Explore The Cell vs Quantum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explore The Cell
This app serves as a basic reference for understanding the structure of cells. Future updates plan to expand the variety of cells and provide deeper insights into their components.
- Cell reference guide
- Basic cell analysis
- Future expansion planned
- Educational content
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Explore The Cell is a simple reference for the cell. Future releases will includes a more diverse array of cells, as well as a more detailed analysis of the organelles that compose the cell. Made by Brett Joseph Owers.
Quantum
Explore the hidden world of particles with a real-time simulator. Model up to 10,000 particles and experiment with natural phenomena like crystallization and orbital mechanics. Customize interactions and visualize results dynamically.
- Real-time particle simulation
- Model up to 10,000 particles
- Simulate natural phenomena
- Four distinct particle classes
- Customizable rules editor
- Dynamic visualizations
- Interactive control
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Experience the hidden world of particles Quantum is a real-time particle life sandbox for exploring emergent motion, artificial physics, and complex systems. Build fields with up to 10,000 particles, tune how classes attract or repel each other, and watch simple rules turn into flowing structures, swarms, or chaotic patterns. Why Quantum stands out: - Real-time particle simulation with four interacting particle classes. - Seamless 2D fields and perspective 3D volumes with touch rotation. - Rule editor for custom attraction and repulsion matrices. - Temperature, viscosity, solid/fluid edge behavior, and force tools. - Black hole and white hole tools for live interaction. - Save and load fields, rule sets, and color schemes. - P3 color support and vivid visual presets for generative art. Use Quantum as a physics toy, creative sandbox, teaching aid, or generative art lab. It is built for people who enjoy science, cellular automata, n-body systems, chaos, and beautiful simulations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Explore The Cell at none against Quantum's 6. Explore The Cell also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Quantum's advantage is ratings volume (150 vs 2) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ads and device support 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. Quantum sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Explore The Cell asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quantum holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quantum has 150 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Explore The Cell's written reviews are positive against 81% of Quantum's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Explore The Cell ships an update every 3 days, Quantum every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Explore The Cell | Quantum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brett Owers | GEORGY OSTROBROD |
Customer experience
Explore The Cell
Quantum
In-app purchases
Explore The Cell
No in-app purchases
Quantum
- Developer tip2 variants$1.99
- Developer tip2 variants$3.99
- Developer tip2 variants$5.99
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