myOpen vs Trace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myOpen
This app transforms your mobile device into a virtual key for electronic-mechanical locks. It works with a connected device and a web platform to manage access remotely, enabling the sharing economy.
- Virtual key via mobile
- Remote access management
- Electronic-mechanical lock integration
- Real-time access control
- IoT enabled
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MyOpen, sistema de apertura de accesos con cierre electrónico-mecánico, a través del móvil. Un Ecobox, dispositivo electrónico colocado junto a la puerta; una Plataforma Web para gestionar los accesos en tiempo real y una App, sin límites de distancia, convierten tu móvil en una llave virtual. Solución tecnológica extremo a extremo, con garantía perpetua de Vodafone IoT, abre la puerta a la economía colaborativa.
Trace
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Free to use. The lye calculator and all six quality numbers are free forever — no account, no ads, no network, works fully offline. Trace Pro is an optional one-time purchase. Trace is a cold-process soap calculator with cited chemistry. Every quality bound, every additive limit, every fragrance cap names its source. FREE FOREVER • 31 oils with SAP values for NaOH (bar soap) and KOH (liquid soap), cross-checked against AOCS official methods and USDA Agricultural Handbook 8 • Dual-lye blends for cream soap and shaving soap • Three water expressions that interconvert cleanly: water % of oils, lye concentration %, water:lye ratio • Superfat / lye-discount slider • Citric acid auto-offsets the NaOH calculation (0.624 g NaOH per g citric acid, per Lovin' Soap Studio) • Sodium lactate, ROE and salt brine math with cited ranges • IFRA Category 9 (rinse-off toilet soap) fragrance caps for 20 common essential oils • All six soap qualities — hardness, cleansing, conditioning, bubbly lather, creamy lather, longevity — computed from weighted-average fatty-acid composition, each shown with the range its source publishes • Adjustable lye purity for NaOH (default 99%) and KOH (default 90%) • Every cited source listed in one Sources screen THE WEDGE Most soap calculators surface "soap qualities" as opaque numbers. Trace shows the same numbers, free — but on every bound, tap to see exactly which named source backs it. Hardness 29–54: per Kevin Dunn, Scientific Soapmaking (Hampden-Sydney College, 2010). Citric acid 0.624× extra NaOH: per Lovin' Soap Studio. IFRA Cat 9 fragrance caps: per the IFRA Standards 51st Amendment (2025). TRACE PRO — OPTIONAL, ONE-TIME Try Pro free for 7 days of actual use — days you don't open Trace don't count against it. After that Pro is a single purchase. No subscription, ever. • Cost per bar — price your oils once and Trace costs every batch: oils, lye and fragrance totalled, then divided by your bar weight. The one thing a free web calculator cannot do, because it never knows what you paid. • Save & reopen recipes — keep every recipe you calculate • Multi-batch cure tracker — log every batch from mix to cured: gel check, unmold, zap test, pH test • Brand-aware oil-supplier presets: Bramble Berry, Soaper's Choice, Bulk Apothecary, Essential Depot, Wholesale Supplies Plus, plus Costco / Trader Joe's / Spectrum generics SOURCES Kevin Dunn (Scientific Soapmaking), AOCS, USDA Handbook 8, Susan Miller Cavitch (The Soapmaker's Companion), Anne L. Watson (Smart Soapmaking), Modern Soapmaking (Kenna Cote), Lovin' Soap Studio (Amanda Gail Aaron), IFRA Standards, Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetic Guild. THE MOON DOG PROMISE • No subscription. No ads. No account, no login, no signup, no network. • Works fully offline. No data collection. DISCLAIMER Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) are corrosive and can cause serious burns or eye damage. Always follow your supplier's Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and the safety practices recommended by the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetic Guild (HSCG). Trace cites named sources but does not generate recipes — independent verification against your supplier's specifications is your responsibility. © 2026 Roman Kopaliani
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: myOpen at none against Trace's 1. myOpen also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). Trace's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Trace sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. myOpen asks for nothing beyond the download.
myOpen ships an update every 13 months, Trace weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myOpen | Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Innova Telecom S.L. | Roman Kopaliani |
In-app purchases
myOpen
No in-app purchases
Trace
- Trace Pro (lifetime)$6.99









