Alchemy Guide vs Combining Forms Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alchemy Guide
This app helps players master potion and poison making in a popular role-playing game. It features an extensive database of ingredients and potion effects, allowing users to find ingredients, track their inventory, and discover the most valuable or specific potions and poisons to create.
- Extensive ingredient and potion effect database
- Ingredient location information
- Inventory system
- Valuable potion and poison recipe finder
- MagicFilter for specific potion/poison searches
- Multi-language support
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Ready for PSVR, DLC Included! From the makers of PipClock, the Nuclear Wasteland Survival App, a new amazing app: Alchemy Guide. Master the Art of Potion & Poisons making and become a Mighty Alchemist with the best and most beautiful Skyrim Companion App. Browse the extensive database of ingredients and potion effects, check where you can find specific ingredients, then add your ingredients to the inventory and look for the most valuable potions you can create! Search only potions with specific curative effects or find the most deadly poisons. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK9UMj9Rr08 Alchemy Guide is just the best Skyrim companion! Features: - Fully localized in English, German and Italian - iOS 11 support - All DLC ingredients! (Dragonborn, Hearthfire, Dawnguard) - Extensive database of Ingredients & Potion effects - Direct wiki access for more informations - Inventory system - Show the most valuable recipes you can make with your ingredients or look for potions with specific effects - "MagicFilter" to search for specific potions or poisons (search criteria include: number of ingredients, purity, number of effects, value and up to 3 required effects) - Incredibly beautiful graphic design & animations - Icon badge on the home screen showing the number of potions you can create with your ingredients --Note-- This app is unofficial and is not authorized or created by the creator or publisher of the the mentioned video game. This application complies with US Copyright law guidelines of "fair use". All the aspects of the video game described within this application are trademarked by their respective owners. This application does not copy any portion of the game, nor does it contain screenshots of the game, only original text. If you feel there is a copyright or trademark violation, or that the information within this application does not fall under US Copyright guideline(s) § 107 "fair use", please contact us immediately.
Combining Forms Dictionary
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This app is designed to help you study combining forms and how to form an adjective, noun or verb from combining forms. Combining form is a form of a word that can combine with free word, root word or another combining form to get a new word. For example: • -affected :to form an adjective meaning "suffering from the thing that is mentioned" flood-affected, rain-affected, famine-affected • crypto- to form a noun meaning "secret" cryptography, cryptocurrency • -afflicted: to form an adjective meaning "badly affected from the thing that is mentioned" conflict-afflicted, disease-afflicted, poverty-afflicted • -appointed: to form an adjective meaning "chosen" court-appointed, government-appointed, president-appointed • - consuming: to form an adjective meaning "using" fuel-consuming, power-consuming, time-consuming • fast- to form an adjective meaning "quick" fast-charging, fast-growing • fore- to form adjective, noun, verb meaning "before, in advance" foreboding, forecast, foretell • high- to form adjective, noun, verb meaning "far above, greater" high-flown, high-flyer, high-grade • -induced to form adjective, noun meaning "caused by" diet-induced, earthquake-induced • -infested to form adjective meaning "existing in large numbers of something unpleasant that is mentioned" alligator-infested, bacteria-infested • low - to form adjective, noun, verb meaning "below" low-class, low-grade, low-intensity • mid- to from adjective, noun meaning "middle" mid-air, mid-Atlantic, midday, midlife, mid-range • much- to form adjective meaning "greatly" much-cited, much-debated, much expected • pseudo- to form adjective, adverb, noun meaning "not genuine" pseudo-science, pseudo-secular • -prone to form adjective meaning "likely to suffer" accident-prone, corruption-prone, flood-prone • -free to form adjective meaning "without" corruption-free, stress-free, tax-free, sugar-free • vice- to form noun and adjective vice-admiral, vice president, vice captain • radio- to form adjective, noun, adverb meaning "connected with radio wave" radio-controlled, radiotherapy • -raising to form adjective and noun meaning "lifting or increasing" awareness-raising, hair-raising, fundraising and many more. If you are preparing for SAT, IELTS, TOEFL, etc, this app will greatly help you to increase your vocabulary. It also improves your reading and writing skills. Using word such as "poverty-stricken", "corruption-free", "technology-driven", "time-consuming" in your essay and be a plus. COMBINING FORMS • 229 combining forms • Each entry comes with meaning, words from that combining form • Bookmark feature • Recent entries • Advanced search WORDS • Over 1980 words • Each entry comes with sample sentences from online news SENTENCES • Over 8700 sentences STUDY • Study combining forms • Study words • Learn a unit with multiple choice quizzes • Flashcards
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Alchemy Guide at every 3 weeks against Combining Forms Dictionary's every 41 months. Alchemy Guide also leads on chart position (#130 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Combining Forms Dictionary's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On 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
Alchemy Guide costs $1.99 and Combining Forms Dictionary $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alchemy Guide ships an update every 3 weeks, Combining Forms Dictionary every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alchemy Guide | Combining Forms Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (63 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 41 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #130 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruben Frosali | Trung Nguyen |
Bugs and requests
Alchemy Guide
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ingredients get added randomly to the list
- App becomes unstable after Dawnguard/Dragonborn DLCs
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for DLC ingredients and effects
- Implement a way to track ingredient quantities
- Add a search function and quick scrolling
- Allow removing used ingredients more easily
Combining Forms Dictionary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Alchemy Guide
No in-app purchases
Combining Forms Dictionary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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