Comparison

步必记 vs Pocket Experiments Science Lab

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

Head to head
About

步必记

This comprehensive AI-powered platform offers a suite of tools for language learning. It includes features like translation, dictionaries, text-to-speech, pronunciation assessment, and AI coaching to meet all your language study needs.

Highlights
  • AI language coaching
  • Translation and dictionary
  • Text-to-speech (TTS)
  • Pronunciation assessment
  • Grammar analysis
  • Flashcards and notes
Features
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多合一AI语言学习训练平台 AI全家桶 All in One 提供语言学习的一站式服务: 大语言模型、翻译、词典、点读卡、复读机、电子书、文本转语音(TTS)、发音评估、AI教练、语法分析、卡片笔记、知识卡、单词卡 满足你的所有语言学习需求

About

Pocket Experiments Science Lab

Features
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Twenty-six rooms. Not a workbook — a bench in each one. You set the parts out yourself, turn the knobs, and measure with the instruments. • Hang as many weights as you like anywhere along a balance beam, and even it up • Drag molecules onto the bench and see what they form • Set a magma's silica and the depth where it freezes, erupt it, then look at the rock through a hand lens and measure the grains • Stretch two strings, detune one, and listen to the beats • Drop three seismometers on a map; three circles meet at one point, and that point is the epicenter Every number is measured off the picture. Nothing here works a value out of a formula and then "checks" it against the same formula. The grains under the lens are really drawn, and their size is really measured. Turn a knob and the picture changes; when the picture changes, the numbers change with it. Every room has three steps: 1. Move it — turn one knob and watch what changes 2. Count it — line the measurement up against the formula and look at the gap 3. Check it — one question, and the reason either way Every room also has a question box. Clear it and the room moves up a tier: none → bronze → silver → gold. There are 78 questions in all. But the questions are not the main act. Playing with the bench is; a question is the detour you take when you think “wait — could I actually build that?” The topics are middle school and high school science: forces and motion, springs and buoyancy, pendulums, circuits, electromagnets, ray optics, lenses, sound, changes of state, solubility, titration, electrolysis, chemical reactions, preparing and collecting gases, the microscope, cell division, photosynthesis, flower structure, heredity, strata, rocks and volcanoes, earthquakes, and the sky. Three neighbors of science come along too: probability, logic gates and regular expressions. ADS AND THE ONE-TIME PURCHASE The app is free and shows ads: a banner along the bottom of the screen, and a full-screen ad when you open the app. All 26 rooms and all 78 questions are open from the first launch. There is exactly one in-app purchase and all it does is turn the ads off — it unlocks nothing and adds nothing. It is a single one-time purchase with no subscription (¥5,000 in Japan; the price for your country is shown in the app). Not based on, or affiliated with, any particular textbook.

Screenshots

步必记3 screens
Pocket Experiments Science Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 步必记 at none against Pocket Experiments Science Lab's shown. 步必记 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 步必记 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month and Pocket Experiments Science Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

步必记 ships an update every 2 weeks, Pocket Experiments Science Lab every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
步必记 versus Pocket Experiments Science Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter步必记Pocket Experiments Science Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHardwareOrigin, LLCMIZOU, CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

步必记

Subscriptions2
  • KaZuo.AI Monthly Membership$11.001 Month
  • KaZuo.AI Annual Membership$119.001 Year
1 purchases

Pocket Experiments Science Lab

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$29.99

Questions

Is 步必记 free?
步必记 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Experiments Science Lab free?
Pocket Experiments Science Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 步必记 or Pocket Experiments Science Lab have ads?
Pocket Experiments Science Lab shows ads; 步必记 does not.
Which is updated more often, 步必记 or Pocket Experiments Science Lab?
步必记 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pocket Experiments Science Lab every 9 days. Most recently, 步必记 was updated on October 20, 2026 and Pocket Experiments Science Lab on October 25, 2026.

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