Terravaria vs Or Simplex Step
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Terravaria
Identify animals by photographing them to build a collection and compete in strategic battles. Explore a world map of your discoveries and engage in friendly competitions with others.
- Identify animals via photos
- Collect animal cards
- 3v3 strategic battles
- World map of discoveries
- Play with friends
- Weekly leagues and leaderboards
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Identify animals in seconds: photograph one, and our animal identifier names the species, from sparrow to ibex. Every find joins your collection, your world map and your team for the 3-on-3 battle. Welcome to Professor Terra's Research Guild. The wildlife out there is vast, and much of it has never been documented. That's exactly why the Professor needs you. From today on, you're an explorer of his guild. YOUR MISSION AS AN EXPLORER • Spot an animal and photograph it with the app • Our animal scanner helps Professor Terra identify animals, even for rare finds • Your card appears with stats, rarity and habitat • Be the very first to find a species and your card becomes a shimmering holo card, and you enter the guild's Hall of Fame YOUR WORLD MAP • Every find lands automatically on your personal world map • See at a glance where you spotted which animal • Open your friends' world maps and compare your finds • With Explorer Diary (subscription), your whole world map is unlocked, no limits COLLECT & UPGRADE • Cards across 9 habitats, from meadow to rainforest • Duplicate finds level up your card • A free pack with a new card every day • Card packs with transparent drop rates, you ALWAYS see the odds before opening BATTLE 3-ON-3 • Build your team of three cards • Tactical battles with abilities, types and potions • Fair: stats come from the animals' real biology PLAY WITH FRIENDS • Find and add friends and browse their collections • Three games against friends: Guess the image, Quiz duel and Memory • Invite a friend: once your friend photographs their first animal, you both get 30 days of Explorer Diary for free THE WEEKLY LEAGUE • Every week is a research week: your group compares its finds • Score points through discoveries and victories • The top three advance, from Firefly to Wolf league • Discoveries leaderboard: who finds the most animals? • Your explorer rank grows permanently and unlocks new abilities MADE FOR THE OUTDOORS Terravaria rewards real observations. Only photos you took yourself count. Downloaded or re-photographed images are caught by the authenticity check. Terravaria is free to play. In-app purchases are optional, and you always see the odds beforehand. Terravaria is available in German, English, French and Spanish. Terms: https://terravaria.ch/en/terms.html Privacy: https://terravaria.ch/en/privacy.html
Or Simplex Step
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OR Simplex Step-by-Step is a comprehensive Operations Research solver for students. Built and validated with professors at Kyiv Polytechnic University, it is used by students worldwide. EVERY METHOD YOU NEED - Simplex method: classical, Two-Phase, and Big-M - Integer programming: Branch and Bound - 2D graphical method: feasible region, objective line, and optimum - 3D polytope visualization for 3-variable linear programming: rotate and explore the feasible region - Sensitivity and post-optimal analysis: ranges, shadow prices, and RHS intervals - Transportation problem: North-West Corner, Least-Cost, and Vogel's Approximation (VAM) - MODI / U-V method: optimality test and refinement - Assignment problem: Hungarian algorithm - Job sequencing: 2, 3, and N machines using Johnson's algorithm WHY STUDENTS CHOOSE IT - Step-by-step explanations with every iteration described in plain language - Exact fraction arithmetic to avoid rounding errors - Dedicated math keyboard for fractions, signs, and decimals - Problem history to save, reopen, and edit past problems - 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, and Persian - No account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Terravaria at none against Or Simplex Step's shown. Terravaria also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Terravaria sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Or Simplex Step sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Terravaria ships an update every 3 days, Or Simplex Step every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Terravaria | Or Simplex Step |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | biwac websolutions ag | Bohdan Bezpartochnyi |
In-app purchases
Terravaria
- Explorer's Diary$2.991 Month
- Explorer's Diary$22.991 Year
- 5 nicknames$0.99
- 500 Coins$1.99
- Common Pack$1.99
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- 1200 Coins$4.99
- Rare Pack$4.99
- Unlimited nicknames$5.99
- Epic Pack$7.99
- 2600 Coins$9.99
Or Simplex Step
- OR Commented Pro$2.99









