Comparison

Fractal Lens vs Spectromaster

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

Head to head
About

Fractal Lens

Analyze the fractal dimension of objects by taking or uploading photos. Explore mathematical concepts through intuitive animations and save your discoveries in a personal gallery. All processing and storage are done locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Compute fractal dimension from photos
  • Automatic pre-processing and box-counting algorithms
  • Intuitive animations and haptics
  • Save analyses to a gallery
  • Local device processing and storage
Features
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Snap or upload a photo of an object, and Fractal Lens approximates its fractal dimension. Try it on items around the house and outside, like woven fabric, wood, bubbles, plants, rocks, seashells, and clouds. Save your findings in a fractal gallery. FEATURES • Just snap or upload a photo to compute the fractal dimension. The app automatically applies pre-processing and box-counting algorithms. • Satisfying animations and haptics make the mathematics intuitive. • Save your fractal analyses to a gallery where you can sort by dimension. • All computations and storage are local to your device.

About

Spectromaster

Features
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Spectromaster reads a spectrum from a photograph of a plot, or from an instrument's own data file, and helps you work out what your sample might be. Every measurement and every interpretation happens on the device in your hand. WHAT IT READS • ¹H and ¹³C NMR, from a photograph of a printed or on-screen plot • COSY, HSQC and HMBC correlation maps • JCAMP-DX (.jdx, .dx) and Bruker folders, at full instrument resolution • UV-Vis absorption and emission, IR, Raman and mass spectra • Boiling point, melting point, density, logP and optical rotation A vial collects every measurement of one solution — its ¹H spectrum, its IR bands, its melting point — and the app ranks reference compounds against all of them together. A compound consistent with three measurements is a far better hypothesis than one consistent with any single one. A ranked candidate list is a shortlist to check against your own data, not an identification. The reference library built into the app is small — 586 compounds. Type a SMILES string or draw a structure and get an estimated spectrum, drawn over the one you measured so you can compare them by eye. Estimates are labelled as estimates and never enter matching or scoring. No account, no login, no server, no analytics. All the reference data is compiled into the app. The only thing that can cross the network is your own records: switch on iCloud sync and your vials and their photos move between your own devices through your private iCloud database. It is off until you ask for it, we cannot read it, and the app is complete without it. FREE, AND PRO The free version keeps three solutions at a time. Pro removes the limit, and searches a shift table you supply — your group's own measurements — beside the shipped library. Reading, analysis, interpretation, refusals, export, backup and iCloud sync are identical in both versions and always will be. For laboratory interpretation by a trained operator. Not for diagnostic, forensic, safety, regulatory or GxP use. SUBSCRIPTION Spectromaster Pro — $2.99 per month, renewing automatically until cancelled. Your Apple Account is charged at confirmation and again each month unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://qemica-lab.com/legal/spectromaster-privacy/

Screenshots

Fractal Lens3 screens
Spectromaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fractal Lens at none against Spectromaster's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spectromaster sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Fractal Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Fractal Lens versus Spectromaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractal LensSpectromaster
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANTHONY ZALESKIHyuk-Yong Kwon

In-app purchases

None

Fractal Lens

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spectromaster

Subscriptions1
  • Spectromaster Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Fractal Lens free?
Fractal Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spectromaster free?
Spectromaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fractal Lens or Spectromaster have ads?
Neither Fractal Lens nor Spectromaster shows ads.

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