Comparison

Jones polynomial vs Deltarium

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

Head to head
About

Jones polynomial

Features
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This app introduces Jones polynomial. You can have some understanding for Jones polynomial.

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Deltarium

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Deltarium is a place to walk among worlds, the way a planetarium is a place to walk among stars. Each world is a living system of change. You move a few sliders, press play, and watch what the mathematics does: rabbits and foxes chase each other in cycles, a chaotic attractor traces its butterfly wings, a rocket bends time on its way to another star. Built for kids and curious people first, and for scientists too. There is nothing to sign into, nothing to buy, and no ads. The app runs entirely on your phone and collects nothing. THE 8 WORLDS PREDATOR AND PREY. The classic hare-and-lynx cycle. Set the birth, hunting, and dying rates and watch the populations chase each other around a loop. A guided tour walks through this world one step at a time. THE BUTTERFLY. The Lorenz attractor in 3D, spun with a finger. Turn on the twin path, which starts a hair away from the first, and watch the two separate. The butterfly effect you can see. ESTUARY. A coastal model of nutrients and life that blooms and crashes with the seasons. THE DANCE. Three stars pulling on each other, including the famous figure-eight where they chase one another forever. PARKING IN SPACE. The 5 Lagrange points, the spots where a small craft can hold its place relative to the Earth and Moon. Give all 5 a shared kick and see which ones stay parked and which wander off. RADIOACTIVITY. How a radioactive source fades over time, following the real decay chain from a parent down through its daughters. TIME DILATION. A rocket that holds a steady 1 gravity of thrust all the way to a distant star, flipping over at the midpoint to slow down. The clock on the ship and the clock back on Earth pull apart. BUILD YOUR OWN. Write your own equations, add sliders for the parts you want to tune, and watch the system run. UNDER THE HOOD Every world is a real system of ordinary differential equations, solved on your phone by the same numerical method scientists use. Each screen carries a science card naming the model, its author, and a reference you can look up. The phone's engine is checked against a published Python reference, and all the source code is public at github.com/evanleeturner/deltarium-iphone.

Screenshots

Jones polynomial3 screens
Deltarium4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jones polynomial and Deltarium are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jones polynomial versus Deltarium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJones polynomialDeltarium
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSungjun KimEvan Turner

In-app purchases

None

Jones polynomial

No in-app purchases

None

Deltarium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jones polynomial free?
Jones polynomial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deltarium free?
Deltarium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jones polynomial or Deltarium have ads?
Neither Jones polynomial nor Deltarium shows ads.

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