Comparison

Loughborough Wave Lab vs Atomify

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

Atomify

Explore atomic physics and molecular behavior with a powerful simulation tool. Visualize atoms and molecules in liquids, solids, and gases, transforming your device into a personal physics laboratory for learning or research.

Highlights
  • Atomic and molecular simulations
  • Visual understanding of matter
  • Physics research tool
  • LAMMPS integration
  • Open-source code
Features
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LAMMPS on your phone/tablet! Learn about atomic physics or show your research to other people. Gain intuitive visual understanding of how atoms behave in liquids, solids and gases. With Atomify, your phone/tablet is transformed into a physics simulator allowing you to study atoms and molecules building up everything on this planet. In Atomify you are in charge of the universe. You are God. Perfect for anyone wanting to understand physics at the atomic level. The simulations are performed with the high performance molecular dynamics code, LAMMPS[1]. Developed by Anders Hafreager and Svenn-Arne Dragly (PhD candidates at the University of Oslo). Atomify LAMMPS is open source (GPLv3) and the source code can be found on GitHub[2]. [1] http://lammps.sandia.gov/ [2] https://github.com/ovilab/atomify

Screenshots

Loughborough Wave Lab4 screens
Atomify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Loughborough Wave Lab at every 3 months against Atomify's every 7 months. Atomify's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 4.5 for Loughborough Wave Lab against 4.5 for Atomify. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Loughborough Wave Lab's written reviews are positive against 75% of Atomify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, Atomify every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Loughborough Wave Lab versus Atomify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoughborough Wave LabAtomify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel BrowneAnders Hafreager

Customer experience

Loughborough Wave Lab

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

Atomify

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Loughborough Wave Lab

No in-app purchases

None

Atomify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loughborough Wave Lab free?
Loughborough Wave Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Atomify free?
Atomify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loughborough Wave Lab or Atomify?
Loughborough Wave Lab is rated higher. Loughborough Wave Lab averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Atomify averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Loughborough Wave Lab or Atomify have ads?
Neither Loughborough Wave Lab nor Atomify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loughborough Wave Lab or Atomify?
Loughborough Wave Lab ships an update every 3 months, and Atomify every 7 months. Most recently, Loughborough Wave Lab was updated on October 23, 2026 and Atomify on October 16, 2026.

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