Comparison

Loughborough Wave Lab vs MWorks

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

MWorks

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MWorks is a platform for designing and running realtime experiments, particularly in the domains of psychology and neurophysiology. MWorks' iPad app can load and run MWorks experiments stored locally or in the cloud, or you can connect to and control it from MWClient on a Mac. For more information, visit the MWorks Project website at mworks.github.io.

Screenshots

Loughborough Wave Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Loughborough Wave Lab at every 3 months against MWorks's every 11 months. Loughborough Wave Lab also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, MWorks every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Loughborough Wave Lab versus MWorks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoughborough Wave LabMWorks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel BrowneChristopher Stawarz

In-app purchases

None

Loughborough Wave Lab

No in-app purchases

None

MWorks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loughborough Wave Lab free?
Loughborough Wave Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MWorks free?
MWorks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Loughborough Wave Lab or MWorks have ads?
Neither Loughborough Wave Lab nor MWorks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loughborough Wave Lab or MWorks?
Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, and MWorks every 11 months. Most recently, Loughborough Wave Lab was updated on October 23, 2026 and MWorks on October 26, 2026.

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