Pocket Experiments Science Lab vs Newtonic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Experiments Science Lab
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Twenty-six rooms. Not a workbook — a bench in each one. You set the parts out yourself, turn the knobs, and measure with the instruments. • Hang as many weights as you like anywhere along a balance beam, and even it up • Drag molecules onto the bench and see what they form • 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 • Stretch two strings, detune one, and listen to the beats • 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 — turn one knob and watch what changes 2. Count it — line the measurement up against the formula and look at the gap 3. Check it — one question, and the reason either way Every room also has a question box. Clear it and the room moves up a tier: none → bronze → silver → 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 “wait — 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 — it unlocks nothing and adds nothing. It is a single one-time purchase with no subscription (¥5,000 in Japan; the price for your country is shown in the app). Not based on, or affiliated with, any particular textbook.
Newtonic
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Newtonic turns 59 physics topics into simulations you can push around. Throw a ball and watch the range change with the angle. Swing a double pendulum into chaos. Bend light around a galaxy. Fire an electron at a barrier and watch part of it tunnel through. Every topic comes in several ways: • Simulate: change real quantities, in real units, and watch the system answer. Every readout is computed from the actual equations. • Learn: the formulas with every symbol explained, a short plain-language explanation, the key ideas and guided experiments to try. • Quiz: a few questions with explanations, so you know what you understood before the exam does. • Practice: exam-style problems with new numbers every time, on 12 topics. Get a hint, reveal the solution step by step, then load the problem into the simulation and watch your answer happen. Lab tools sit right on the stage: measure with a ruler in real units, time a run with a stopwatch on simulation time, and keep a ghost of one run to compare with the next. Tap Solve under a formula to find any quantity from the others, starting from the values on your sliders. Follow a course for your exam, YKS, AP Physics 1 and 2, A-level, or Abitur, Bac and Maturità, unit by unit, with your progress on every step. Share a setup: send a picture of your simulation with its values, and a link that opens it in Newtonic exactly as you left it. Earn XP as you explore, read, take quizzes and solve problems, keep a daily streak and collect 22 badges along the way. Today's practice puts three fresh problems on Home every day. Tell Newtonic your level and favorite fields, and Home suggests what to try next. Your progress syncs across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud, a widget keeps your streak on the Home Screen, and an optional reminder nudges you on days you haven't studied yet. 59 simulations across 11 fields: classical mechanics, gravity and orbits, fluids, oscillations, waves and sound, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics and light, relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Made for high school and university students, whether you're studying for an exam or meeting physics for the first time. Works offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. On iPad, the controls sit beside the simulation and a sidebar keeps every section one tap away. Free and Pro 18 simulations are free forever, at least one in every field, with their practice problems. Newtonic Pro unlocks all of them and every practice problem, plus every new simulation as it arrives: • Yearly, with a one-week free trial • Monthly • Lifetime, a single purchase Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Newtonic Pro can be shared with up to five family members through Family Sharing. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://newtonic.pages.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Newtonic at none against Pocket Experiments Science Lab's shown. Newtonic also leads on update cadence (every 2 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. Pocket Experiments Science Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Newtonic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Experiments Science Lab ships an update every 10 days, Newtonic every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Pocket Experiments Science Lab | Newtonic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIZOU, CO., LTD. | BURAK GOKYUZ |
In-app purchases
Pocket Experiments Science Lab
- Remove Ads$29.99
Newtonic
- Newtonic Pro monthly$3.991 Month
- Newtonic Pro yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Newtonic Pro lifetime$49.99
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