Comparison

Loughborough Wave Lab vs TUM interactive

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

Head to head
About

Loughborough Wave Lab

This educational app helps students grasp electromagnetic wave concepts through interactive simulations. It features a virtual ripple tank, waveguide simulator, and Young's Double Slit experiment. Educators can create custom simulations for an enhanced learning experience.

Highlights
  • Virtual pond and ripple tank
  • Sinusoidal pulse generation
  • Waveguide simulation
  • Young's Double Slit experiment
  • Custom simulation mode
  • Educator-authored simulation uploads
Features
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Loughborough Wave Lab is an educational learning app designed to aid students in their understanding of electromagnetic wave concepts in an engaging and entertaining way! Features include: • Virtual pond • Persistent Sinusoidal Pulses • Virtual Ripple Tank • Waveguide Simulator • Young's Double Slit Experiment • Custom Simulation Mode Loughborough Wave Lab is intended to accompany teaching on Electromagnetic phenomena and to provide students with an interactive way of seeing these principles in action! Educators can now author their own custom simulation files, upload them to a web server and then have Loughborough Wave Lab execute the simulations using a WiFi or cellular data connection to download the configurations and display them to the user. This uses the new, open-source configuration standard CEML which has been introduced by the developer (available at www.github.com/danielrbrowne/CEML)

About

TUM interactive

Explore science through interactive animations, simulations, games, and puzzles. This app offers an entertaining and educational journey through 14 university faculties, covering topics from virtual wind tunnels to the universe.

Highlights
  • Interactive walk through 14 faculties
  • Animations, simulations, games, and puzzles
  • Virtual wind tunnels
  • Simulated swarms and car traffic
  • Codebreaker challenges
  • Chemical labs
  • Universe exploration
Features
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On the occasion of its 150 anniversary the Technical University of Munich presents an interaktive walk trough its 14 faculties. Experience science at your fingertips with animations, simulations, games, and puzzles. Be prepared for an entertaining and educational journey. Virtual wind tunnels, simulated swarms and car traffic, codebreaker challenges, chemical labs and a presentation of the universe from its smallest to its largest dimensions are only some of the topics you will meet among the 28 animations in this App. All explanations in the App available in English and in German.

Screenshots

Loughborough Wave Lab4 screens
TUM interactive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TUM interactive at every 5 days against Loughborough Wave Lab's every 3 months. TUM interactive also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (94% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

TUM interactive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Loughborough Wave Lab's written reviews are positive against 94% of TUM interactive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, TUM interactive every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loughborough Wave Lab versus TUM interactive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoughborough Wave LabTUM interactive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings)4.8 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1338 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Brownescience-to-touch

Customer experience

Loughborough Wave Lab

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

TUM interactive

All ratings37 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral5.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

None

Loughborough Wave Lab

No in-app purchases

None

TUM interactive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loughborough Wave Lab free?
Loughborough Wave Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TUM interactive free?
TUM interactive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loughborough Wave Lab or TUM interactive?
TUM interactive is rated higher. Loughborough Wave Lab averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while TUM interactive averages 4.8 from 38 ratings.
Do Loughborough Wave Lab or TUM interactive have ads?
Neither Loughborough Wave Lab nor TUM interactive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loughborough Wave Lab or TUM interactive?
Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, and TUM interactive every 5 days. Most recently, Loughborough Wave Lab was updated on November 1, 2026 and TUM interactive on October 24, 2026.

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