Comparison

STEP vs ChemLab

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

Head to head
About

STEP

This app offers a fun and engaging way to study subjects like math and science through gamified learning. Content is created by experts and mapped to school curricula, providing personalized and adaptive lessons for students.

Highlights
  • Personalized, gamified, and adaptive learning
  • Content mapped to board and school curriculum (CBSE, ICSE)
  • Expert-created content by IITians and doctors
  • Detailed progress reports for parents and teachers
  • Mentorship and guidance for educational success
  • Focus on speed and accuracy for competitive exams
Features
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If you have been searching for a fun and exciting way to study tough subjects like maths and science, then STEPapp is your destination. STEP app brings to you a unique gamified learning format that is fun and engaging with expert quality content mapped to your curriculum. STEP (Student Talent Enhancement Program) app is a brainchild of EduIsFun Technologies, an ed-tech company, with a team of 400+ IITians and doctors, which for the last five years have tirelessly worked towards a unified goal to make learning fun and easy; and technology to make quality education accessible to all. STEPapp was developed with a mission to create a level playing field for children in education by making quality education accessible to even the most remotely located child in the country at an affordable price in a gamified format to make learning fun and enhance learning outcomes. We’re pioneers in learning through gamification. We make learning fun and engaging for kids through gamification, which makes us stand apart from others in the Ed- Tech space. Benefits of STEPapp • Personalised, Gamified and Adaptive Learning: Highly engaging content that ensures the child’s learning process is interactive and effective. STEP app can automatically adapt to the requirements of children with different learning pace. • Mapped to board and school curriculum: STEP Syllabus is mapped to the curriculum of leading school boards and gives students conceptual clarity in Math and Science. Mapped to their school boards, this goes hand in hand with school education. STEP Syllabus is currently available for CBSE and ICSE boards. • Content created by experts: It has been created by a team of 400+ IITians and Doctors. • Detailed Progress Report: Each student’s progress is archived and communicated to the parents and teachers, along with the detailed reports of each chapter instantly via SMS or email. • Mentorship and Guidance: Our experts will mentor winners for continued educational success. What makes us one of the best education apps is our gamification learning technique which retains a child’s interest. STEPapp is similar to a children based education game which boasts a child’s engagement in learning and helps them understand the concepts better as well as it fuels their curiosity. STEPapp doesn’t test the children based on right or wrong answers but based on their speed and accuracy as these are important for children for competitive exams. For further details, visit us at www.stepapp.ai Or email us at support@stepapp.ai Or call us at 18002665007

About

ChemLab

Explore chemical reactions in a virtual lab. Mix reagents, observe visual and auditory effects, and learn core concepts through guided missions and equation balancing.

Highlights
  • Virtual chemistry lab simulation
  • Observe chemical reactions with visual effects
  • Guided lab missions and challenges
  • Equation balancing practice
  • 39 reagents and 42 simulated reactions
  • Progress tracking and achievements
Features
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ChemLab turns your iPhone or iPad into an interactive chemistry lab for learning, practice, and exploration. Add reagents to the beaker, heat the mixture when needed, and watch reactions come to life through bubbles, precipitates, flame, color changes, temperature changes, and synthesized sound effects. From preparing hydrogen and carbon dioxide to neutralization, displacement, precipitation, indicator color changes, combustion, and catalytic decomposition, ChemLab helps make core chemistry concepts easier to see and understand. Explore freely or follow guided challenges. Challenge Mode includes step-by-step missions such as preparing hydrogen, testing chloride ions, extracting copper by displacement, producing oxygen with a catalyst, igniting magnesium, and observing the reaction between sodium and water. ChemLab also includes an equation-balancing practice mode. Adjust coefficients, check atom conservation in real time, and learn why the simplest whole-number ratio matters. Key Features: - Free experiment mode with 39 reagents and 42 simulated reactions - Visual effects for bubbles, precipitates, flame, smoke, glow, color changes, and heat - 10 guided lab missions with progress tracking and points - 12 equation-balancing challenges with real-time atom checks - 20 achievements across bronze, silver, gold, and platinum tiers - Expandable experiment reports with shareable poster images - Lab book history that automatically saves completed reactions ChemLab is designed for students, teachers, and anyone who wants a safer, more visual way to review basic chemistry reactions. It is an educational simulation and does not replace real laboratory instruction or safety training.

Screenshots

STEP3 screens
ChemLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: STEP at 50% against ChemLab's 0%. STEP also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (2.3 vs 2.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChemLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. STEP asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

STEP holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of STEP's written reviews are positive against 0% of ChemLab's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
STEP versus ChemLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTEPChemLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEDUISFUN TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED杏娣 吴

Customer experience

STEP

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

ChemLab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

STEP

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ChemLab

One-time1
  • ChemLab Pro$4.99

Questions

Is STEP free?
STEP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChemLab free?
ChemLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, STEP or ChemLab?
STEP is rated higher. STEP averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ChemLab averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do STEP or ChemLab have ads?
Neither STEP nor ChemLab shows ads.

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