Comparison

OhmQuest 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

OhmQuest

Features
Read full description

OhmQuest turns abstract middle-school electricity into interactive buildable, runnable, observable simulation labs for students, parent-child study and electronics fans. 100 progressive challenge levels let you build circuits and observe phenomena to master current, voltage, resistance, heat and electromagnetism. 200 exam exercises require real circuit operation before answering, stopping rote memorization. Free sandbox mode with power supplies, meters, motors and electromagnetic parts. Adjust parameters and view formulas instantly to recreate textbook circuits anytime. No account, no ads, no data tracking; all progress saves locally. For educational use only, not professional electrical engineering. Subject to Apple’s Standard EULA. Apple Standard EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pocket Experiments Science Lab

Features
Read full description

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

OhmQuest4 screens
Pocket Experiments Science Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OhmQuest at none against Pocket Experiments Science Lab's shown. OhmQuest also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. OhmQuest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pocket Experiments Science Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
OhmQuest versus Pocket Experiments Science Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOhmQuestPocket Experiments Science Lab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysβ€”
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size21 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerε»ΊθΆ… ε΄”MIZOU, CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OhmQuest

One-time1
  • OhmQuest Full Access$1.99
1 purchases

Pocket Experiments Science Lab

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$29.99

Questions

Is OhmQuest free?
OhmQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Experiments Science Lab free?
Pocket Experiments Science Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OhmQuest or Pocket Experiments Science Lab have ads?
Pocket Experiments Science Lab shows ads; OhmQuest does not.

Other comparisons