Comparison

CloudLabs Changes in Matter vs NearLight

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

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CloudLabs Changes in Matter

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In this simulation, there will be six (6) real life situations; from which experiments such as oxidation of a lace, combustion of paper, etc. will be proposed. These experiments will allow us to demonstrate the physical and chemical changes that materials can undergo, and will make possible the selection of the change that occurred in one of the 6 cases.

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NearLight

Explore nearby star systems and visualize interstellar distances with realistic physics. Calculate travel times using classic and relativistic models, and witness the effects of time dilation and black holes firsthand. This interactive space simulator is perfect for astronomy and sci-fi enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • 3D space exploration
  • Relativistic physics calculations
  • Time dilation visualization
  • Black hole exploration
  • Star system inspection
  • Interstellar travel planning
  • Multiple camera views
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NearLight is a 3D space simulator that spans the whole journey of an astronomy fan: from a real telescope under tonight's sky to a relativistic starship and the edge of a black hole. Explore the Solar System on exact orbits, fly through 1,000 light-years of real stars, and see with your own eyes what the Lorentz factor does to time. Is your favorite sci-fi movie physically right? Check it. YOUR NIGHT SKY, TONIGHT Step onto a field on Earth and look up: the real sky for your location and moment: by GPS or from an offline catalog of 34,000 cities. Six telescopes stand ready, from a 70 mm beginner refractor to a 12-inch truss Dobsonian, with eight eyepieces, a Barlow, Moon and nebula filters (UHC, OIII), every instrument with its true magnification, field of view, image orientation and brightness. The full Messier catalog is in the sky: over 40 objects as real as astrophotographs at their exact positions and sizes, every object rebuilt from reference photos, 341,000 Tycho-2 stars deep in the field. Light pollution (Bortle scale), atmospheric seeing, twinkling, horizon extinction, even moonlight washing the galaxies out of the eyepiece, this sky behaves like the real one. A Redlight mode protects your dark adaptation. Wind the clock to August 12, 2026 and stand in Iceland or Spain: the total solar eclipse happens with true geometry, corona included. "Tonight's Sky" builds your observing plan, the "Top Objects now" wheel rolls absolute beginners to the ten best sights of the moment and all the Messier objects wait to be discovered, for good. THE SOLAR SYSTEM The Sun, all 8 planets and their major moons on ephemeris-true orbits, validated against JPL data: moon transits and shadow events at the correct times, Saturn's ring shadow, true axial tilts. Classical Spaceflight flies real missions: departure burn, coast, flip, capture burn into orbit, including Voyager-class gravity assists past Jupiter. INTERSTELLAR Search and inspect 8,000+ real stars with names, distances, stellar data, exoplanet hosts and their neighbors within 10 light-years. Plan relativistic journeys in Constant-c or Constant-g mode with acceleration, coast and braking phases. Compare Onboard Travel Time (OTT) with Earth Travel Time (ETT), read the length-contracted distance, peak speed and the energy bill (Joule, TWh, PWh or "Sun-output time"). Ride along in three cameras and near light speed the cockpit shows real relativistic optics: star aberration, Doppler colour shift and beaming. THE WHOLE MILKY WAY Pull back until the galaxy fits on screen: 100,000 light-years across, four spiral arms, the barred core: shaped from the NASA/JPL photograph down to the dust lanes and the red glow of its star-forming regions, with up to 450,000 stars drawn at once. Sol sits where it really does, 27,000 light-years out on its thin local arm. Pick any point and a route runs there from home, telling you the distance, the region you are aiming at: bulge, inner disk, rim and whether you are heading coreward or out. Then fly it, with the same relativistic clocks: a trip to the galactic centre costs a few decades on board and 27,000 years on Earth. BLACK HOLES 70+ known black holes from TON 618 to fictional Gargantua, rendered with a scientific Kerr ray tracer. Change mass and spin, sink toward the event horizon or the innermost orbit, and watch two clocks drift apart: one hour here, seven years on Earth, the Interstellar scenario, on your own screen. 6-DoF navigation: rotate, pinch-zoom, pan on every axis Auto rotation, labels, chase and cockpit cams, one-tap Reset View Ambient space music and living nightscape sounds. Native on Mac, iPad and iPhone. English and German, fully localized including VoiceOver Fully offline: no account, no tracking, and your location never leaves your device.

Screenshots

CloudLabs Changes in Matter1 screens
NearLight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CloudLabs Changes in Matter at Free against NearLight's $3.99. CloudLabs Changes in Matter also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CloudLabs Changes in Matter is free to download; NearLight costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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CloudLabs Changes in Matter versus NearLight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudLabs Changes in MatterNearLight
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating—4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size349 MB241 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJiovany OrozcoMarc Bachmann

In-app purchases

None

CloudLabs Changes in Matter

No in-app purchases

None

NearLight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CloudLabs Changes in Matter free?
CloudLabs Changes in Matter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NearLight free?
NearLight costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CloudLabs Changes in Matter or NearLight have ads?
Neither CloudLabs Changes in Matter nor NearLight shows ads.

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