Comparison

Electromag vs Ripple Tank

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

Head to head
About

Electromag

Explore fundamental concepts of electromagnetism through interactive animations and detailed explanations. This app supports high school and university courses, covering electrostatics, electric current, magnetism, and Maxwell's equations with visual aids.

Highlights
  • Basic equations memorandum
  • 20+ electromagnetism animations
  • 3D animations
  • Covers electrostatics, electric current, magnetism, and electromagnetism
  • Includes physical constants
  • Classroom projection support
Features
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Electromag is an educative application in support to a high-school or university course of electromagnetism. It contains not only a memorandum of the basic equations, but it also contains approximately twenty animations illustrating the various concepts of electromagnetism. This application runs also on iPad and iPod Touch 3rd generation and later. 50 screens of electromagnetism! For teachers !! Connect your iPad with a video projector and show the animations to your students in classroom. List of covered subjects: Electrostatics: Coulomb'sLaw, Electric Field, Gauss Theorem, Electric Potential, Capacitance. Electric Current: Current and Resistance, Circuits. Magnetism: Magnetic Field, Magnetic Fields Due to Currents, Electromagnetic Induction, Inductance. Electromagnetism: Maxwell Equations, Wave Equation. Physical Constants. Each section contains at least one animation of which some in 3D. List of animations: - Coulomb's law, - Electric field lines, - Movement of a charge in electric field, - Electric dipole, - Lead-acid battery, - Torque on a current loop (in 3D), - Charge in magnetic field, - Cyclotron, - Induction field due to a current in a long straight wire (in 3D), - Generator (in 3D).

About

Ripple Tank

Explore wave phenomena with a realistic ripple tank simulation. Create and save your own experiments to visualize concepts like interference, diffraction, and refraction. Ideal for students and educators seeking an interactive learning tool.

Highlights
  • Wave generation with finger touch
  • Demonstrates interference and diffraction
  • Visualizes refraction and resonance
  • Includes Doppler effect examples
  • Create and save custom experiments
Features
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A simulation of a ripple tank, or wave tank. Make waves with your finger, or view examples including such wave phenomena as interference, diffraction (single slit, double slit, etc.), refraction, resonance, and the Doppler effect. Create your own experiment and save it for future reference.

Screenshots

Electromag4 screens
Ripple Tank1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Electromag at 5.0 against Ripple Tank's 4.4. Electromag also leads on price ($1.99 vs $5.99). Ripple Tank's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 45%) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Electromag costs $1.99 and Ripple Tank $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Electromag holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Electromag's written reviews are positive against 86% of Ripple Tank's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Electromag ships an update every 9 months, Ripple Tank every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Electromag versus Ripple Tank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectromagRipple Tank
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.67.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXavier DaxheletFalstad.com

Customer experience

Electromag

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral27.3%
Negative27.3%

Ripple Tank

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Electromag

No in-app purchases

None

Ripple Tank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Electromag free?
Electromag costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ripple Tank free?
Ripple Tank costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Electromag or Ripple Tank?
Electromag is rated higher. Electromag averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Ripple Tank averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Electromag or Ripple Tank have ads?
Neither Electromag nor Ripple Tank shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Electromag or Ripple Tank?
Electromag ships an update every 9 months, and Ripple Tank every 7 months. Most recently, Electromag was updated on September 29, 2026 and Ripple Tank on October 2, 2026.

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