Comparison

Mechanical Pendulums vs STEMboard

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

Head to head
About

Mechanical Pendulums

Explore the complex and often chaotic motion of coupled pendulums. Interact with double, triple, quadruple, and even octuple pendulums, visualizing their behavior in 2D or 3D.

Highlights
  • N-tuple pendulum simulations
  • Interactive motion control
  • Multiple pendulum configurations
  • Quartz and OpenGL visualization
  • Derived equations of motion
  • 4th order Runge-Kutta solver
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In mechanics, in the area of dynamical system, a N-tuple pendulum is a set of N simple pendulums attached to each other. These N-tuple pendulums are physical systems that exibits rich dynamical behavior. For certain energies, are the motion of these mechanical pendulums often chaotic. You can influence the motion of the pendulums by holding your device in different positions. The equations of motions of these pendulums has been derived using the Sophia mechanical package. The different set of differential equations are solved using the 4:th order Runge-Kutta method for the time stepping. Within this application you can switch between these mechanical pendulums: - Double - Triple - Quadruple - Quintuple - Sextuple - Octuple - Symmtric Double - Simple 3-Dimensional The visualization of the pendulums can be viewed in either a Quartz view or in an OpenGL view.

About

STEMboard

This educational app allows teachers to create and upload assignments that help students master prerequisite skills and close learning gaps. Students can complete work digitally on a whiteboard and receive detailed feedback from educators. All student work is stored for ongoing access.

Highlights
  • Assignment upload from various sources
  • Interactive digital whiteboard for student work
  • Detailed teacher feedback and markup tools
  • Replay feature to track student problem-solving process
  • Digital folder for permanent storage of student work
  • Google Classroom integration
Features
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Imagine teaching a lesson and all of your students are able to access the lesson at grade level. STEMboard gives educators the opportunity to build students’ mastery of prerequisite skills and close learning gaps they are demonstrating prior to a lesson. The STEMboard app is available for the cell phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop. With STEMboard, support student learning from the comfort of your couch, on the beach, or on your train ride home. STEMboard is one of very few apps integrated with Google, allowing teachers to easily access their classes through Google classroom and upload assignments with a simple click. Students have the opportunity to practice prerequisite skills by completing assignments provided by their teachers, outside of the classroom. Utilizing our easy-to-use whiteboard, students show detailed work on their assignments from their phones, tablets, or desktops, and submit completed assignments to their teachers for corrections. Teachers then provide detailed feedback on student work to correct their assignments and support their learning. STEMboard features • Assignment upload - Create assignments that will support student learning before they enter the classroom and easily upload from Google Drive, a cell phone, or personal PC to Google Classroom. • Whiteboard - Students use their finger, stylus, or text tools to complete and submit assignments on the whiteboard. Teachers receive the assignments and provide detailed feedback on student work, by directly marking up student work with corrections and next steps for improvement. Students access and implement the feedback to make changes to and correct their assignment. • Replay - Teachers are able to do and undo student work to see the order in which students wrote on the assignment, giving teachers a play-by-play of the process students used to complete each problem. Teachers can see students’ work from step 1 and students can see the exact process teachers used to correct their work and accurately complete each problem. • Digital Folder - Students and teachers FOREVER have access to student work stored in the STEMboard app! Help your students grow inside and outside the classroom with STEMboard.

Screenshots

Mechanical Pendulums4 screens
STEMboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: STEMboard at 3 against Mechanical Pendulums's —. STEMboard also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mechanical Pendulums against 5.0 for STEMboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Mechanical Pendulums versus STEMboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMechanical PendulumsSTEMboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManneTroll SolutionsSTEMboard

In-app purchases

None

Mechanical Pendulums

No in-app purchases

None

STEMboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mechanical Pendulums free?
Mechanical Pendulums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is STEMboard free?
STEMboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mechanical Pendulums or STEMboard?
Mechanical Pendulums and STEMboard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.

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