Physics Playground App
Play with Concepts
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
From counting to category theory, projectiles to black holes - explore every idea in physics and math, hands-on. Tap a slider, see the equation react.
Physics & Math, made playable.
Touch a slider and watch the equation rewrite itself. Tilt a ramp and feel the friction. Aim a cannon, dial in a Lorentz factor, swing a double pendulum into chaos. Every idea has a hands-on playground that responds in real time.
One app. The entire universe of physics and math - from counting blocks to category theory, from throwing a ball to the Theory of Everything.
WHAT'S INSIDE
• 55+ topics across Physics and Math, organized by tier - Classical, Modern, Frontier, plus Math Foundations, Intermediate, and Frontier.
• A live difficulty slider that rewrites every explanation in real time for Child, Teen, Undergrad, or PhD.
• Interactive playgrounds for every topic. Sliders, simulations, force diagrams, and SpriteKit physics that actually behave like physics.
• Mini-games that earn you badges - predict chaos, balance crates, dial in gamma, win at quantum measurement, escape a black hole.
• A concept map that shows how every idea connects to every other - drag, zoom, tap a node and dive in.
• A constellation of earned badges that grows as you master the subjects.
PHYSICS, FROM "WHAT IF" TO "WHY"
Newton's Laws. Projectile motion. Energy & momentum. Orbits. Waves. Pendulum chaos. Thermodynamics. Fluids. Optics. Electromagnetism. Special Relativity. Spacetime. Photoelectric effect. Double-slit. Heisenberg uncertainty. Quantum tunneling. Stern-Gerlach spin. Atomic orbitals. The Standard Model. Statistical mechanics. Condensed matter. Lasers. Black holes. The Big Bang. String theory. Loop quantum gravity. Entanglement. Quantum computing. And the prize at the end - a Theory of Everything badge for mastering them all.
MATH THAT BUILDS
Counting → addition → subtraction → multiplication → division → fractions → decimals → percents and ratios → the number line. Then algebra, geometry, trigonometry, functions, exponents and logs, sequences, probability, and statistics. Then limits, derivatives, integrals, linear algebra, differential equations, complex analysis, topology, and category theory.
HOW IT WORKS
Pick a topic. Read a leveled explanation that matches your background. Scroll to the live equation strip and watch the variables update as you drag. Play with the simulator. Take on the challenge, earn the badge. Tap a related topic to follow the thread - every page links to its prerequisites and to the ideas it unlocks.
BUILT FOR FOCUS
• Beautiful, calm visuals on a deep-space backdrop.
• Smooth 60fps animations, gentle haptics, and confetti for the wins.
• No ads. No accounts. No tracking.
• Designed for iPhone and iPad with full split-view support.
• Offline-first - everything is on device.
WHO IT'S FOR
Curious kids who want to know what makes things go. Students who'd rather feel an equation than memorize it. Self-learners coming back to math years later. Grad students looking for the cleanest one-page mental model of a topic. Teachers and parents who want a single shareable demo for any concept that comes up.
If you've ever wondered why airplanes turn the way they do, why time slows down at high speeds, why a pendulum can be predictable AND chaotic, or what a quantum bit actually is - this is the app.
One scroll. One slider. One badge at a time. The universe, unlocked.
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What's New in Version 1.0.2
This update is all about making the interactive simulations and mini-games more reliable. Every interactive experience in the app was tested and the issues below were fixed.
Crash fixes
- Fixed a crash in the Cellular Respiration mini-game that could happen when you tapped Skip before placing a stage.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the CRISPR mini-game.
Achievement badges now save correctly
- Fixed an issue where finishing certain games did not actually save your badge, so it showed as locked again later. This affected games across Chemistry, Math, Computer Science, and Philosophy, including Drug Design, Green Chemistry, Catalysis, Materials Science, Nanochemistry, Polymers, Supramolecular Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Databases, Differential Geometry, Limits, Vector Calculus, and Philosophy of Physics. Your badges and overall completion now record properly.
Controls that now work as expected
- Data Structures and AlphaFold: the Pause button now freezes the animation in place instead of snapping it back to the start.
- Organic Chemistry: the Skip button now moves you to a new molecule instead of showing the same one.
- Computer Graphics: your coverage match score now stays on screen after you submit.
- Turing Machines: a wrong answer now lets you adjust a rule and run again on the same puzzle, matching the on screen instructions.
- Scheduling and Concurrency: losing a round now lets you rebalance and try again instead of ending the game early.
- Cybersecurity: levels now play in the correct order, with no skipped or repeated levels.
Display and accuracy fixes
- Stoichiometry and Microbiome: the results screen now shows the round you just played instead of jumping ahead to the next one.
- Machine Learning: the misclassified point markers now match the reported accuracy.
- Geometry: the rectangle round now always shows four distinct answer choices.
- Measure Theory and Organometallic Chemistry: corrected button labels that appeared one round early.
Thanks for playing and learning. More improvements are on the way.
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Information
- Seller
- AJA Digital LLC
- Size
- 28.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © AJA Digital LLC 2026
