Comparison

3D Quakes vs Structural Dynamics Visualizer

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

Head to head
About

3D Quakes

Explore a 3D visualization of earthquake data, including topography and tectonic plates. Customize your view by adjusting magnitude, depth, and time ranges. Additional data can be downloaded with a NIED account.

Highlights
  • 3D earthquake distribution visualization
  • Interactive rotation and scaling
  • 3D topography overlay
  • Tectonic plate visualization
  • Customizable magnitude, depth, and period ranges
  • Downloadable additional catalog data
Features
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3D viewer of the distribution of earthquakes. You can: - easily rotate and scale the distribution - see the 3D visualization of the topography - overlay the Pacific and Philippine Sea plates - set the ranges of the magnitude, the depth and the period. - can download additional catalog data with NIED account (data of 2 weeks are pre-installed as a sample)

About

Structural Dynamics Visualizer

Explore structural vibrations with this interactive educational tool. Visualize free and forced vibrations, mode shapes, and earthquake responses using animated models and synchronized plots. Adjust system parameters to see immediate effects on structural behavior.

Highlights
  • Free vibration analysis
  • Forced vibration and resonance
  • SDOF and MDOF models
  • Mode shape visualization
  • Earthquake response simulation
  • Interactive parameter adjustment
  • Animated structural deformation
Features
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Structural Dynamics Visualizer is an interactive educational tool for exploring the behavior of vibrating structural systems. Visualize free vibration, forced vibration, mode shapes, sinusoidal ground motion, and earthquake response using animated structural models and synchronized response plots. Explore single-degree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom systems, including carts, shear frames, cantilevers, and vertical spring-mass systems. Adjust model parameters such as mass, stiffness, damping, initial displacement, initial velocity, forcing amplitude, forcing period, and number of degrees of freedom, and immediately see how those changes affect structural response. Features include: • Free-vibration response and damping behavior • Forced vibration and resonance visualization • SDOF and MDOF structural models • Mode shapes and modal response • Shear-frame and cantilever systems • Sinusoidal base excitation • Earthquake response using recorded ground motion • Interactive parameter controls • Animated structural deformation • Response histories and natural-period visualization Structural Dynamics is designed as a teaching and learning aid for students studying structural engineering, earthquake engineering, vibrations, engineering mechanics, and related subjects.

Screenshots

3D Quakes4 screens
Structural Dynamics Visualizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 3D Quakes at 11.2 against Structural Dynamics Visualizer's 26.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 3D Quakes against 5.0 for Structural Dynamics Visualizer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
3D Quakes versus Structural Dynamics Visualizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3D QuakesStructural Dynamics Visualizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.2 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKentaro EmotoMICHAEL PATRICK BERRY

Customer experience

3D Quakes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Structural Dynamics Visualizer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

3D Quakes

No in-app purchases

None

Structural Dynamics Visualizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 3D Quakes free?
3D Quakes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Structural Dynamics Visualizer free?
Structural Dynamics Visualizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 3D Quakes or Structural Dynamics Visualizer?
3D Quakes and Structural Dynamics Visualizer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 3D Quakes or Structural Dynamics Visualizer have ads?
Neither 3D Quakes nor Structural Dynamics Visualizer shows ads.

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