Comparison

Mec Eng Tools vs SystemLab Lite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Mec Eng Tools4 screens
SystemLab Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mec Eng Tools sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SystemLab Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mec Eng Tools versus SystemLab Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMec Eng ToolsSystemLab Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.9 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.17.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduardo AlmeidaIvan Aguirre

Customer experience

Mec Eng Tools

Written reviews19 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral15.8%
Negative63.2%

SystemLab Lite

All ratings29 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral13.8%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative56.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mec Eng Tools

One-time10
  • Upgrade Steam Tables$3.99
  • Stress & Strain$4.99
  • Machine Design$4.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
None

SystemLab Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mec Eng Tools free?
Mec Eng Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SystemLab Lite free?
SystemLab Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mec Eng Tools or SystemLab Lite have ads?
Neither Mec Eng Tools nor SystemLab Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mec Eng Tools or SystemLab Lite?
Mec Eng Tools ships an update every 2 months, and SystemLab Lite every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mec Eng Tools was updated on November 6, 2026 and SystemLab Lite on November 7, 2026.

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