Comparison

sudo xkcd vs Mandelbrot Flight Simulator

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

Head to head
About

sudo xkcd

Access and enjoy all xkcd comics offline with this free app. Browse, search, and favorite comics, with features like alt-text viewing and smooth zooming. It provides a clean interface for a seamless reading experience.

Highlights
  • Offline access to all comics
  • Search by title/keywords
  • Favorites list
  • Random comic button
  • View alt-text
  • Smooth zooming and panning
  • Link to explainxkcd
Features
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All xkcd comics are *property of Randall Munroe* and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This app simply displays the comics that are already viewable for free on his website. This app is *free of charge* and *does not collect any data* from its users. It exists purely for the love of xkcd. General Features โ€“ Offline access to ALL 3000+ xkcd comics (uses only a couple hundred megabytes) โ€“ Browse chronologically โ€“ Search by title/keywords โ€“ Favorites List โ€“ Button for viewing a random comic โ€“ Download new comics by pulling down the browse list or refreshing the app. โ€“ Clear, minimal, dark design Features within each comic โ€“ View comic title, comic number, and release date โ€“ Quickly view Alt-Text โ€“ Add to Favorites List โ€“ Swipe left and right to navigate or use arrow buttons โ€“ Smooth zooming and panning (up to 10x scale) โ€“ Link to "explainxkcd" (non-affiliated, community-run Wiki that attempts to explain and provide transcripts for each comic) โ€“ Full-screen horizontal view (rotate iPhone or iPad)

About

Mandelbrot Flight Simulator

Features
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Navigate an infinite mathematical universe in real time. Mandelbrot Flight Simulator renders the legendary Mandelbrot set directly on your device's GPU. Pinch to zoom into breathtaking fractal detail, drag to explore, and watch the companion Julia set update live as you move through the plane. Every point in the Mandelbrot set corresponds to a unique Julia set โ€” an infinite catalog of alien geometry, generated from the simplest possible rule. This app lets you browse that catalog in real time. WARNING: YOUR MIND WILL BE BLOWN! FEATURES โ€ข Watch the Julia set morph in real time as you drag around the Mandelbrot set โ€ข Turn on Autopilot mode to watch preprogrammed flythroughs โ€ข GPU-accelerated rendering at up to 60 fps โ€ข Five view modes including split-screen and dedicated full-screen Mandelbrot and Julia views โ€ข Multiple spectacular color schemes โ€ข Pinch to zoom, drag to pan, long-press to zoom continuously โ€ข Save stunning fractal screenshots to your photo library TIPS โ€ข Tap anywhere onscreen to open the menu. โ€ข Turn on autopilot mode to let the app take you on a tour โ€ข Zoom in to discover infinite fractal detail. โ€ข Hunt for the most intricate and beautiful Julia sets at the chaotic border of the Mandelbrot set. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING The Mandelbrot set is the collection of all points in the complex plane whose orbits stay bounded under the iteration z โ†’ zยฒ + c. Its boundary is infinitely complex โ€” zoom in anywhere and new structure always emerges. The colors show how quickly nearby points escape to infinity. The Julia set is a companion fractal. For any point you pick in the Mandelbrot set, there exists a unique Julia set with that point as its parameter. Points deep inside the Mandelbrot set produce solid, connected Julia sets. Points near the boundary produce intricate, fragmented ones. This app makes that relationship tangible and explorable. INSPIRATIONS Ben Sparks Holly Krieger Damnimp Tom Kerrigan Benoit B. Mandelbrot Gaston Julia

Screenshots

sudo xkcd4 screens
Mandelbrot Flight Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mandelbrot Flight Simulator at 15.1 against sudo xkcd's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 6 level
sudo xkcd versus Mandelbrot Flight Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersudo xkcdMandelbrot Flight Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB39 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperConnor Avery ShafranJohn Ferrara

In-app purchases

None

sudo xkcd

No in-app purchases

None

Mandelbrot Flight Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sudo xkcd free?
sudo xkcd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mandelbrot Flight Simulator free?
Mandelbrot Flight Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do sudo xkcd or Mandelbrot Flight Simulator have ads?
Neither sudo xkcd nor Mandelbrot Flight Simulator shows ads.

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