PhysicsGraph vs KORAKU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side â with what reviewers say about each.
PhysicsGraph
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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
KORAKU
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KORAKU is an interactive educational app that visualizes how light behaves in real time. Bend rays with lenses and mirrors, overlap light as a wave, and explore color and photons to connect the equations with what you see. Developer: Fuji Bit Inc. KORAKU is the optics edition of the "-raku" physics simulation series. It turns the optics of school and university physics into moving pictures, not just formulas. 12 simulations in 3 categories: - Rays & Images - Lens: Trace rays through convex and concave lenses. Change the focal length, object distance and height to see the image switch between real and virtual, inverted and upright. Explore 1/f = 1/a + 1/b. - Mirror: Switch between concave and convex mirrors. Move the radius R and object distance a to see how the image changes around the focal point F and center of curvature C, and why a virtual image appears behind the mirror. - Eye & Glasses (new): See the cornea and lens focus an image on the retina. Choose a normal, nearsighted or farsighted eye and change the viewing distance, glasses power (diopters) and accommodation to see where the image forms and how blurry it looks. One tap sets matching glasses. - Prism: Watch white light split into a spectrum. Change the apex angle, angle of incidence and refractive index to see dispersion bend each color differently, with the deviation and minimum deviation. - Optical fiber: See light travel by total internal reflection. Change the launch angle and refractive indices to explore the critical angle, numerical aperture (NA) and when light leaks into the cladding. - Light as a Wave - Diffraction grating: Change the number of slits, spacing and wavelength to find the bright lines at d sin(theta) = m lambda, and watch them sharpen as slits are added. - Thin film: Recreate the colors of soap bubbles and oil films. Change the thickness, refractive index and angle to shift the bright and dark wavelengths. - Polarization: Rotate a polarizer and an analyzer to see Malus's law, I = I0 cos^2(theta): brightest at 0 and 180 degrees, blocked at 90. - Color & the Nature of Light - Color mixing: Compare additive mixing of light (RGB) with subtractive mixing of paint (CMY) using three sliders. - Rainbow: Follow sunlight as it refracts into a raindrop, reflects inside and refracts out. See why the primary bow appears about 42 degrees from the antisolar point, the secondary about 51 degrees, with the colors reversed. - Blue Sky & Sunset (new): See sunlight scattered in the atmosphere. Switch between Rayleigh scattering (proportional to 1/lambda^4) and Mie scattering (cloud droplets, haze), and change the sun altitude and air density. As the air mass grows, the sky and sun turn from daytime blue to sunset colors. - Photoelectric effect: Shine light on a metal and watch electrons fly out. Change the frequency, intensity and work function to explore E = hf, Kmax = hf - W and the threshold frequency f0, with the visible and UV bands marked. Features: - Clean, modern design (dark and light themes) - Home screen organized by category - Tips and a play button in the control panel - Parameter sliders with results that update in real time - Legends and labels for every symbol and colored ray on screen - An explanation sheet with formulas for every simulation - In landscape, the canvas and control panel are shown side by side - Supports larger text sizes - VoiceOver reads out each screen's result (real or virtual image, total internal reflection, and more) - 73 languages including English and Japanese, 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 The "-raku" educational app series: - SUUGAKU - Mathematics - BUTURAKU - Mechanics - DENRAKU - Electromagnetism - HARAKU - Waves - KORAKU - Optics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PhysicsGraph at none against KORAKU's shown. PhysicsGraph also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhysicsGraph ships an update every 5 days, KORAKU every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhysicsGraph | KORAKU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days â better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No â better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 â better | 15.0 |
| Further details â not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yaneurabeya | Fuji Bit Inc. |
In-app purchases
PhysicsGraph
No in-app purchases
KORAKU
No in-app purchases
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