Comparison

Magical Rays vs Soft Drink Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Magical Rays

Experience a calming and meditative light effect application. Touch the screen to interact with dynamic light rays and create ever-changing visual patterns for relaxation and zen healing.

Highlights
  • Interactive light ray attraction
  • Dynamic and changing light patterns
  • Zen and healing atmosphere
  • Touch screen interaction
  • Relaxing visual experience
Features
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Relax zen healing. A light effect app provided by Digital Gene. When you touch the screen, you can attract the light ray. Please enjoy the ever-changing patterns of light ray.

About

Soft Drink Simulator

Create and mix your own custom soft drinks without any restrictions. Pour, shake, and pour out your creations using intuitive touch controls or the device's accelerometer.

Highlights
  • Mix various soft drinks
  • Pour and mix liquids
  • Control with touch or accelerometer
  • Turn device upside down to pour out
  • No restrictions on mixing
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This is a simulator where you can mix different soft drinks with nobody scolding you. You can press a button at the top of the screen to pour and mix liquids, move it by touch or accelerometer, and turn the device upside down to let the mixture out.

Screenshots

Magical Rays4 screens
Soft Drink Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Soft Drink Simulator at none against Magical Rays's shown. Soft Drink Simulator also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Magical Rays's advantage is ratings volume (206 vs 8). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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 — 4.6 for Magical Rays against 4.5 for Soft Drink Simulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magical Rays has 206 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Magical Rays's written reviews are positive against 100% of Soft Drink Simulator's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Magical Rays versus Soft Drink Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagical RaysSoft Drink Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (206 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews83.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings206 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlus Inc. (Japan)Kentaro Suto

Customer experience

Magical Rays

All ratings206 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive83.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative10.5%

Soft Drink Simulator

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Magical Rays

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Ads are intrusive and cannot be removed
  • Sound effects are unavoidable
  • App quits unexpectedly when saving a photo
  • Google ads banner is persistent and ruins the experience

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add option to slow down or speed up the game
  • Add a color wheel for particle customization
  • Add more music options
  • Add option to change background color
  • Add option to permanently remove ads
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  • Add multi-finger interaction
  • Add slo-mo button

Soft Drink Simulator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Magical Rays

No in-app purchases

None

Soft Drink Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magical Rays free?
Magical Rays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soft Drink Simulator free?
Soft Drink Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magical Rays or Soft Drink Simulator?
Magical Rays is rated higher. Magical Rays averages 4.6 out of 5 from 206 ratings, while Soft Drink Simulator averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Magical Rays or Soft Drink Simulator have ads?
Magical Rays shows ads; Soft Drink Simulator does not.

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