Comparison

GravyLensing vs Pocket Experiments Science Lab

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

Head to head
About

GravyLensing

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GravyLensing brings gravitational lensing, the cosmic phenomenon where space-time bends around massive objects, into your hands. ESA's Euclid mission is mapping this effect across billions of galaxies to reveal the dark universe. Now you can explore that same physics yourself. Point your camera anywhere and watch space-time bend like light passing through a galaxy cluster. Built on the same Singular Isothermal Ellipsoid (SIE) models astronomers use, every lens is a real galaxy cluster observed by Hubble, JWST, and Euclid, faithfully recreated on your device. Features β€’ Apply scientifically accurate gravitational lensing to your live camera feed, photos, or videos β€’ Browse a gallery of real galaxy clusters, each with their own unique lensing signature β€’ Touch and drag to position the lens exactly where you want it β€’ Adjust distance to sweep from subtle warping to extreme Einstein rings β€’ Record warped video or capture still images and save them to your photo library Inspired by ESA's Euclid mission to map the dark universe, GravyLensing puts the physics of warped spacetime in your pocket. No ads. No data collection. Just physics.

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Pocket Experiments Science Lab

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Twenty-six rooms. Not a workbook β€” a bench in each one. You set the parts out yourself, turn the knobs, and measure with the instruments. β€’ Hang as many weights as you like anywhere along a balance beam, and even it up β€’ Drag molecules onto the bench and see what they form β€’ Set a magma's silica and the depth where it freezes, erupt it, then look at the rock through a hand lens and measure the grains β€’ Stretch two strings, detune one, and listen to the beats β€’ Drop three seismometers on a map; three circles meet at one point, and that point is the epicenter Every number is measured off the picture. Nothing here works a value out of a formula and then "checks" it against the same formula. The grains under the lens are really drawn, and their size is really measured. Turn a knob and the picture changes; when the picture changes, the numbers change with it. Every room has three steps: 1. Move it β€” turn one knob and watch what changes 2. Count it β€” line the measurement up against the formula and look at the gap 3. Check it β€” one question, and the reason either way Every room also has a question box. Clear it and the room moves up a tier: none β†’ bronze β†’ silver β†’ gold. There are 78 questions in all. But the questions are not the main act. Playing with the bench is; a question is the detour you take when you think β€œwait β€” could I actually build that?” The topics are middle school and high school science: forces and motion, springs and buoyancy, pendulums, circuits, electromagnets, ray optics, lenses, sound, changes of state, solubility, titration, electrolysis, chemical reactions, preparing and collecting gases, the microscope, cell division, photosynthesis, flower structure, heredity, strata, rocks and volcanoes, earthquakes, and the sky. Three neighbors of science come along too: probability, logic gates and regular expressions. ADS AND THE ONE-TIME PURCHASE The app is free and shows ads: a banner along the bottom of the screen, and a full-screen ad when you open the app. All 26 rooms and all 78 questions are open from the first launch. There is exactly one in-app purchase and all it does is turn the ads off β€” it unlocks nothing and adds nothing. It is a single one-time purchase with no subscription (Β₯5,000 in Japan; the price for your country is shown in the app). Not based on, or affiliated with, any particular textbook.

Screenshots

GravyLensing4 screens
Pocket Experiments Science Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GravyLensing at none against Pocket Experiments Science Lab's 1. GravyLensing also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pocket Experiments Science Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GravyLensing asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
GravyLensing versus Pocket Experiments Science Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravyLensingPocket Experiments Science Lab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsβ€”
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWILLIAM JOSEPH ROPERMIZOU, CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

None

GravyLensing

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pocket Experiments Science Lab

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$29.99

Questions

Is GravyLensing free?
GravyLensing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Experiments Science Lab free?
Pocket Experiments Science Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GravyLensing or Pocket Experiments Science Lab have ads?
Pocket Experiments Science Lab shows ads; GravyLensing does not.

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