Comparison

Hypotenuse vs AeroStream

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

Head to head
About

Hypotenuse

Explore the meditative art of geometry using Augmented Reality or your photo library. Construct polygons from basic shapes and discover the mathematical patterns in nature and the built world. Learn the language of geometry through interactive visual exploration.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality geometry exploration
  • Photo Library integration for geometric patterns
  • Construct polygons from circles and lines
  • Discover geometric patterns in nature
  • Learn about mathematical language of the universe
Features
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Discover the relaxing and meditative art of geometry with Hypotenuse and experience the mysterious mathematical language of the universe. With the same simple rules of compass and straightedge, you can now explore the geometric patterns found in nature and in our built environment using Augmented Reality and/or images from your Photo Library. Learn how to construct polygons from just circles and lines; from the triangle to the twelve-sided dodecagon. Geometry is everywhere! Hypotenuse helps you find it.

About

AeroStream

Explore fluid dynamics with an interactive wind tunnel simulator. Visualize real-time flow fields around various shapes and adjust parameters like wind speed and viscosity to observe instant responses. Ideal for engineers, students, and enthusiasts seeking to understand air behavior.

Highlights
  • Live, interactive wind tunnel simulation
  • Real-time flow field rendering
  • Adjustable wind speed, viscosity, angle of attack
  • Streamlines, vortices, and wake region visualization
  • Velocity, pressure, vorticity heatmaps
  • Particle tracers for real-time motion
Features
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Explore fluid dynamics with a live, interactive wind tunnel simulator right in your pocket. AeroStream renders real-time flow fields around airfoils, cylinders, plates, and nozzles — perfect for engineers, students, and aerodynamics enthusiasts who want to build intuition for how air behaves. Adjust wind speed, viscosity, and angle of attack to see how the flow field responds instantly. Watch streamlines bend, vortices form, and wake regions develop as conditions change. View velocity, pressure, or vorticity heatmaps with particle tracers showing real-time motion through the domain. Whether you're studying for a fluid dynamics course, prototyping a design concept, or just curious how air flows around different shapes, AeroStream brings computational fluid dynamics to your fingertips. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hypotenuse3 screens
AeroStream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AeroStream at Free against Hypotenuse's $2.99. Hypotenuse's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

AeroStream is free to download; Hypotenuse costs $2.99 up front. AeroStream sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Hypotenuse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hypotenuse against 5.0 for AeroStream. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hypotenuse versus AeroStream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHypotenuseAeroStream
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#136 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames GilmartinNuv Ahuja

In-app purchases

None

Hypotenuse

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AeroStream

Subscriptions2
  • AeroPro$5.991 Month
  • AeroPro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Hypotenuse free?
Hypotenuse costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AeroStream free?
AeroStream is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hypotenuse or AeroStream?
Hypotenuse and AeroStream are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hypotenuse or AeroStream have ads?
Neither Hypotenuse nor AeroStream shows ads.

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