Comparison

Interactive Minds Solar System vs CloudLabs The Solar System

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

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About

Interactive Minds Solar System

Explore the Solar System with an interactive science book designed for young learners. Features engaging 3D simulations, striking visuals, and fascinating facts to make learning about space fun and educational for kids at home or in the classroom.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D simulations
  • Visual size comparisons of celestial bodies
  • Demonstrates planetary orbits and speeds
  • Explains planetary tilt, rotation, day/night cycles, and seasons
  • Shows Solar System scale and distances
  • Compares gravity on different celestial bodies
  • Covers Milky Way, Sun, planets, moons, dwarf planets, and more
Features
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The perfect way for kids to experience the Solar System in a hands-on way! This interactive science book contains 58 pages and is filled with images, videos, and interactive simulations. ----- OVERVIEW ----- This app is great for young minds, both at home and in the classroom! •••• Parents •••• This app is sure to captivate any child with its myriad of interesting facts, striking visuals, and engaging 3D simulations. Not only is the content fascinating to explore, it's educational too! Designed with grade school curriculum in mind, this app covers the major topics of the Solar System while explaining concepts in an easy to understand manner. •••• Teachers •••• Many schools with iPads in the classroom have already used this app with great success. The interactive content is well suited for teaching complex topics such as planetary seasons and planet size differences. Children can explore this information independently or with the aid of a teacher. ----- INTERACTIVE CONTENT ----- Even as an adult, it can be difficult to visualize just how massive the Sun is or how vast the distances in the Solar System are. This app uses interactive simulations to allow children to explore these hard to visualize topics in a hands-on way. •••• Size Comparison •••• This page allows children to compare the sizes of many Solar System objects. Comparable objects include the Sun, the planets, major moons, and all the dwarf planets. •••• Planetary Revolutions •••• The planets are shown orbiting the Sun at their comparative speeds. Selecting Neptune reveals it takes 164.8 Earth years to orbit the Sun once while the inner planets seem to orbit the Sun at a dizzying speed. Select Mercury, with a year of 88 Earth days, and the outer planets barely seem to move at all. •••• Planetary Tilt & Rotation •••• Days, years, and seasons can be experienced for each of the 8 planets. 3D visuals show how planet rotation causes the day/night cycle and seasons are caused by the axial tilt of the planet as it orbits the Sun. •••• Solar System Scale •••• The planetary orbits are shown to scale. From the Sun to the outer dwarf planets, children can zoom out to see how big the Solar System is. •••• Gravity •••• This activity allows the comparison of gravity on Earth to gravity on the Sun, the planets, and the Moon. The weight of a person on Earth is compared to what their weight would be on another planetary body. ----- TOPICS COVERED ----- With over 50 pages of content, this app covers a wide range of topics: • The Milky Way galaxy • The Sun • The planets and their moons • The dwarf planets • Comets and meteors • The asteroid belt, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud • How the Solar System was formed • Planetary size comparisons • Planetary day and night cycles • Planetary years and seasons • Planetary orbits • Gravity • Planetary magnetic fields • The history of space exploration ----- KID FRIENDLY ----- • Easy to use page navigation and search • NO ads • NO in-app purchases ----- MORE INFORMATION ----- Visit http://vosonos.net/product/the-solar-system

About

CloudLabs The Solar System

Create and observe your own solar system with this interactive simulation. Configure stars, planets, and orbits to learn about celestial mechanics. Watch your custom solar system come to life.

Highlights
  • Configure solar system parameters
  • Select main star properties
  • Establish planet orbits
  • Observe planetary motion
  • Interactive simulation
Features
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This simulation provides you with a holoprojector which you can use to configure the solar system. You will need to select the main star of the solar system, taking into account the mass, radius and temperature. You will also need to establish the number of orbits of the planets and place each one in its respective orbit. Once you have configured the solar system, you will be able to start the simulation in order to observe the motion of the planets around the sun.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Interactive Minds Solar System at 70% against CloudLabs The Solar System's 0%. Interactive Minds Solar System also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). CloudLabs The Solar System's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CloudLabs The Solar System is free to download; Interactive Minds Solar System costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interactive Minds Solar System holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Interactive Minds Solar System's written reviews are positive against 0% of CloudLabs The Solar System's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Interactive Minds Solar System versus CloudLabs The Solar System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInteractive Minds Solar SystemCloudLabs The Solar System
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVosonos LLCJiovany Orozco

Customer experience

Interactive Minds Solar System

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.6%

CloudLabs The Solar System

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Interactive Minds Solar System

No in-app purchases

None

CloudLabs The Solar System

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interactive Minds Solar System free?
Interactive Minds Solar System costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudLabs The Solar System free?
CloudLabs The Solar System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interactive Minds Solar System or CloudLabs The Solar System?
Interactive Minds Solar System is rated higher. Interactive Minds Solar System averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while CloudLabs The Solar System averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Interactive Minds Solar System or CloudLabs The Solar System have ads?
Neither Interactive Minds Solar System nor CloudLabs The Solar System shows ads.

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