Comparison

Imajourn vs Pendulum Wave 3D

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

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About

Imajourn

Features
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Visualize Waves. Interact with Physics. Experience Serenity. Imajourn is a powerful interactive simulation sandbox that brings the physics of waves and sound to life. Whether you are an artist, a physics enthusiast, or simply looking for a meditative digital escape, Imajourn offers a mesmerizing playground of light, motion, and geometry. Explore the beauty of Cymatics - the study of visible sound vibration - through our advanced wave engine. Watch as sound frequencies organize chaos into order, creating intricate Chladni patterns that evolve in real-time. Key Features: Interactive Wave Simulation: Touch and interact with a live ripple tank. Create waves, observe interference patterns, and place custom boundaries to shape the flow of energy. Chladni Patterns & Cymatics: Unlock the secrets of resonance. Generate authentic Chladni figures - complex geometric patterns formed by standing waves - and control their frequency and amplitude with precision. Audio Reactivity: Turn your environment into art. Use the Microphone Mode to visualize your voice or music as dynamic waves and vibrations that ripple through the simulation. Stunning 3D Mode: Take your journey to the next dimension. Switch to 3D to explore volumetric wave interactions within geometric containers. Rotate, zoom, and observe physics from every angle. Particle Engine Experience: Watch thousands of particles simulate fluid dynamics, flowing and colliding with realistic physics for a truly tactile experience. Record & Share: Capture your mesmerizing creations directly within the app. Record high-quality videos of your wave experiments to share with friends or on social media. Imajourn Pro: Upgrade to unlock the full potential of your journey, including unlimited access to advanced presets, extended customization options, and the ability to import your own custom shapes and 3D models. Immerse yourself in the math of nature. Download Imajourn today.

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Pendulum Wave 3D

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Eighteen pendulums, released at the same instant. A perfect line for a moment โ€” then a wave, a fold, then no pattern at all. Sixty seconds later, a perfect line again. None of that is luck. Every pendulum is given a length that makes it swing an exact whole number of times per cycle, so the scattered part was never really a mess. It was the middle of a return. It is not a looping video, and not an animation faked to look about right. It is a live physics simulation, computed frame by frame while you watch. NOBODY WROTE THE MUSIC Turn the sound on, and each pendulum rings a note once per full swing, as it crosses the bottom โ€” higher for the short ones, lower for the long ones. Only five notes of the scale are used (do, re, mi, so, la), spread across octaves, so they stay clear no matter how many sound at once. There is no composer here. The lengths are the melody. The moment everything lines up is the quietest one โ€” all eighteen are at the far end of their arc, none of them crossing the bottom. A breath later, eighteen notes come down in a run, high to low, in under a fifth of a second. You are hearing exactly what you are watching. ANY ANGLE YOU LIKE Drag to put the camera anywhere. From an angle, a row of swinging pendulums. From directly above, a wave running along the row. The motion never changes. The angle does all the work. Four layouts: a straight Line; a Circle, where the wave travels around the ring; a Spiral winding outward; and a Grid, where the swing spreads like woven mesh โ€” the more pendulums you add, the clearer the weave. Four color themes โ€” Cool, Neon, Mono, Sunset. The bobs glow softly. Turn on Light trails in the Display panel, and each one leaves a line of light hanging in the air behind it. CINEMA MODE One tap: the controls disappear, the camera begins a slow orbit, and the ad goes with them. A waiting room screen, a tablet on the edge of a desk, a dark room late at night. It becomes something to look at, and nothing else. ALSO INSIDE โ€ข Set the number of pendulums, the cycle length, the swing angle and the speed โ€ข Save any setup you like as a preset โ€ข A data panel listing every pendulum's swings, length and period โ€ข "How it works" โ€” the real explanation, in plain words, no equations โ€ข Available in 33 languages โ€ข No account, no sign-in. iPhone and iPad ABOUT THE ADS The app is free. There is one small banner at the bottom of the screen โ€” no full-screen ads, no video ads โ€” and in Cinema mode even that banner disappears. Ads are never personalized. The app itself never asks for your name or email. To show the banner, Google AdMob uses standard advertising data (an advertising identifier and approximate location derived from your IP). See our Privacy Policy for details. Don't stop watching while it is scattered. Stay until it lines up again.

Screenshots

Imajourn4 screens
Pendulum Wave 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pendulum Wave 3D at none against Imajourn's 1. Pendulum Wave 3D also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Imajourn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pendulum Wave 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Imajourn versus Pendulum Wave 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImajournPendulum Wave 3D
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS1715.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabin RasheedTakashi Nemoto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Imajourn

One-time1
  • Imajourn$4.99
None

Pendulum Wave 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Imajourn free?
Imajourn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pendulum Wave 3D free?
Pendulum Wave 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Imajourn or Pendulum Wave 3D have ads?
Neither Imajourn nor Pendulum Wave 3D shows ads.

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