Pic2Mag vs Pocket MRS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Pocket MRS
This app provides a quick reference and educational tool for in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). It offers simulated human brain spectra and analysis, allowing users to visualize the impact of experimental conditions on spectral appearance.
- Simulated human brain spectra
- Detailed spectral analysis
- Manipulation of echo time
- Visualization of experimental conditions
- Quick digital reference
- Educational tool for MRS
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Pocket MRS was designed to be a fast and versatile electronic reference and educational tool for students, medical professionals, researchers and anybody else engaged in the field of in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Pocket MRS is a mobile application that offers simple and easy access to simulated spectra from the human brain and its detailed analysis. Spectra available from 0 to 300 ms TE were obtained using realistic quantum mechanical density operator simulations, and then scaled using known concentration, T1 and T2 values across 19 different metabolites and the sum of 10 macromolecules. Spectra can be manipulated with respect to echo time, magnetic field quality and noise levels, providing quick and convenient visualization of the impact of typical experimental conditions on spectral appearance. The app can be a quick digital reference and valuable help for the MRS community when desktop computers and extended MRS software tools are not available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket MRS at 5.0 against Pic2Mag's 4.5. Pic2Mag's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket MRS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Pic2Mag | Pocket MRS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Snyder | Columbia University |
Customer experience
Pic2Mag
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In-app purchases
Pic2Mag
No in-app purchases
Pocket MRS
No in-app purchases









