Mec Eng Tools vs SystemLab Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mec Eng Tools
This utility app calculates thermodynamic properties using IAPWS-97 equations. It allows users to determine various properties like pressure, temperature, enthalpy, and specific volume based on different input parameters. The app supports multiple units for calculations.
- IAPWS-97 equation calculations
- Calculate properties from pressure and temperature
- Calculate properties from pressure and enthalpy
- Calculate properties from pressure and entropy
- Calculate properties from pressure and quality
- Support for multiple units
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Steam Tables Lite has evolved into Mec Eng Tools. Your water and steam tools are now part of a mechanical engineering calculation workspace. Explore eight modules organized by discipline: • Steam Tables: water and steam properties, thermodynamic states, records and diagrams. • Heat & Mass Transfer: conduction, convection, radiation, phase change, heat exchangers and mass transfer. • Steam Turbines: performance, extractions, energy balances and expansion diagrams. • Fluid Mechanics: properties, flows, pressure losses and hydraulic machinery. • Pipe Tools: dimensions, schedules and piping calculations. • Machine Design: tools for analyzing mechanical components. • Stress & Strain: models for exploring structural element behavior. • Pressure Vessels: shell and head calculations and checks available in the module. CALCULATE AND UNDERSTAND Choose a model, enter your data and review results with their units. Where applicable, select data from integrated catalogs and tables. Learn through theory, illustrations and worked examples. Save calculations and export reports in tools that support these features. YOUR STEAM TABLES IS STILL HERE The Steam Tables module retains its tools and the option to restore previous purchases. English, Portuguese and Spanish. Light and dark interfaces for iPhone and iPad. Some features require an in-app purchase. Review the included items on the purchase screen before confirming.
SystemLab Lite
Monitor your device's battery, memory, disk space, CPU usage, and network activity. Access key hardware information and view real-time statistics. Includes widgets and Apple Watch support for quick insights.
- Battery usage and status
- Real-time RAM monitoring
- Disk space and partition details
- CPU usage by core
- Network activity (WiFi/Cellular)
- Hardware information
- iOS Widgets
- Apple Watch app
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App for iOS + Widget + App for Apple Watch = The best App with statistics of Device & Security SystemLab have simple and beautiful visual references to monitor battery use, memory use as RAM free and active, available disk space and the differents partitions of disk, use of CPU by cores and active processes, the use of network by WiFi or cellular and information of hardware of you device. *** CHARACTERISTICS *** >> BATTERY - Battery use and status of battery as hours remaining for standby, conversation 3G, conversation 2G, 3G internet, WiFi internet, Audio & Video. >> MEMORY (RAM) - Use of memory in time-real with an beautiful graphic as memory free, wired, active, inactive, other & leak. >> DISK - With an graphic elegant can see use of disk & space available with percentages, also see all partitions of disk in you device with name, space of partition, percentage of use & available by partition and the mount point. >> PROCESSOR (CPU) - This option can see the use & Idle of CPU with percentage and an elegant and beautiful graphic in line. Also can see the number of active processes, number of processors and an average of use of CPU. >> NETWORK Can see use of network by WiFi & CELLULAR with an graphic in bar, also MB sent and received with percentage. Is available the IP address, the netmask address and broadcast address for WiFi & CELLULAR, all in an view. >> HARDWARE All information related with the device as Model, Name, Version, Boot Time, ID, Level of Brightness. Technical characteristics as dimensions, weight, display type, CPU, GPU, Siri, Touch ID, Carrier Mobile and more information much more... >> WIDGET The information more important that have in the App for iOS also is available in an Widget for quick access for example, Battery, Memory RAM, Disk, Network and Hardware. >> Apple Watch With the App for Apple Watch you can see the information of your Device as Name, Model, System Name, System Version, Localized Model, Hash, Screen Scale and Resolution. Note: You need to buy the full version of SystemLab to access all features* -------------------- More Information ivanaguirre.io twitter.com/0xIvan facebook.com/SystemLabApp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SystemLab Lite at none against Mec Eng Tools's 10. SystemLab Lite also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mec Eng Tools sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SystemLab Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mec Eng Tools ships an update every 2 months, SystemLab Lite every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mec Eng Tools | SystemLab Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.9 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Almeida | Ivan Aguirre |
Customer experience
Mec Eng Tools
SystemLab Lite
In-app purchases
Mec Eng Tools
- Upgrade Steam Tables$3.99
- Stress & Strain$4.99
- Machine Design$4.99
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- Pressure Vessels$4.99
- Fluids & Piping Pack$6.99
- Thermal Pack: Steam Complement$6.99
- Thermal Sciences Pack$10.49
- Solids & Design Pack$10.49
- Collection: Steam Complement$24.49
- Complete Engineering Collection$27.99
SystemLab Lite
No in-app purchases
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