Comparison

PhysicsGraph vs HARAKU

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

Head to head
About

PhysicsGraph

Features
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You can feel Synthetic wave! 1,Tap color you want to move! 2,Tap screen and move wave! 3,BlueWave + RedWave = GreenWave

About

HARAKU

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HARAKU is an interactive educational app that visualizes the physics of waves in real time. Designed for students, teachers and anyone curious about science, it lets you control how waves behave just by moving sliders, so you can intuitively connect the equations with what you see. Developer: Fuji Bit Inc. HARAKU is the waves edition of the "-raku" physics simulation series. It helps you understand the wave concepts taught in middle school, high school and university physics as moving pictures, not just formulas. 12 simulations in 3 categories: - Wave basics - Superposition: Combine two sine waves and watch them reinforce or cancel. Change the amplitude, frequency and phase of each wave independently to see the principle of superposition. - Reflection: See the moment a traveling wave reflects at a boundary. Switch between a fixed end (phase inverts) and a free end (phase is kept), with the incident, reflected and total waves shown in three layers. - Standing waves: Watch standing waves on a string fixed at both ends while changing the harmonic. Check the positions of nodes and antinodes and the effect of tension and damping. - Fourier synthesis: See how square, triangle and sawtooth waves are made of sine waves (harmonics). The more terms you add, the closer the sum gets to the target waveform. - Sound waves - Beats: Overlap two waves with slightly different frequencies and feel the beats. The envelope clearly shows how the amplitude changes. - Doppler effect: Drag the source and see the wavefronts bunch up in front and spread out behind. Go past Mach 1 to create a shock wave. - Air column resonance (new): Switch between closed and open pipes and change the length, air temperature and resonance number to see the resonant frequency and wavelength. The motion of air particles (a longitudinal wave) is shown next to a graph that draws the displacement as a transverse wave, so you can find the nodes and antinodes. - Waves in a plane & light - 2D ripples: Tap the screen to place sources; a numerical solution of the wave equation draws the interference pattern in real time. - Interference: See the lines of reinforcement and cancellation made by two point sources. The fringe spacing changes with the source separation, frequency and speed. - Diffraction: See waves spread through a slit according to Huygens' principle. The ratio of slit width to wavelength changes how strongly they diffract. - Refraction: Visualize Snell's law, including how waves bend at a boundary and total internal reflection at large angles. - Thin-film interference (new): See why soap films and oil slicks shine in color by changing the film thickness, refractive index, angle and what lies below (air or glass). The phase shift on reflection, the color seen under white light, a color-vs-thickness strip and a reflectance-vs-wavelength graph are shown together. Features: - Clean, easy-to-read design (dark and light themes) - Home screen organized by category - Intuitive parameter sliders: touch, try and understand - An explanation sheet with formulas for every simulation - On iPad in landscape, the canvas and control panel are shown side by side - 16 languages (Japanese, English, Chinese Simplified/Traditional, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), German, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese), following your device language - No sign-in: start exploring right away Price: - Free - In-app purchases: none - Subscriptions: none - Ads: a banner ad by Pangle at the bottom of the screen

Screenshots

PhysicsGraph2 screens
HARAKU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PhysicsGraph at none against HARAKU's shown. PhysicsGraph also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhysicsGraph ships an update every 5 days, HARAKU every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
PhysicsGraph versus HARAKU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhysicsGraphHARAKU
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYaneurabeyaFuji Bit Inc.

In-app purchases

None

PhysicsGraph

No in-app purchases

None

HARAKU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhysicsGraph free?
PhysicsGraph is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HARAKU free?
HARAKU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhysicsGraph or HARAKU have ads?
HARAKU shows ads; PhysicsGraph does not.
Which is updated more often, PhysicsGraph or HARAKU?
PhysicsGraph ships an update every 5 days, and HARAKU every 10 days. Most recently, PhysicsGraph was updated on November 11, 2026 and HARAKU on November 9, 2026.

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