Comparison

Materials Lab vs CrysView

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

Head to head
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/

About

CrysView

Features
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CrysView is an interactive 3D unit cell visualization tool designed specifically for chemistry learners. You can start your journey to the world of crystals as soon as you open it. Β· Full Range of Crystal Models It comes with hundreds of standard unit cells including simple cubic, body-centered cubic, face-centered cubic, hexagonal close-packed, diamond, NaCl, perovskite, rutile, and more. Β· Free Gesture Interaction Rotate freely, adjust the view precisely with X/Y/Z sliders. Β· Quick Crystal Search Supports fuzzy searches with chemical formulas, substance names, and lattice types to quickly locate the unit cell you need. Β· Atom Visualization and Differentiation Atoms of different elements use unique colors, with real-time legends to distinguish cations, anions, metals, and nonmetals clearly.

Screenshots

Materials Lab4 screens
CrysView3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrysView at none against Materials Lab's 1. Materials Lab's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Materials Lab versus CrysView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaterials LabCrysView
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer璧珍 εˆ˜ε‡ŒδΊ‘ 马

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Materials Lab

One-time1
  • Materials Lab Pro$9.99
None

CrysView

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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