Comparison

Wave Workshop vs Quantum Atlas

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

Head to head
About

Wave Workshop

Explore the wave nature of light through real-time electromagnetic simulations. This app demonstrates concepts like refraction, diffraction, antennas, and radars with interactive experiments and detailed explanations.

Highlights
  • Real-time electromagnetic wave simulation
  • Experiments with refraction and diffraction
  • Antenna and radar simulations
  • Interactive parameter adjustments
  • Detailed experiment descriptions
  • Sandbox mode for custom designs
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Have you ever wondered how a camera lens, a radar or a radio telescope work? This app will show you! Explore the wave nature of light in this real-time electromagnetics simulation. Wave Workshop is a real-time simulation of the propagation of electromagnetic waves. It features experiments with refraction, diffraction, antennas, and radars. It comes with the most famous experiments, such as single-slit and double-slit diffraction, as well as common refraction mechanisms. It also describes more advanced designs, such as crystal diffraction, Fresnel zones, and photonic crystals. It finally explores how some real devices work: a horn antenna, a corner reflector, a microwave door or a parabolic antenna. In each experiment, you can adjust a parameter and see its effect in real-time, such as the slit interval in the famous single-slit diffraction experiment. Each experiment comes with a detailed description and illustrative pictures. The full version features 23 experiments and a sandbox mode that lets you design your own experiments. This app is great for curious people who want to know more about the wave nature of light!

About

Quantum Atlas

Explore the fundamental building blocks of reality with interactive simulations and clear explanations of quantum physics concepts. This pocket-sized reference makes complex theories accessible through a particle table, concept cards, and hands-on experiments.

Highlights
  • Interactive particle table
  • 12 concept cards for quick learning
  • 22 touchable physics simulations
  • Theory atlases for deeper understanding
  • Decay and Spectra explorers
  • Offline and private usage
Features
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Quantum Atlas is a beautiful, pocket-sized reference for the building blocks of reality. From the seventeen particles of the Standard Model to the ideas behind quantum mechanics, field theory, electrodynamics, and the strong force — it turns dense physics into something you can actually explore. And play with. A PERIODIC TABLE FOR PARTICLES Browse all 17 quarks, leptons, and bosons of the Standard Model in a clean, tappable table. Each particle card lays out mass, charge, spin, the forces it feels, its antiparticle, the year and team that discovered it, how it decays, and a plain-English explanation of the role it plays in the universe. No textbook required. LEARN THE CONCEPTS A deck of 12 concept cards covers wavefunctions, superposition, entanglement, spin, uncertainty, tunneling, the photoelectric effect, decoherence, gauge symmetry, vacuum fluctuations, and more — each one designed to be read in a minute and remembered for longer. INTERACTIVE LAB — 22 SIMULATIONS YOU CAN TOUCH Don't just read about physics. Play with it. Every simulation is a real, working experiment that you steer with your finger. The new flagships: • Hydrogen Spectrum — drag an electron between energy levels and watch the photon fall onto its exact wavelength • CHSH Game — a coordination game where classical strategies cap at 75% and entanglement breaks the ceiling at 85.4% The classics: • Double-slit, Mach–Zehnder interferometer, Quantum tunneling • Wave packet spreading, the Uncertainty principle • Spin measurement, Sequential Stern–Gerlach, Bell test • Bloch sphere, Two-state Rabi cycles, Quantum gates playground • Decoherence, Particle in a box, Harmonic oscillator • Photoelectric effect, Blackbody radiation • Atom builder, Orbital shapes • Particle decay tree, Feynman diagram builder GO DEEPER Four theory atlases — 34 entries in all — collect the key results and intuition for each domain: • Quantum Mechanics — wavefunctions, measurement, uncertainty, the foundations • Quantum Field Theory — fields, particles as excitations, virtual processes • Quantum Electrodynamics — photons, vertices, the running of the coupling • Quantum Chromodynamics — quarks, gluons, confinement, asymptotic freedom The Decay Explorer follows 11 unstable particles through their full chains of products, weighted by real measured branching ratios. Run it once and you get one outcome; run it again and you get a different one — exactly like the real universe. The Spectra Explorer renders the real emission lines of 98 elements at their true wavelengths, grouped by periodic-table family — every fingerprint that astronomers actually use to identify atoms across the galaxy. WHO IT'S FOR • Physics students who want to feel concepts, not just read them • Science teachers who need a visual aid that actually demonstrates • Engineers and developers brushing up on quantum • Anyone who has ever wanted to ask "but how does it actually work?" OFFLINE AND PRIVATE No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Everything works offline, and nothing about your usage ever leaves your device. SIMPLE, ONE-TIME UNLOCK The Standard Model, the Concepts deck, and the Quantum Mechanics atlas are free, forever. Unlock everything else — the Lab's 22 simulations, the three remaining theory atlases (QFT, QED, QCD), the Decay Explorer, and the Spectra Explorer — with a single one-time purchase. Family Sharing supported. Designed with a premium dark interface, hand-built for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Wave Workshop4 screens
Quantum Atlas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quantum Atlas at 5.0 against Wave Workshop's 4.4. Wave Workshop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Quantum Atlas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wave Workshop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quantum Atlas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wave Workshop has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Wave Workshop versus Quantum Atlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWave WorkshopQuantum Atlas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better1
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlgorizkElisha Perelman

In-app purchases

None

Wave Workshop

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quantum Atlas

One-time1
  • Quantum Atlas Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Wave Workshop free?
Wave Workshop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quantum Atlas free?
Quantum Atlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wave Workshop or Quantum Atlas?
Quantum Atlas is rated higher. Wave Workshop averages 4.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Quantum Atlas averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

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