IEEE vs Sciencity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IEEE
Access the latest technology news and innovations. Read and download IEEE magazines, manage virtual meetups, and connect with members. Discover conferences and stay informed about 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.
Sciencity
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Where does the light in your room come from? What happens to water after it goes down the drain? Why does it rain? Sciencity turns the everyday world into a living picture your child can poke, change and even break, so they can see how things really work. FIVE JOURNEYS, STOP BY STOP • How electricity gets to your house: make power with a dam, a coal and gas plant, a nuclear plant, a wind turbine or the sun, then follow it through the generator, the step-up transformer, the power lines and the substation to your light switch. • Water to your tap: collect water from a lake, a well, the sea or a rain tank, clean it, pump it into the water tower and send it through the pipes to your home and back out to the river. • The water cycle: watch the sun lift water from the ocean, forests, lakes and ice into clouds, then bring it back as rain and snow. • Natural gas to your home: follow gas from deep underground, a ship or a farm digester through processing, compressors and the city gate to your stove. • Building a home: pour the foundation, then add the frame, the walls, the roof and the windows, and move the family in. CHANGE THINGS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS Every stop has something to try. Open the dam gate, start a storm on the power lines, burst a water pipe, take the dust out of the air or leave the steel out of the foundation, and watch the whole scene react. MISSIONS AND A QUICK QUIZ Each journey has missions to collect ("Find a rainbow", "Run the light, fan and TV at once") and ends with a short quiz. GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD Switch between ages 5–9 and 10–14. The pictures stay the same, but the explanations go from simple to more detailed. Tap "Read to me" to hear any explanation read aloud. MADE FOR FAMILIES • No ads • No in-app purchases • No accounts or sign-in • No data collected, and nothing leaves the device • Works fully offline • Supports light and dark mode, and respects reduced-motion settings Questions or ideas? Email support@akiraapps.com.
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Verdict
IEEE and Sciencity are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | IEEE | Sciencity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (123 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Inc | VISHNU SANDEEP DASARAJU |
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
Sciencity
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IEEE
No in-app purchases
Sciencity
No in-app purchases









