PhET Interactive Simulations Alternatives

Apps similar to PhET Interactive Simulations include Experimenters Circuits, which is free. Other options are LabsLand, EMANIM Online, Amanogawa.com and myPhysicsLab. In total there are eight Circuit Designers like PhET Interactive Simulations for the web and Android.

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  1. Educational virtual 3D laboratory simulator helps students, teachers, and tutors conduct electrical circuit experiments by providing realistic equipment access anywhere, avoiding availability issues and safety hazards, and enhancing learning with immediate feedback and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    LabsLand lets students access real educational laboratories through the Internet. Schools, institutions and homeschoolers can use it to provide real labs and real practical and scientific education without having the physical equipment themselves.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. EMANIM is a web app displaying interactive animations of electromagnetic waves and presenting phenomena such as polarization, superposition, interference, absorption, refraction, and optical activity (linear and circular dichroism and birefringence).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. A wide range of applets on transmission lines, electromagnetic waves and antennas

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. The myPhysicsLab website shows the simulations running and contains explanations of the math behind them.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. This app brings basic Physics concepts and facts for Kids, Motion, Light, Energy, Electricity and much more. Learn the concepts with you kids in a fun way. Includes Experiments which the kids can do at home or at school to learn basic physics principles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  7. DubiumLabs is a web platform offering interactive scientific calculators and simulations across physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and geosciences, with real-time computation, visual outputs, and transparent underlying models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. A narrower, workflow-focused alternative to PhET: OpenLab Science pairs each simulation with structured measurement, a percent-error comparison against a closed-form prediction, and a printable lab sheet with an answer key.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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