Strings Conferences vs Monte Carlo Pi
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.
Monte Carlo Pi
Explore the mathematical concept of pi through a fun, educational demonstration. This app uses a simulation to help you understand how pi can be approximated. It's designed for learning and enjoyment.
- Pi approximation demonstration
- Educational simulation
- Fun learning experience
- Focus on mathematical concepts
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The Monte Carlo Pi app demonstrates the approach to deriving the value of the uncalculate-able quantity, pi. This is purely educational and fun. Feedback welcomed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Strings Conferences at 5.0 against Monte Carlo Pi's 1.0. Strings Conferences also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Strings Conferences ships an update every 11 months, Monte Carlo Pi every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strings Conferences | Monte Carlo Pi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuji Tachikawa | Joshua D. steinberg |
Customer experience
Strings Conferences
Monte Carlo Pi
In-app purchases
Strings Conferences
No in-app purchases
Monte Carlo Pi
No in-app purchases
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