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Shoebox spectrophotometer on Windows Pc

Developed By: Smartphone Spectrophotometry

License: Free

Rating: 2,9/5 - 43 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.0
Size 3.8 MB
Release Date April 06, 23
Category Education Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (1)]

What's New:
To aim at SDK 31, same app, repackaged [see more]

Description from Developer:
The shoebox spectrophotometer app allows your smartphone to be used as the light detecting (and absorbance calculating) part of a spectrophotometer. The rest of the spectrophotomet... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Shoebox spectrophotometer and install on Windows PC. Shoebox spectrophotometer is free Education app, developed by Smartphone Spectrophotometry. Latest version of Shoebox spectrophotometer is 2.0, was released on 2023-04-06 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Shoebox spectrophotometer is 2,9. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 43 users, 16 users had rated it 5*, 16 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Shoebox spectrophotometer on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Shoebox spectrophotometer on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Shoebox spectrophotometer on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Shoebox spectrophotometer using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Shoebox spectrophotometer" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Shoebox spectrophotometer on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Shoebox spectrophotometer" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.0.

Download Shoebox spectrophotometer 2.0 on Windows PC – 3.8 MB

The shoebox spectrophotometer app allows your smartphone to be used as the light detecting (and absorbance calculating) part of a spectrophotometer. The rest of the spectrophotometer you will need to make yourself!

This is the app used in the article, 'Demonstrating Principles of Spectrophotometry by Constructing a Simple, Low-Cost, Functional Spectrophotometer Utilizing the Light Sensor on a Smartphone', published recently in the Journal of Chemical Education, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00548

There is an overview of how this can be done simply from a shoebox, a DVD and some building block on the YouTube link below.

Please note, your smartphone must have a light sensor for this app to work

Have fun!


Demonstration screencast: https://youtu.be/1NgzXpFDh7o
To aim at SDK 31, same app, repackaged
Allows applications to open network sockets.