Strings Conferences vs MatterBricks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strings Conferences
Explore two decades of String Theory progress through conference slides. Easily navigate presentations from 1998 to 2025 on your iPad.
- Access conference slides
- Navigate presentations
- String Theory content
- Historical data (1998-2025)
- iPad optimized
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Twenty years of (non-)progress of String Theory on your iPad! With this app, you can easily navigate all the slides from the past Strings conferences, from 1998 to 2025.
MatterBricks
Explore the fundamental building blocks of matter and their interactions. Combine elementary particles to discover how they form other particles found in nature. An educational journey into the core of physics.
- Simulate elementary particle interactions
- Combine particles to form new ones
- Discover fundamental particles
- Educational physics exploration
- Interactive learning experience
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These tiny little bricks are elementary particles representing the basic structure of our matter and beyond. Find out how they interact with each other to combine them into other fundamental particles that exist in nature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MatterBricks at every 2 months against Strings Conferences's every 11 months. Strings Conferences's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Strings Conferences ships an update every 11 months, MatterBricks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strings Conferences | MatterBricks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuji Tachikawa | Kirill Skovpen |
Customer experience
Strings Conferences
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In-app purchases
Strings Conferences
No in-app purchases
MatterBricks
No in-app purchases
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