Comparison

Touch Waves vs Numerical Methods Basics

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

Head to head
About

Touch Waves

Explore wave physics with interactive animations and detailed explanations. This app covers vibrations, waves on strings, acoustics, and optics, making complex concepts visual and understandable for students and educators.

Highlights
  • Wave physics concepts
  • Interactive animations (2D & 3D)
  • Basic equations
  • Classroom projection support
  • Covers vibration, acoustics, optics
  • Detailed subject list
Features
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Touch Waves is an educational application helpful for a high-school or university course of wave physics. It contains not only a memorandum of the basic equations, but it also contains approximately thirty animations (some in 3D) illustrating the various concepts of wave physics. More than 70 screens of wave physics! For teachers !! Connect your iPad to a video projector and show the animations to your students in classroom. List of covered subjects: Vibration: Harmonic oscillator, damped oscillator, driven oscillator. Wave on strings: Introduction, reflection and transmission, standing waves. Acoustics: Introduction, reflection and transmission, Doppler effect. Optics: Geometric optics, wave optics, polarization, Jones formulation of polarization, reflection and transmission, interference, diffraction, Doppler-Fizeau effect. Each section contains at least one animation. List of animations: Motion of harmonic oscillator, Motion of damped oscillator, Motion of driven oscillator, Progressive transversal wave, Reflection and transmission on string, Standing waves on string, Progressive longitudinal wave, Beating wave, Acoustic frequency, Acoustic Spectrometer, Acoustic Doppler effect, Snell-Descartes’ law, Law of spherical interface, Law of thin lens, Law of thick lens, Law of spherical mirror, Geometric aberration, Chromatic aberration, Visible spectrum, Electromagnetic wave in 3D, Electromagnetic spectrum, Absorption and emission of photon, Types of polarization, Types of polarization in 3D, Fresnel’s coefficients, Reflection and transmission in 3D, Degree of polarization in reflection, Interference in 3D, Young's interferometer, Michelson's interferometer, Fabry-Pérot interferometer, Diffraction by rectangular aperture, Diffraction by circular aperture.

About

Numerical Methods Basics

Features
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Numerical Methods Basics is an independent practice app for students, self-learners, and professionals reviewing core computational math ideas. Work through 160 questions across Fundamentals, Practical Skills, Common Pitfalls, and Advanced Concepts. Each question includes an explanation so you can learn from mistakes instead of only checking answers. Features: - FSRS spaced-repetition intervals for smarter review - Weak-point heatmap to spot topics that need work - Daily challenge for consistent practice - Mock exams for timed review - Offline practice anywhere - No login required Use it to review error analysis, root finding, interpolation, numerical integration, linear systems, and related basics at your own pace. Independent study app for Numerical Methods Basics practice. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any company, certification body, exam operator, or vendor. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Practice offline, no login required.

Screenshots

Touch Waves4 screens
Numerical Methods Basics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Numerical Methods Basics at Free against Touch Waves's $3.99. Numerical Methods Basics also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Numerical Methods Basics is free to download; Touch Waves costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Touch Waves versus Numerical Methods Basics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch WavesNumerical Methods Basics
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXavier DaxheletAFTW LLC

In-app purchases

None

Touch Waves

No in-app purchases

None

Numerical Methods Basics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch Waves free?
Touch Waves costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Numerical Methods Basics free?
Numerical Methods Basics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Touch Waves or Numerical Methods Basics have ads?
Neither Touch Waves nor Numerical Methods Basics shows ads.

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