Comparison

RBMK Lab vs Learning Rust

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

Head to head
About

RBMK Lab

Features
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Two historic nights. One reactor design. Your decisions. THE WARNING: LENINGRAD 1975 Play a dramatized story at Leningrad Unit 1 on a simplified teaching model. Make restart decisions, explore the reactor and compare your run in the debrief. Historical context and model assumptions are distinguished. THE NIGHT OF THE TEST • The night of the turbine test at the real clock times, played on a dedicated teaching model • Every historical beat cites its source; the crew appears by role, never by name • Eight decisions where you can choose differently, and twelve endings to find, from the safe ones to the choices that would not have saved it • Look inside the core: the operating margin, the steam voids and the rods, slice by slice SHIFTS • The dispatcher calls for load. Work the rods, feedwater, bypass and pumps to deliver it without tripping the unit • Six career shifts and a new daily shift every day, the same for every operator • Stars, personal bests, ranks from Trainee to Chief engineer, and Game Center leaderboards • A shift log after every shift: your load trace, your closest call, and exactly why the unit tripped THE CONTROL ROOM • A glowing reactor lid with 1,872 channel caps, needle meters, an annunciator wall, tactile faders and AZ-5 under a flip cover • One live plant board in every mode: zoom from the whole plant to the loop, turbine, condensate or feedwater, or open it full screen • A trend recorder, and synthesised plant sound with a one-tap mute LEARN WHY IT REACTS • Guided training drills with predictions and causal debriefs • A sandbox with more than a dozen faults to inject • Reference notes on every signal Plays offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. One optional lifetime Pro unlock adds the advanced shifts and drills and the design what-ifs for the night. RBMK Lab is a game and a learning tool built on simplified, teaching-scale models. The 1986 chapter is a sourced, dramatised reconstruction tuned to the published sequence of events. It is not evidence about the accident's cause, and nothing in the app is operator training or engineering guidance.

About

Learning Rust

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Master Rust with lessons, exercises, and practical challenges! Learning Rust is a complete, structured course you can study on your phone. With the app, learn Rust with memory safety, ownership and high performance. Whether you're starting out or leveling up, follow a clear path with focused content, guided practice, and real progress. What you'll learn • Fundamentals • Control Flow • Functions and Basic Data Structures • Ownership • Language Features • Collections • Advanced Rust Features • Structured path from beginner to advanced • Clear lessons with practical examples • Interactive exercises with feedback • Challenges to reinforce learning • Built-in IDE to practice in the app • Progress tracking • Certificate of completion • Premium version with no ads • Learn anytime, anywhere at your own pace Featured topics: ownership, borrowing, Option, Result, match, collections and advanced patterns. Learn by doing Reading alone is not enough. That's why the app combines clear explanations, real examples, and hands-on exercises so you truly apply Rust — with a built-in IDE to test code while you study. Who is this app for? • Systems and backend developers • Developers coming from C/C++ or Go • Students focused on performance and safety Start today, build a solid foundation in Rust, and accelerate your journey as a developer. Download now and learn at your own pace.

Screenshots

RBMK Lab4 screens
Learning Rust4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Learning Rust at 15.0 against RBMK Lab's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. RBMK Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Learning Rust sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RBMK Lab ships an update every 5 days, Learning Rust weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
RBMK Lab versus Learning Rust: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRBMK LabLearning Rust
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB141 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJan SokolAirton Siqueira de Freitas

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RBMK Lab

One-time1
  • RBMK Lab Pro$7.99
4 purchases

Learning Rust

One-time4
  • Full access$1.99
  • Full access with discount$1.99
  • CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION$2.99
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  • FULL PASS ALL APPS$17.99

Questions

Is RBMK Lab free?
RBMK Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learning Rust free?
Learning Rust is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RBMK Lab or Learning Rust have ads?
Neither RBMK Lab nor Learning Rust shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RBMK Lab or Learning Rust?
RBMK Lab ships an update every 5 days, and Learning Rust weekly. Most recently, RBMK Lab was updated on November 1, 2026 and Learning Rust on October 24, 2026.

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