Comparison

PinballMonsters vs Deltarium

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

Head to head
About

PinballMonsters

Engage in a fun pinball-style game with numerous stages and challenges. Players launch balls, add pins to control their trajectory, and aim to reach 100 points to clear each level. Progress through 26 unique stages, each featuring cute monsters and distinct gameplay.

Highlights
  • 26 unique stages
  • Cute monster characters
  • Tap to place pins
  • Drag to launch balls
  • Stage saving system
  • Sound and music controls
Features
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Shoot the ball out, and have fun with lots of different stages! There are tons of cute monsters and different challenges waiting for you in each of the 26 stages. Clear each challenge, and go on to the next stage! *Rules of Play Players release balls and earn points, clearing a stage once they have reached 100 points. A road will open up once a stage is cleared, allowing players to move on to the next stage if they shoot a ball up into the road. By tapping the screen, players can add pins which help control the movement of the balls. Stages are saved by the system once they have been played, so players can access previous stages by selecting them from the menu. *Explanation of Controls Release a ball: Drag back the part labeled with an arrow (the spring) Place a pin: Tap the screen Stage selection: Accessed from the menu screen Restart: Accessed from the menu screen Turning on/off sound effects: Accessed from the menu screen Turning on/off music: Accessed from the menu screen [License] Music : conte-de-fees HiLi - http://conte-de-fees.com/ SE : ©Tim Kahn(corsica_s), Amy Gedgaudas - Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) SE : SKIPMORE - http://www.skipmore.com/sound/ SE : Maoudamashii - http://maoudamashii.jokersounds.com/ SE : Pocket sound - http://pocket-se.info/ SE : Music-Note.jp - http://www.music-note.jp/

About

Deltarium

Features
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Deltarium is a place to walk among worlds, the way a planetarium is a place to walk among stars. Each world is a living system of change. You move a few sliders, press play, and watch what the mathematics does: rabbits and foxes chase each other in cycles, a chaotic attractor traces its butterfly wings, a rocket bends time on its way to another star. Built for kids and curious people first, and for scientists too. There is nothing to sign into, nothing to buy, and no ads. The app runs entirely on your phone and collects nothing. THE 8 WORLDS PREDATOR AND PREY. The classic hare-and-lynx cycle. Set the birth, hunting, and dying rates and watch the populations chase each other around a loop. A guided tour walks through this world one step at a time. THE BUTTERFLY. The Lorenz attractor in 3D, spun with a finger. Turn on the twin path, which starts a hair away from the first, and watch the two separate. The butterfly effect you can see. ESTUARY. A coastal model of nutrients and life that blooms and crashes with the seasons. THE DANCE. Three stars pulling on each other, including the famous figure-eight where they chase one another forever. PARKING IN SPACE. The 5 Lagrange points, the spots where a small craft can hold its place relative to the Earth and Moon. Give all 5 a shared kick and see which ones stay parked and which wander off. RADIOACTIVITY. How a radioactive source fades over time, following the real decay chain from a parent down through its daughters. TIME DILATION. A rocket that holds a steady 1 gravity of thrust all the way to a distant star, flipping over at the midpoint to slow down. The clock on the ship and the clock back on Earth pull apart. BUILD YOUR OWN. Write your own equations, add sliders for the parts you want to tune, and watch the system run. UNDER THE HOOD Every world is a real system of ordinary differential equations, solved on your phone by the same numerical method scientists use. Each screen carries a science card naming the model, its author, and a reference you can look up. The phone's engine is checked against a published Python reference, and all the source code is public at github.com/evanleeturner/deltarium-iphone.

Screenshots

PinballMonsters4 screens
Deltarium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Deltarium at none against PinballMonsters's shown. PinballMonsters's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PinballMonsters versus Deltarium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinballMonstersDeltarium
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (86 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings86 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB2 MB
Age rating+44+
Developermonois Inc.Evan Turner

In-app purchases

None

PinballMonsters

No in-app purchases

None

Deltarium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PinballMonsters free?
PinballMonsters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deltarium free?
Deltarium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PinballMonsters or Deltarium have ads?
PinballMonsters shows ads; Deltarium does not.

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