
No in-app purchases
EagleSync EWU
No in-app purchases
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