PSRayTracing vs Spark for Unity Demo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PSRayTracing
This application provides a graphical interface for a ray tracing engine, designed to render images faster than reference code. It includes features like threading and render progress visualization, based on "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" books.
- GUI frontend for ray tracing
- Faster rendering than reference code
- Threading support
- Render progress visualization
- Toggle-able features
- Based on "Ray Tracing in One Weekend"
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This is a GUI frontend for the PSRayTracing implementation of the "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" books by Peter Shirley (and others). Which renders the images in the book faster than the reference code, but also offers other features (e.g. threading, render progress, toggle-able and more). The source code for this program, as well as a report auditing all of the changes/improvements, is freely available at: https://github.com/define-private-public/PSRayTracing
Spark for Unity Demo
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Spark for Unity Demo showcases real-time GPU texture compression running on your iOS device. Spark is a middleware library for game and graphics developers: https://github.com/ludicon/spark Spark is available to Unity developers at https://github.com/Ludicon/spark-unity Developed by Ludicon LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spark for Unity Demo at 15.0 against PSRayTracing's 17. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PSRayTracing | Spark for Unity Demo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Summerton | Ludicon LLC |
In-app purchases
PSRayTracing
No in-app purchases
Spark for Unity Demo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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