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Yenka Physics
What Yenka Physics is
Yenka Physics is paid Windows desktop software for creating and exploring physics simulations offline. Its colourful 3D environment includes authoring tools for modelling waves, optics, force and motion, electricity, and magnetism. Wave activities represent water, sound, and electromagnetic propagation with reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference. Optics models cover lenses, prisms, mirrors, and light sources; users can import images and trace rays in diagrams. Other models include moving and colliding objects, pendulums, springs, gravity, and friction, with graphs for velocity, momentum, and energy. Electrical and magnetic simulations include power generation and transmission, electromagnetic effects, circuit diagrams, and voltage or current graphs. Yenka presents the software for education, offering school site licences and a teacher home-use trial through support. It runs on Windows XP or later and has no Mac version. Yenka servers were switched off in 2022, so online content and internet connections are unavailable, while local models remain accessible.
Who it suits
It suits teachers, schools, and learners who need offline physics modelling with 3D visuals and authoring tools on Windows. Schools can ask about site licences, and teachers can request a home-use trial.
What it does well
- Covers waves, optics, mechanics, electricity, and magnetism
- Includes 3D visuals and authoring tools
- Works offline with local content models
- Graphs velocity, momentum, energy, voltage, and current
- Teacher trial available through support
What to know first
- No Mac version
- Online content is no longer available
- Software no longer connects to the internet
- Pricing requires contacting sales
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Yenka (pricing by contact) | One-off payment; contact sales for pricing. Prices vary by region and reseller. · School site licence covers one site; schools over 2,000 students and remote teaching require a price enquiry | On request |
As yenka.com lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Yenka Physics provides broad simulation and graphing tools for educational use on Windows. Its offline operation remains useful, but discontinued online services and the lack of a Mac version limit deployment options.
Facts from Yenka Physics's own pages
- Authoring tools
- Yes · yenka.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Connectivity
- The maker says its Yenka servers were switched off in 2022 and the downloadable software no longer connects to the internet. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktop · yenka.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Electricity and magnetism
- It includes simulated power generation and transmission, electromagnetic effects, and circuit diagrams with graphs of voltage and current. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Force and motion
- Users can model moving and colliding objects, pendulums, springs, gravity and friction, and graph quantities such as velocity, momentum and energy. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · yenka.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Yenka as educational modelling software and offers school site licences and a teacher trial by contacting support. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Yenka is a registered trademark owned by Sumdog Ltd, registered in Scotland; its registered office is in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yes · yenka.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Online content
- Online content is no longer available, while local content models remain accessible. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Optics
- It simulates lenses, prisms, mirrors and light sources, and lets users import images and trace rays in ray diagrams. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Yenka Physics is a simulator for experimenting with physics in a colourful, accurate environment. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Sumdog says its security measures include encryption in transit and at rest, firewalls, multi-factor authentication, malware protection, staff training and physical access controls; it also holds Cyber Essentials certification. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The privacy notice directs Yenka support enquiries to [email protected]. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- 3D visuals
- Yes · yenka.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Trial access
- Teachers can contact support to try the software using a home-use version installed outside school for testing. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Waves
- It models water, sound and electromagnetic wave propagation, including reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Windows requirement
- Yenka supports Windows; the FAQ says Windows XP or later and states there is no Mac version. · yenka.com, 12 Oct 2026
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