Loughborough Wave Lab vs 4D Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Virtual pond and ripple tank
- Sinusoidal pulse generation
- Waveguide simulation
- Young's Double Slit experiment
- Custom simulation mode
- Educator-authored simulation uploads
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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)
4D Draw
This app allows users to draw and visualize four-dimensional figures using color to represent the fourth coordinate. It includes a help menu with drawing tutorials and creative ideas to aid in understanding 4D space.
- Draw 4-dimensional figures
- Use color for the fourth coordinate
- Built-in 'How to draw' guide
- 4D construction ideas
- Visualize 4-dimensional space
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4D Draw is a simple vector-graphics app that lets you draw 4‑dimensional figures. It represents each point's first three coordinates in the usual way, while using color to represent the fourth coordinate. A built-in Help menu includes a “How to draw” page for an easy start, followed by a page of “4D construction ideas” to set you on your way towards visualizing 4-dimensional space. 4D Draw is intended for geometry students who want to learn to visualize 4‑dimensional space. People looking for a more recreational introduction to 4D should begin with 4D Maze instead. People looking for an even more recreational introduction to modern concepts of space and symmetry may enjoy the Torus Games or KaleidoPaint.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loughborough Wave Lab at 4.5 against 4D Draw's 3.4. Loughborough Wave Lab also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 70%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Loughborough Wave Lab holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Loughborough Wave Lab's written reviews are positive against 70% of 4D Draw's.
Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, 4D Draw every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loughborough Wave Lab | 4D Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | 3.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Browne | Jeff Weeks |
Customer experience
Loughborough Wave Lab
4D Draw
In-app purchases
Loughborough Wave Lab
No in-app purchases
4D Draw
No in-app purchases








