BugSim vs Smart Rockets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BugSim
Explore Darwinian evolution through a simulation game where virtual bugs learn to survive and hunt bacteria. This educational app is based on a concept from a 1989 Scientific American article.
- Darwinian evolution simulation
- Survival of the fittest mechanics
- Bugs hunt bacteria
- Educational gameplay
- Based on Scientific American concept
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Bugs is a simulation game for Darwinian evolution, specifically through survival of the fittest. This program based on an idea presented in the May 1989 issue of Scientific American in an article titled Simulated Evolution: wherein bugs learn to hunt bacteria, by A. K. Dewdney.
Smart Rockets
Explore machine learning and natural selection by creating interactive levels for a computer to solve. Adjust populations and observe how genetic algorithms evolve solutions over generations. A unique educational experience demonstrating AI principles.
- Create custom levels for AI
- Adjust population dynamics
- Observe genetic algorithm evolution
- Demonstrates natural selection
- Interactive learning experience
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This app is supposed to demonstrate machine learning and how it works through natural selection. You can create levels for the computer to solve and adjust the population to fit the level or ‘environment’ better. The computer will try to solve the level using a form of machine learning called a Genetic Algorithm (which is based on evolution). If everything goes according to plan the computer will be able to figure out the level over a certain amount of generations.
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Verdict
BugSim and Smart Rockets both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of BugSim's written reviews are positive against 50% of Smart Rockets's. Smart Rockets's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for BugSim against 4.0 for Smart Rockets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of BugSim's written reviews are positive against 50% of Smart Rockets's.
| Parameter | BugSim | Smart Rockets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mike Wesemann | Skin Check Inc. |
Customer experience
BugSim
Smart Rockets
In-app purchases
BugSim
No in-app purchases
Smart Rockets
No in-app purchases
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