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Institutional development · Teaching, learning and curriculum · Germany

RWTH Aachen's free phyphox physics app marks ten years since its 2016 launch

Phyphox, a smartphone app for physics experiments developed at RWTH Aachen University, first became downloadable in 2016. The university says it is free, carries no ads and is most commonly used outside lecture halls.

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Why it matters: Smartphone users can download phyphox free and without ads, and RWTH Aachen says the app is most commonly used outside lecture halls.

RWTH Aachen University marked ten years of phyphox, an app developed at the university for carrying out physics experiments on smartphones, which first became available to download in 2016.

The university said the app is free and contains no advertising.

According to RWTH Aachen, phyphox is most commonly used outside lecture halls.

Editor’s view

Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor

Phyphox, which first became downloadable in 2016, is free and ad-free, and RWTH Aachen says its most common use is outside lecture halls.

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