Comparison

Galileo vs Matrix

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

Head to head
About

Galileo

Features
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The goal with Galileo is to explain with simple words, the complex yet beautiful physics that is inside everything in our world. Contents are presented in small articles, written with a simple language. The articles covers various topics from mechanics to nuclear physics. Articles includes images, animations, 3D models and sometimes a little equation. Get a better understanding of physics with Augmented Reality! Place experiments and animated 3D models on you table and explore them by moving around.

About

Matrix

Features
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The MatrixAnalysis is carefully designed to be a simple and elegant app. This app has tools to help you analyze matrices like finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, QR, SLU, LU factorization. This app can also be used to do matrix operations like, finding inverse, determinant, dot product, cross product, and much more. You can also do elementwise operations and scalar operations. Want to do fast fourier transform (FFT) or inverse fourier transform (IFFT), this app is capable of IFFT Want to find an pseudo inverse of a non-square matrix, this app has you covered Want to know a rotation matrix for a given angle or rotate a vector by the given angle? This app has you covered. The expressions and the solutions are displayed in beautiful mathematical way. Once the expressions are solved, a beautifully written solutions are created that you can share with other or save it locally. It automatically saves your hard work locally on your device so you can come back and pick up from where you left off as your great effort will not be lost. There is also a Study page to help you with learning some important matrix vector formulas and some useful technique. This is an app for all student groups. From high school to college to university students. Be creative. Enjoy the app!

Screenshots

Galileo4 screens
Matrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Galileo at Free against Matrix's $1.99. Matrix's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On ads, 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

Galileo is free to download; Matrix costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galileo ships an update every 4 months, Matrix every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Galileo versus Matrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalileoMatrix
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.615.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size65 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavide FiorinoOm Prakash Chapagain

In-app purchases

None

Galileo

No in-app purchases

None

Matrix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Galileo free?
Galileo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Matrix free?
Matrix costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Galileo or Matrix have ads?
Neither Galileo nor Matrix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Galileo or Matrix?
Galileo ships an update every 4 months, and Matrix every 5 weeks. Most recently, Galileo was updated on September 17, 2026 and Matrix on August 16, 2026.

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