Comparison

Pocket_Lab vs Unreal Chemist

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

Head to head
About

Pocket_Lab

Learn essential laboratory techniques through engaging videos, articles, and retrieval practice quizzes. This app focuses on practical lab interaction and technical performance, going beyond basic protocols to ensure high-quality results. It covers a range of topics from basic equipment to advanced procedures.

Highlights
  • Instructional videos
  • Informative articles
  • Retrieval practice quizzes
  • Lab equipment guides
  • Lab maintenance tutorials
  • Solutions preparation
  • Microscopy techniques
Features
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PocketLab provides videos, articles, and short quizzes to teach introductory laboratory techniques. While many protocols focus on steps to take in lab, they do not teach how to interact with the lab itself or the technical performance of these steps. PocketLab goes beyond the protocol to teach learners how to engage with the lab itself and achieve high-quality technical results in labs. The quizzes in PocketLab are based on the principle of retrieval practice: that taking a short quiz will actually make a contribution to learning in addition to assessing knowledge. The following techniques are covered in this iteration of PocketLab: Lab Equipment Lab Maintenance Solutions Microscopy BCA Assay Spectrophotometry Agarose Gel Electrophoresis SDS-PAGE Nucleic Acid Purification PocketLab is completely free to all users and is owned and managed by Instant Library, a nonprofit dedicated to creating biomedical educational curriculums and delivering them through mobile applications. If you are a professor and want to use PocketLab to educate your students please contact us with the information provided in the app. If you are a student, we hope PocketLab can be a valuable addition to your educational experience.

About

Unreal Chemist

Explore a virtual chemistry lab on your phone. Mix chemicals, observe reactions, and conduct over 750 unique simulations with more than 150 available substances. Adjust variables like temperature and concentration to understand chemical principles.

Highlights
  • Mix chemicals for reactions
  • Burn salts for colorful flames
  • Heat elements for color emission
  • Adjust reactant concentration and quantity
  • Regulate reaction temperature
  • Control time flow (slow/fast forward)
  • Monitor pH changes with indicators
Features
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Chemistry experiments on your smartphones. You can Mix chemicals to see how they react, Burn salts to colorful flames and Heat elements to see what colors it emits There are 150 plus chemicals available to experiment with and more than 750 unique experiment simulations. Key Highlights - Adjusting the concentration and quantity of the reactants. - Regulate the temperature of the reaction. - Modify temperatures in precipitation reactions and see the effect of temperatures on solubility. - Slow down / Fast forward time. - Check the PH and PH change in a reaction, using Indicators. - Ignite flammable gases formed during reaction. Disclaimer Some reactions you will be doing in Unreal Chemist are extremely dangerous and may cause serious injury if conducted in real word. Even though most of the reactions are accurate to the real world, some reactions may be theoretical since physical verification of some reactions are not completed as of now.

Screenshots

Pocket_Lab3 screens
Unreal Chemist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pocket_Lab at 5.0 against Unreal Chemist's 4.5. Pocket_Lab also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Unreal Chemist's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Unreal Chemist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket_Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket_Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unreal Chemist has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket_Lab versus Unreal Chemist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket_LabUnreal Chemist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews—73.4% of reviews
Number of ratings368 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB342 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHappy Cyclops, LLCZipoApps

Customer experience

Pocket_Lab

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Unreal Chemist

All ratings67 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative21.9%

Bugs and requests

Pocket_Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Unreal Chemist

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Sulfuric acid not dissolving with salts
  • Heating solution during titration
  • Watch ad for premium session not working
  • Mixing game not always working intuitively
  • Buttons on iPhone blocked by camera
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  • Some metal flame colors don't match description
  • Program sometimes locks up
  • Music setting resets after closing program
  • Some reactions don't show the full formula
  • App crashes on opening
  • App gets stuck on the home page
  • App kicks the user out
  • App opens to a blank grey or white screen
  • App won't open
  • App crashes when it takes too long to open
  • Free version has only 2 reactions
  • Interface is buggy (e.g., clicking play sends to home page)

Requested features

32 requests
  • Add more elements (e.g., Mn, H, O, Cl, F, Pb)
  • Add more acids (e.g., Chloroauric acid, Vanadic acid, Perrhenic acid)
  • Add more bases and solvents (e.g., styrofoam, polystyrene, ethanol, acetone)
  • Add gases (e.g., Chlorine, Fluorine, Hydrogen, Oxygen)
  • Option to specify amounts of chemicals to add
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  • Kid version with simplified instructions
  • Add crafting or new science game modes
  • Add more glassware and scientific equipment
  • Reintroduce feature to see compound information
  • Add challenges or daily missions
  • Add ability to use previously made chemicals for new reactions
  • Add definitions for elements and reactions
  • Add a story or background context
  • Add more reactions and compounds
  • Add liquid elements (e.g., liquid oxygen, hydrogen)
  • Add more bases
  • Add more solvents
  • Add styrofoam/polystyrene
  • Add more elements
  • Add more acids
  • Add more bases
  • Add more solvents
  • Add more glassware
  • Add more scientific equipment
  • Add more reactions
  • Add more compounds
  • Add more elements
  • Add more reactions
  • Add more compounds
  • Add more elements
  • Add more reactions
  • Add more compounds

In-app purchases

None

Pocket_Lab

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Unreal Chemist

One-time1
  • Premium Version$5.99

Questions

Is Pocket_Lab free?
Pocket_Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unreal Chemist free?
Unreal Chemist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket_Lab or Unreal Chemist?
Pocket_Lab is rated higher. Pocket_Lab averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Unreal Chemist averages 4.5 from 68 ratings.
Do Pocket_Lab or Unreal Chemist have ads?
Unreal Chemist shows ads; Pocket_Lab does not.

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