IEEE vs Quanser Interactive Labs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IEEE
Access the latest technology news, IEEE magazines, and connect with members. Schedule virtual meetups, discover conferences, and personalize your experience with recommendations. Stay informed about innovations and resources in the world of technology.
- Personalized experience and recommendations
- Latest technology and innovation news
- Read and download IEEE magazines
- Schedule and join virtual meetups
- Locate IEEE members
- Discover conferences and meetings
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The IEEE App gives you the ability to engage and connect with all things IEEE: • Personalize your experience and recommendations • Stay up-to-date with news on the latest technology and innovations • Read and download your IEEE magazines • Schedule, manage or join meetups virtually • Locate IEEE members by location, interests, and affiliations • Discover conferences and meetings Staying connected to the latest technology and innovation resources has never been easier. The world of technology is in your hands with the IEEE app.
Quanser Interactive Labs
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Distance learning is becoming an essential component of modern engineering education, but a unified solution to offer robust remote access to hardware for all remains elusive. Based on our industry-leading hardware platforms for controls, robotics, and mechatronics, the Quanser Interactive Labs platform delivers meaningful hardware experiences anywhere. Quanser Interactive Labs are based on virtual, high-fidelity hardware platforms that give students real hardware experiences and come with a complete student curriculum, including “check your understanding” and full assessment questions. Quanser Interactive Labs can be integrated into existing online courses, new course offerings, or used by anyone with a keen interest in hands-on engineering systems experiences. For rich content experiences focused on industrial applications of control systems, check out our free textbook by searching for Experience Controls on the App store. Quanser Interactive Labs was crafted by the academic team at Quanser, the global leader in hardware, software and course resources that transform the way educators teach the theory, application, and implementation of controls, robotics, and mechatronics. Over the last 30 years, Quanser has built our reputation creating the best experiential learning material for control systems labs. The Interactive Labs platform leverages that legacy to allow our laboratory experiences to leave campus. Over 3000 universities and institutions rely on Quanser labs and solutions to help them attract, educate and graduate a new generation of engineering leaders. Quanser Interactive Labs was developed using Quanser's qdex platform, the only full-featured authoring and content management system for STEM education. Learn more at www.qdexapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Quanser Interactive Labs at 11.3 against IEEE's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IEEE ships an update every 5 weeks, Quanser Interactive Labs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IEEE | Quanser Interactive Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (152 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Inc | Quanser Consulting Inc |
Bugs and requests
IEEE
Reported bugs
49 issues- Cannot download magazines
- Cannot read magazines in PDF format
- Membership card to Apple Wallet does not work
- Email address input format validation error
- App sticks on a loop when adding card to wallet
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- Sign in doesn't work
- Cannot sign in with IEEE password
- Cannot read Computer Magazine online or PDF
- Magazine zoom in is not good
- No panning when zoomed
- Downloaded PDFs don't have navigation
- 404 errors when reading content online
- Privacy settings not properly appearing
- App crashes when opening
- App crashes every time trying to open
- App crashes when opening on iPhone
- App crashes after showing splash screen
- App crashes after trying to open a notification
- Magazines get out of focus on iPad
- Extra white bar appears on iPad
- Zooming on page blocks text
- Taping screen causes zoom out
- Download button has no effect
- App freezes and crashes all the time
- Orientation locked
- Cannot access magazines
- No working links in magazines
- Cannot copy text from articles
- UI not flexible for phone, not supportive for tablets
- Only magazines show up for content
- Glitchy, slow magazine interface
- Cannot highlight or clip articles
- Unintuitive magazine interface
- No offline reading
- Crazy phone-based UX
- iPhone screen too small to read journals
- App nonfunctional on latest iOS
- IEEE Magazines not available
- Articles in Trending section disappear if not bookmarked
- No iPad version
- Forces portrait mode on iPad
- Cannot read Spectrum
- Lost ability to read offline
- Impossible to use entire screen on iPad
- Cannot make displayed magazine larger
- Multi-step process to download PDF
- iPhone screen size for iPad
- Out of focus when enlarging on iPad
- Articles don't show text
Requested features
16 requests- Add membership card to Apple Wallet
- Improve magazine zoom and panning
- Consistent online reader experience
- Allow saving reading progress
- Improve UI for better readability
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- Develop a dedicated iPad version
- Enable offline magazine reading
- Add navigation features to PDFs
- Improve sign-in process
- Fix email format validation errors
- Make privacy settings visible
- Add horizontal reading support
- Improve search functionality
- Improve back and done navigation
- Allow copying text from articles
- Enable external links in articles
Quanser Interactive Labs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IEEE
No in-app purchases
Quanser Interactive Labs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is IEEE free?
Is Quanser Interactive Labs free?
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