Comparison

Light & Color by Tinybop vs Tuning Fork Study

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

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About

Light & Color by Tinybop

Explore the science and art of light and color through interactive experiments and AR features. Discover how light works, mix colors, and see the world through different creatures' eyes. Designed for curious kids ages 4+.

Highlights
  • Explore light refraction and reflection
  • Experiment with prisms, mirrors, and lenses
  • Mix paint and light colors
  • Create rainbows
  • Use AR to identify colors
  • See through animal eyes
  • Interactive vocabulary in 40+ languages
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Have you dreamed of entering a rainbow? How about collecting the colors in your room or seeing through the eyes of a bee? Explore the magic of light and color as you learn at the intersection of physics and art.  **2022 Winner of Japan's Digital Ehon Yoichi Sakakihara Prize for outstanding children's media! Discover how light is made, how it moves, and the beauty it creates (hint: colors!). You can mix paint and light, play with prisms and lenses, sort colors, make rainbows, and so much more. Plus — use AR to collect and identify the colors all around you. Light & Color is No.12 in Tinybop’s award-winning Explorer’s Library, a series of apps designed for curious kids ages 4+ to dive into big ideas. Other Explorer’s Library apps include The Human Body, Plants, Simple Machines, The Earth, Weather, Homes, Skyscrapers, Space, Mammals, Coral Reef, and States of Matter. The apps in this series have won Best of the App Store, App Store Editors’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, and Children's Technology Review Editor’s Choice awards. Each Explorer’s Library app teaches kids foundational science. Kids learn by playing, experimenting, observing, asking questions, making guesses, and finding answers. We hope each app inspires conversations between you and your kids and sparks more learning in the world around us. Learn more at tinybop.com. FEATURES + Discover how light bounces, refracts and reflects. + Play with working models of prisms, mirrors, and lenses. + Make rainbows by generating storms. + Experiment with a variety of light sources including candles, incandescent lights, and lasers. + Peek inside a raindrop to learn about how rainbows are created. + Mix paints to create a color wheel (Subtractive RYB mixing). + Explore the science of light by mixing colored lights (Additive RGB light mixing). + Play with color sorting blocks to learn about different color systems. + Collect, capture, match, and name colors in the world around you using AR. + Explore how different creatures perceive the world around them (humans, color-blind humans, nearsighted humans, bees, dogs). + Consider the emotions you connect to different colors. + Interactive text labels in 40+ languages teach vocabulary. + Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). + Fun for the whole family — play and learn together. + No third-party advertising. + Open-ended activities with no rules. Curiosity and creativity are rewarded. + Original artwork by Jeanelle Mak Petrillo. FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom, or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, lidar (TrueDepth), microphone, and other services produce data which could identify you used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app to Tinybop or other parties. Tinybop does collect anonymous usage data that tells us which parts of the app you visit, how often you visit, and which parts of the app you use the most. This anonymous data is accessible only to Tinybop to help us make better apps and is never bought or sold. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow.  We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop. :)

About

Tuning Fork Study

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Tuning Fork Effects EduTech is an interactive learning app designed to help students understand the effects of a vibrating tuning fork. Through clear explanations, engaging visuals, and activity-based demonstrations, the app makes learning about sound vibrations simple and fun. Students can explore how a tuning fork produces sound, how vibrations propagate through different mediums, and how sound waves interact with the environment. The app features 3D interactive models that can be zoomed, rotated, and explored offline, making physics concepts easier to visualize and understand. Ideal for school-level physics, the app helps learners grasp the fundamentals of sound, vibration, and wave propagation with an interactive and hands-on approach. Features: - Interactive 3D tuning fork models with zoom & rotate - Learn how vibrations produce sound - Understand wave propagation and effects - Clear, student-friendly explanations - Works completely offline - no internet needed - Activity-based visuals for deeper understanding - Perfect for school physics and sound experiments Explore the fascinating world of vibrations and sound with Tuning Fork Effects EduTech, your interactive guide to learning physics effectively.

Screenshots

Light & Color by Tinybop4 screens
Tuning Fork Study4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Light & Color by Tinybop at every 8 months against Tuning Fork Study's every 37 months. Light & Color by Tinybop also leads on chart position (#193 vs unranked). Tuning Fork Study's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Light & Color by Tinybop costs $3.99 and Tuning Fork Study $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light & Color by Tinybop ships an update every 8 months, Tuning Fork Study every 37 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Light & Color by Tinybop versus Tuning Fork Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight & Color by TinybopTuning Fork Study
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.5 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 37 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size422 MB224 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinybop Inc.VIRTUAL FILAMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

Light & Color by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

None

Tuning Fork Study

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Light & Color by Tinybop free?
Light & Color by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tuning Fork Study free?
Tuning Fork Study costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Light & Color by Tinybop or Tuning Fork Study have ads?
Neither Light & Color by Tinybop nor Tuning Fork Study shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light & Color by Tinybop or Tuning Fork Study?
Light & Color by Tinybop ships an update every 8 months, and Tuning Fork Study every 37 months. Most recently, Light & Color by Tinybop was updated on November 7, 2026 and Tuning Fork Study on November 7, 2026.

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