Action Potentials vs Ket Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Action Potentials
Explore the mechanics of action potentials in real-time. Adjust parameters and introduce various drugs to observe their impact on neuronal signaling. Choose between single event simulations or continuous manual current injections.
- Real-time action potential visualization
- Adjustable simulation parameters
- Drug effect simulation (lidocaine, tetrodotoxin, TEA)
- Single action potential mode
- Continuous manual current injection
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In this app, you can see how action potentials work by watching the action potential as it happens and adjusting the parameters. You can add drugs such as lidocaine, tetrodotoxin, and TEA to observe the effects on the action potential. You have the option to see a single action potential with a preset current injection, or a continuous option where you can manually inject current to trigger an action potential.
Ket Steps
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Ket Steps is a symbolic workpad for quantum states. Define kets, bras, and operators in standard bra-ket notation, compose them, and get exact results (fractions, imaginary units, and ...) without numeric approximation unless you ask for it. Each line is a typed, labeled object. Select two, apply an operation, and the result appears contrasted against the input for quick validation, not just the answer. Every result exports to LaTeX with a single tap. **What it does today** Single- and multi-qubit states, tensor products, standard operators (Pauli X/Y/Z, Hadamard, and more), inner products, outer products, and operator-ket application. Exact symbolic arithmetic throughout. Norm validation on every state. A growing library of named objects to insert with one tap. **Where it's going** Ket Steps aims to become a complete toolkit for quantum information theory. Join our Kets on their journey. **Privacy** Everything stays on your device. No data is collected, transmitted, or stored anywhere else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Action Potentials at 13.0 against Ket Steps's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Action Potentials ships an update every 3 weeks, Ket Steps every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Action Potentials | Ket Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beau Forest | YARON AMIR BENJAMIN DR. GOLDSTEIN |
In-app purchases
Action Potentials
No in-app purchases
Ket Steps
No in-app purchases
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