Comparison

SoapDIY vs LeadMate

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

Head to head
About

SoapDIY

This app assists in creating handmade soap by managing recipes, automatically calculating ingredients like lye and water, and providing analysis of soap properties. It includes a database of oils and additives, with options for customization and sharing your creations.

Highlights
  • Recipe saving and management
  • Automatic ingredient calculation (lye, water)
  • Customizable oil and additive database
  • Soap analysis (foam, cleansing, moisturizing)
  • Formula adjustment for water content
  • Sharing of soap content
Features
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SoapDIY APP is a good helper of your handmade soap. This APP can save your recipes. The INS, NaOH, KOH, water, and cost will be automatically calculated and warning alerts can be turned on and off. , You can adjust the formula for calculating the amount of water for each handmade soap. Built-in database of rich oils and other additives, and can be modified or added on its own. There is also soap analysis, which allows you to know the handmade soap Foam, cleansing and moisturizing power. Use iOS's built-in sharing features to easily share handmade soap content with your friends.

About

LeadMate

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With Lead­Mate by dimedis, you sim­ply scan the QR code on your vis­i­tor’s badge. It is also pos­si­ble to cap­ture busi­ness cards by OCR recog­ni­tion. The vis­i­tor’s reg­is­tra­tion info plus their pre-saved data will appear in the app. You can then eval­u­ate the con­tact, add notes to pre­vi­ous con­ver­sa­tions, or use indi­vid­ual tags. Addi­tion­al hard­ware is not required, but we do offer option­al rental devices if the com­pa­ny cell phone can only be used to a lim­it­ed extent.

Screenshots

SoapDIY3 screens
LeadMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LeadMate at Free against SoapDIY's $2.99. SoapDIY's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LeadMate is free to download; SoapDIY costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
SoapDIY versus LeadMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoapDIYLeadMate
Price$2.99Free — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChen Yuan Changdimedis GmbH

In-app purchases

None

SoapDIY

No in-app purchases

None

LeadMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoapDIY free?
SoapDIY costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LeadMate free?
LeadMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SoapDIY or LeadMate have ads?
Neither SoapDIY nor LeadMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoapDIY or LeadMate?
SoapDIY ships an update every 2 months, and LeadMate every 2 months. Most recently, SoapDIY was updated on October 24, 2026 and LeadMate on October 27, 2026.

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