STEP vs ChemLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. ChemLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. STEP asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | STEP | ChemLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EDUISFUN TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED | 杏娣 吴 |
Customer experience
STEP
ChemLab
In-app purchases
STEP
No in-app purchases
ChemLab
- ChemLab Pro$4.99









