Developer Laboratory vs ScanKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Developer Laboratory
This app provides a collection of example code and UI components for iOS developers. It demonstrates various functionalities like app icon creation, image viewing, web page loading, and custom controls. Access the source code to learn implementation details.
- APP icon creation
- Imitation of WeChat Moments
- Web page loading
- Custom UI components
- QR code scanning
- Facial tracking
- Database operations
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iOS Technical Sharing (APP icon creation, imitation of WeChat Moments, imitation of WeChat image viewer, preventing @mentions on Sina Weibo, imitation of Alipay password prompt, imitation of Post Circle, tags, JS interaction + WK, loading web pages, adaptive cell height, embedding video player in TableView to prevent lag, custom beautiful popups, address selection, time selection, color selection, custom navigation control, carousel, QR code scanning, facial tracking, custom camera, ID card photo capture, iOS media player, AVPlayer encapsulation, dropdown selection popup, Snake game, marquee, adaptive height for TableView, native image download caching, folder operations, database operations, third-party login, sharing, payment, Apple installation agreement, data transfer between apps, acknowledgments for support) https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPLaboratory YPLaboratory is the source code for this project. If you want to see how it's implemented, you can click to view the source code. https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPUIKit-ObjC YPUIKit-ObjC is the framework for this project, providing many out-of-the-box functionalities. It includes in-app purchases, subscriptions, prompt dialogs, app info, user agent retrieval, device info, unique identifiers (persistent even after deletion), badges, useful buttons, common categories, MD5, hooks, regular expressions, hashed colors, image matrices, black-and-white images, base64 images, navigation settings, handy input fields, file management, floating draggable buttons, single-line input, multi-line input, loading dialogs, custom dialogs, local logs, marquee, waterfall flow, carousel, image preview, and more.
ScanKit
This app enables researchers to extract detailed spatiotemporal data from Apple devices equipped with LiDAR scanners. It collects RGB videos, ARKit depth and confidence data, and can detect QR codes. Point clouds are automatically generated and saved in .las format for external processing.
- LiDAR data extraction
- ARKit depth and confidence data
- RGB video recording
- QR code detection
- ARWorldMap saving
- Point cloud generation (.las format)
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IDEA ScanKit facilitates the extraction of extensive spatiotemporal data from Apple devices with LiDAR Scanners in order to enable researchers to perform external processing with data that would otherwise be only accessible through custom apps. DATA According to the users' selection, raw data is collected in form of RGB videos of a specified quality, ARKit depth data, and ARKit confidence data. QRCodes can be detected and ARWorldMap information from ARKit can also be directly saved to disk in a JSON format. Point clouds are generated automatically on the fly and are saved in the .las file format.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScanKit at Free against Developer Laboratory's $0.99. ScanKit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Developer Laboratory's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ads, monetization model 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
ScanKit is free to download; Developer Laboratory costs $0.99 up front. Developer Laboratory sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. ScanKit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Developer Laboratory ships an update monthly, ScanKit every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Developer Laboratory | ScanKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 恒盛 程 | Kenneth Schroeder |
Customer experience
Developer Laboratory
ScanKit
In-app purchases
Developer Laboratory
- 0 ice cola$0.99
- 1 ice cola$0.99
- A sip of iced cola$0.99
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- 一元商品$0.99
- 2 ice cola$1.99
- 3 ice cola$2.99
- 4.16 ice cola$3.99
- 16.5 ice cola$14.99
ScanKit
No in-app purchases
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