Comparison

NewtonDV vs vDiffraction

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

Head to head
About

NewtonDV

Analyze video footage to understand physics principles like kinematics. Record your own videos or import existing ones to study motion, forces, and velocity with detailed data visualization.

Highlights
  • Record HD and slow-motion videos
  • Import videos from various sources
  • Rotatable coordinate system
  • Display measurement data in tables and diagrams
  • Export data as CSV and images
  • Create time strips and stroboscopic images
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Just imagine you want to find out which forces have an impact on a bungee jumper. Or whether the amount of fun you have on a roller coaster differs depending on sitting in the first or the last car. Maybe you want to get to the bottom of the moon landing in 1969. Did it really take place or are the videos just fakes produced in a film studio somewhere on our planet as alleged by several obscure sources? These and other questions about kinematics can be answered easily with NewtonDV. The app analyses the movement of persons or objects in a video using mere physics. All you need is a given film sequence โ€” or record your own video with NewtonDV. Range of functions: - Recording HD and slow-motion videos using the built-in iPad camera (up to 240 fps) - Importing videos from the photo library, Files app, iCloud Drive, or via AirDrop - Rotatable coordinate system for inclined planes or rotated recordings - Displaying measurement data in tables and diagrams - Drawing trend curves - Creating time strips and stroboscopic images - Displaying velocity and acceleration vectors with numerical values - Exporting tables and diagrams as png files - Exporting measurement data as csv files for further analysis in a spreadsheet program - Sharing tables and diagrams via email - Printing tables and diagrams - Light and dark mode

About

vDiffraction

Features
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This game is a fun way to discover the world of crystals and their symmetries through diffraction. Crystals are all around us: in our environment (rocks and minerals, etc), in our bodies (sugar, bones, gallstones, etc.) and in technology (metals and alloys, silicon and quartz used for microelectronics, etc.). By successively discovering the diffraction of X-rays, neutrons and electrons, scientists in the twentieth century threw the door to the microscopic world wide open by demonstrating that crystals are made โ€‹โ€‹up of atoms and molecules and explaining their structure. Crystals are characterised by the fact that their constituents are arranged in a highly ordered structure. This internal order and its symmetry is clearly visible in the diffraction patterns produced by any crystal. It is this symmetry which is also gives crystals their often amazing shapes, making them highly prized by rockhounds. Whether you are a senior scientist, a student, or just curious about science, vDiffraction is a serious game that will let you try your hand at crystal diffraction so that you can begin to understand how scientists identify the symmetry characteristics of a crystal. This is the first, crucial step towards understanding the atomic and molecular structure of a crystalline material, in other words what type of atoms and molecules make up the crystal and how they are organised.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: vDiffraction at Free against NewtonDV's $3.99. vDiffraction also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

vDiffraction is free to download; NewtonDV costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
NewtonDV versus vDiffraction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewtonDVvDiffraction
Price$3.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS26.08.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoland WejnerInstitut Laue-Langevin

In-app purchases

None

NewtonDV

No in-app purchases

None

vDiffraction

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NewtonDV free?
NewtonDV costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is vDiffraction free?
vDiffraction is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NewtonDV or vDiffraction have ads?
Neither NewtonDV nor vDiffraction shows ads.

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