Comparison

Pic2Mag vs Bug Planet Sort

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

Head to head
About

Pic2Mag

Visualize magnetic and electric fields by drawing magnets or charges. This educational tool helps students understand physics concepts by displaying field lines and voltage potentials. It offers a free, ad-free learning experience for iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Draw magnets to visualize magnetic fields
  • Draw charges to visualize electric fields
  • Magnetostatic and Electrostatic modes
  • Field line and voltage potential plotting
  • Caches results for faster processing
  • Ad-free learning experience
Features
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The user draws the magnets and the Pic2Mag program draws the magnetic fields. The Field Calculator program now has a Magnetostatic mode, and an Electrostatic mode to plot either magnetic fields or electric fields. The program designed to help students learn Magnetic fields and Electric fields. You can draw magnets and look at the magnetic field, or you can draw electric charges and look at the electric voltage field. The best free magnetic science program you can download! No advertisements, it's just all app. The app can process most images in just a few minutes. The app caches it's results so the more that you use it, the faster the program processes images. Red pixels represent magnets with a North pole surface facing the observer, and Blue pixels represent magnets with a South pole surface facing the observer. Pink pixels represent positive electric charges, and Dark Purple pixels represent negative electric charges

About

Bug Planet Sort

Explore various sorting algorithms with customizable parameters like number of elements, speed, and music modes. This educational tool offers 18 different sorting methods and a random number generator for diverse learning experiences.

Highlights
  • 18 sorting methods
  • Customizable random number generator
  • Adjustable sorting speed
  • 4 music modes
  • Selectable number of random numbers
  • Visual sorting demonstrations
Features
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- Customized random number generator can make a true random seed to generate true random numbers. ·23 sample sequences. - The Voice of Visual Sorting has: ·18 sorting methods, · 4 music modes, ·2~220 random numbers can be selected. ·The time interval of 0.001~2.000 seconds, you can adjust the sorting speed. * If you have suggestions or want to report App problems, you are welcome to send a letter to: bugteams@gmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible after receiving the letter. * Welcome to join our Fan page "B.U.G BUS https://reurl.cc/jdodqq" * Privacy Policy: https://reurl.cc/14jeG8

Screenshots

Pic2Mag4 screens
Bug Planet Sort3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bug Planet Sort at 5.0 against Pic2Mag's 4.5. Bug Planet Sort also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months). Pic2Mag's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

Bug Planet Sort holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pic2Mag ships an update every 31 months, Bug Planet Sort every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pic2Mag versus Bug Planet Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPic2MagBug Planet Sort
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SnyderKhan Kao

Customer experience

Pic2Mag

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

Bug Planet Sort

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pic2Mag

No in-app purchases

None

Bug Planet Sort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pic2Mag free?
Pic2Mag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bug Planet Sort free?
Bug Planet Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pic2Mag or Bug Planet Sort?
Bug Planet Sort is rated higher. Pic2Mag averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bug Planet Sort averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pic2Mag or Bug Planet Sort have ads?
Neither Pic2Mag nor Bug Planet Sort shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pic2Mag or Bug Planet Sort?
Pic2Mag ships an update every 31 months, and Bug Planet Sort every 3 months. Most recently, Pic2Mag was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bug Planet Sort on October 29, 2026.

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