Comparison

Half vs Pattern of Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Half

This educational game simulates the process of producing nuclear medicines and industrial isotopes. Players manage a reactor to create essential materials for hospitals and research, learning about their societal benefits and decay rates.

Highlights
  • Teaches nuclear medicine and isotopes
  • Simulates isotope production process
  • Supports science education
  • Features six common isotopes
  • Mobile and web app
  • Sound on/off option
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Half Life Hero is a fun educational app that teaches about nuclear medicines and industrial isotopes and their benefits to society. Teachers and students will find this app useful in supporting science education in the classroom and practising on the go. This game puts the player in control of ANSTO’s radio-isotope production process. Orders are received from hospitals, medical research laboratories or industry, and the player fills them by using ANSTO’s reactor to create materials such as Iodine, Molybdenum, Lutetium, etc. To fill these orders, the player must submerge raw materials in the nuclear reactor pool where they are exposed to neutrons. Once the materials are removed from the pool their decay begins at a speed that is related to their half-lives. Under the pressure of time, the player must process materials through two stages before they are shipped throughout Australia and overseas. Features * Suitable for beginners to intermediate learners of all ages * Features six isotopes created in nuclear reactors including Iodine-131, Molybdenum-99, Iridium-192, Cobalt-60, Lutetium -177 and Silicon-31. * Mobile and web app * Sound on/off to suit classroom or personal use

About

Pattern of Evolution

Features
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The DOST Courseware is a locally-produced, all-original Filipino highly interactive multimedia educational application packages that are conceptualized, digitized and produced as spearheaded by the Science Education Institute (SEI-DOST) in partnership with the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI-DOST) and in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), Philippine Normal University (PNU) and University of the Philippines-National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (UP-NISMED), which aims to develop information and communication technology learning innovation to support the upgrading and improvement of science and mathematics education in the country. The DOST Courseware are provided for free to schools and are also made available online as supplemental resources for teachers and student as a fun and interactive approach to e-learning and blended learning. The Grade 7 DOST Courseware is composed of 120 lessons overall, 73 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Matter; Force, Motion and Energy, Living Things and Their Environment and Earth and Space while the 60 lessons in Mathematic covered the domains on: Numbers and Number Sense, Patterns and Algebra, and Geometry. The Grade 8 DOST Courseware is composed of 118 lessons overall, 61 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Parts and Functions, Ecosystems, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits, Structures and Functions, Biodiversity, and Evolution, while the 57 lessons in Mathematics covered the domains on: Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Rational Algebraic Equations, Integral Exponents, Radicals, Arithmetic Sequence and Geometric Sequence. The themes of the courseware for Grades 7 and 8, Magicademy, Freddy’s Lab and D’nayao will surely amuse the users as they explore these distinct worlds while learning at the same time.

Screenshots

Half4 screens
Pattern of Evolution3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Half at 6.0 against Pattern of Evolution's 12.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Half versus Pattern of Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalfPattern of Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology OrganisationScience Education Institute

In-app purchases

None

Half

No in-app purchases

None

Pattern of Evolution

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Half free?
Half is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pattern of Evolution free?
Pattern of Evolution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Half or Pattern of Evolution have ads?
Neither Half nor Pattern of Evolution shows ads.

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