Comparison

Lattica vs Materials Lab

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

Head to head
About

Lattica

Visualize atomic arrangements and lattice systems in stunning 3D. This educational tool brings complex crystal structures to life, making it ideal for students and researchers in chemistry, materials science, and crystallography.

Highlights
  • 3D Crystal Models
  • Lattice Visualization
  • Interactive Exploration
  • Zoom and Rotate Structures
  • Detailed Visuals
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Save crystal structures, organize them in a personal library, and inspect unit cells and atomic positions in 3D. CrystalStructure helps you keep lattice parameters, space groups, and atomic sites together so you can quickly return to structures from papers, textbooks, or your own notes.

About

Materials Lab

Features
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ZenSee Materials Lab is an interactive visualization workspace for materials science and engineering. The first release focuses on CrystalLab, a lightweight 3D crystal structure viewer for learning, teaching, and report graphics. Choose common crystal structures, inspect unit cells and atoms, rotate the model smoothly, review key structural parameters, and export clean PNG images for slides or notes. Current features: - Simple cubic, body-centered cubic, face-centered cubic, and hexagonal close-packed structures. - Classic teaching examples including diamond cubic, rock salt, cesium chloride, and perovskite structures. - Point-defect examples for vacancy, substitutional, and interstitial defects. - Interactive 3D viewport with rotation, zoom, pan, and mobile-friendly control locking. - Unit-cell frame, atom spheres, Miller guide lines, and neighbor-bond display options. - XYZ and CIF import for simple structure previews. - PNG export for teaching materials, reports, and classroom notes. - Local-first experience with no account requirement. ZenSee Materials Lab is designed for students, teachers, and engineering learners who need a professional, focused way to understand and communicate crystal structures. It is not a finite-element solver, molecular dynamics engine, molecular dynamics production tool, or certified engineering simulation package. Privacy Policy: http://mindkey.xyz/index.php/zensee-studio/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lattica3 screens
Materials Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lattica at none against Materials Lab's 1. Materials Lab's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. Materials Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lattica asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lattica versus Materials Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLatticaMaterials Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSota Iguchi碧珍 刘

In-app purchases

None

Lattica

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Materials Lab

One-time1
  • Materials Lab Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Lattica free?
Lattica is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Materials Lab free?
Materials Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lattica or Materials Lab have ads?
Neither Lattica nor Materials Lab shows ads.

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