Comparison

Ancient Maya App vs Three

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

Head to head
About

Ancient Maya App

Explore Mayan language and culture with this educational app. Create, share, and decode glyph blocks, convert calendar dates, and learn to recognize glyphs through interactive games and a comprehensive syllabary. Discover ancient artifacts and hear Mayan pronunciations.

Highlights
  • Create and share glyph blocks
  • Decode Mayan glyphs
  • Convert between Long Count and Gregorian calendars
  • Navigate Mayan syllabary
  • Explore Stela 11 from Yaxchilan
  • Listen to Mayan pronunciations
  • Learn glyphs with a game
Features
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With the Ancient Maya App you can create glyph blocks, share glyph blocks, decode glyph blocks, learn to read phonetic glyphs, convert dates between the Long Count calendar and the Gregorian calendar and easily navigate the Mayan syllabary. Explore the famous Stela 11 from Yaxchilan and even listen to a Mayan read it. The app includes nearly 800 glyphs, their definitions and over 600 dictionary entries and games to learn to recognize and read glyphs.

About

Three

Explore the fascinating beauty of gravity and celestial motion. Interact with three bodies, discover countless orbital paths, and experiment with your own gravity scenarios. Turn curiosity into understanding with this educational simulation.

Highlights
  • Explore 16 classic periodic solutions
  • Discover 10,059 3D periodic orbits
  • Experiment with custom gravity scenarios
  • Learn about the three-body problem
  • Offline exploration of orbits
  • Interactive celestial motion simulation
Features
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Three bodies. Countless paths. Watch the beauty of gravity unfold. Three-Body Simulation brings abstract celestial motion into a world of orbits you can watch, interact with, and explore. See three bodies pull on one another as their trails gradually draw patterns, and discover how a simple law of gravity produces rich and fascinating motion. Explore 16 classic periodic solutions From the flowing Figure Eight to Butterfly, Moth, and Bumblebee, discover the shapes and rhythms of different periodic solutions. Detailed introductions to each orbit explain the motion behind these patterns. Discover 10,059 three-dimensional periodic orbits Explore published spatial periodic solutions and discover paths that weave and curve through space. Choose an orbit by number or discover one at random, then rotate the view to see its shape from different directions. Try your own gravity experiment Adjust the mass, initial position, and velocity of each body and watch how the orbit changes. You can also explore random three-body motion to see how the bodies approach, circle, and move away from one another. Turn curiosity into understanding Learn about the origins, history, and basic principles of the three-body problem. See the full system of three equations of motion, explore classic periodic solutions, and learn how the 10,059 spatial periodic orbits were discovered. Let the paths you see become a starting point for understanding gravity and motion. Available on iPhone and iPad in ten languages, including Chinese, English, and Japanese. Orbit data, simulations, and introductions are included in the app, so the core exploration experience works offline. The complete orbit catalog, random motion, and custom experiments are unlocked with a one-time in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Ancient Maya App4 screens
Three3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Three at 5.0 against Ancient Maya App's 4.2. Three also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Ancient Maya App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Three sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ancient Maya App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Three holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient Maya App has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ancient Maya App ships an update every 3 weeks, Three every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ancient Maya App versus Three: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAncient Maya AppThree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen McDonald志强 曾

Customer experience

Ancient Maya App

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Three

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

In-app purchases

None

Ancient Maya App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Three

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Ancient Maya App free?
Ancient Maya App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Three free?
Three is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ancient Maya App or Three?
Three is rated higher. Ancient Maya App averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Three averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ancient Maya App or Three have ads?
Neither Ancient Maya App nor Three shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ancient Maya App or Three?
Ancient Maya App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Three every 5 days. Most recently, Ancient Maya App was updated on November 3, 2026 and Three on October 31, 2026.

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