Comparison

Forces Playground vs CloudLabs Spherical mirrors

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

Head to head
About

Forces Playground

Explore how different forces impact objects in a simulated space environment. Users can add objects and apply gravity, anti-gravity, or vortex forces to observe their effects. Adjust force strength and object mass to create unique physics interactions.

Highlights
  • Apply gravity, anti-gravity, and vortex forces
  • Adjust force strength and object mass
  • Observe object interactions in real-time
  • Clear and reset the scene
  • Show or hide forces
Features
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This great App shows how forces affect objects in space! Drop objects into the scene and put forces in the scene to affect the objects! Demonstration of gravity, anti-gravity and vortex forces with images dropped in to the screen that get attracted to the forces when the users touches. The user can select Vortex, Gravity or Anti-Gravity forces and watch the fun in this physics simulation! Vortex will cause the objects on screen to rotate around. The user can increase or decrease the vortex forces on screen so the rotate left, stop or rotate right. The user can also increase or decrease the gravity forces on screen. Gravity will attract objects on the screen. Anti-gravity will repel objects on the screen. The user can increase or decrease the mass of the colored squares on screen by swiping up or down. Reset color mass to defaults by swiping left. Clear the screen by swiping right. Show or hide forces by pressing the buttons on the top of the screen. Special Thanks to NASA for the public domain images used for the Space pictures!

About

CloudLabs Spherical mirrors

Features
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This simulation recreates an optical table with a concave and a convex mirror, the goal is to find the focal length, the radius of the curvature and determine if the image is inverted or not. In the development of the practice, each of the mirrors can be placed on the optical table and two objects can be used to observe both the image that is formed, as well as its size, as the distance between the object and the mirror is varied.

Screenshots

Forces Playground4 screens
CloudLabs Spherical mirrors1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Forces Playground at every 3 months against CloudLabs Spherical mirrors's every 21 months. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forces Playground ships an update every 3 months, CloudLabs Spherical mirrors every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Forces Playground versus CloudLabs Spherical mirrors: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForces PlaygroundCloudLabs Spherical mirrors
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB83 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRobert L ZimmelmanJiovany Orozco

In-app purchases

None

Forces Playground

No in-app purchases

None

CloudLabs Spherical mirrors

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forces Playground free?
Forces Playground is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudLabs Spherical mirrors free?
CloudLabs Spherical mirrors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forces Playground or CloudLabs Spherical mirrors have ads?
Neither Forces Playground nor CloudLabs Spherical mirrors shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forces Playground or CloudLabs Spherical mirrors?
Forces Playground ships an update every 3 months, and CloudLabs Spherical mirrors every 21 months. Most recently, Forces Playground was updated on November 1, 2026 and CloudLabs Spherical mirrors on November 3, 2026.

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