AR Projectile Physics Sim vs MARVLS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Projectile Physics Sim
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The AR Projectile Lab is an app to help you visualize and understand projectile motion at home. Watch cannons fire across your room and see their trajectories from every angle. Learn the relationships between mass, angles, velocity, flight time and range by seeing it happen instead of staring at equations.
MARVLS
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Augmented Reality Models of topics in the first semester of a physics course including vectors, centroids, forces, impulse, momentum, projectiles, circular motion, torque, right-hand rule, and simple harmonic motion. You'll need a Merge Cube ( link included to download from the internet). Click on different button to navigate to different topics. Click on View in AR to view the model. Hold the Merge cube so that your camera can see it well. Move the cube around until you see the model. Click on the buttons to interact with the model. Click the back button to get back to the info screens or to the main screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AR Projectile Physics Sim at every 9 days against MARVLS's every 4 months. AR Projectile Physics Sim also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AR Projectile Physics Sim ships an update every 9 days, MARVLS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AR Projectile Physics Sim | MARVLS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 242 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jay Murphree | Michele McColgan |
In-app purchases
AR Projectile Physics Sim
No in-app purchases
MARVLS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is AR Projectile Physics Sim free?
Is MARVLS free?
Do AR Projectile Physics Sim or MARVLS have ads?
Which is updated more often, AR Projectile Physics Sim or MARVLS?
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