Matlock vs Schematic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matlock
This app helps practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu improve their skills by studying techniques, positions, and submissions. It offers tools like flashcards and notes for faster review and better performance on the mat.
- Technique memorization
- Jiu-Jitsu skill improvement
- Grappling skill building
- Study positions and submissions
- Flashcards for review
- Daily training tools
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Matlock is a BJJ training app designed to help you remember techniques, improve your Jiu Jitsu, and build real grappling skills. Study positions, submissions, sweeps, and more using flashcards, notes, and daily training tools so you can review faster and perform better on the mat. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Schematic
Learn about the everyday systems you interact with, from electricity and plumbing to home appliances and engineering principles. Short, engaging lessons with visual diagrams and quick quizzes help you understand how things work.
- Short, 2-minute lessons
- Self-drawing diagrams
- On-screen captions
- Three-question quizzes
- Covers electricity, plumbing, appliances, and engineering
- No account required
- Progress saved locally
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You live surrounded by systems you can't explain. The breaker panel in the hallway. The boiler that makes a noise you've decided to ignore. The valve someone once told you to find "in case of emergency." Schematic fixes that. HOW IT WORKS Each lesson runs about two minutes. A narrator walks you through a diagram that draws itself as it goes — one card at a time, captioned on screen — and ends with three quick questions so you know it landed. Take one with your coffee, or work through a whole track in an afternoon. WHAT YOU'LL COVER • ELECTRICITY — circuits, volts, amps and ohms, grounding, the third hole in the outlet, and why the breaker trips when the kettle goes on • HOME APPLIANCES — what is actually happening inside the kettle, the fridge, the microwave, the washing machine and the vacuum • PLUMBING — water pressure, P-traps, water heaters, banging pipes, and the shut-off valve you will be glad you found early • ENGINEERING — levers, gears, pulleys, torque, why triangles hold buildings up, and why everything has a frequency it hates NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No sign-up, no profile, no setup. Open it and start. Your progress stays on your device. Schematic is educational. It is here so you understand the systems you live with and can talk about them with confidence. It is not a repair manual, and it is not a substitute for a qualified electrician, plumber or gas engineer. Privacy Policy: https://schematic-app.web.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://schematic-app.web.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Schematic at 26 against Matlock's 1. Schematic also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). Matlock's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Matlock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Schematic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Matlock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schematic has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Matlock ships an update every 11 days, Schematic every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matlock | Schematic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (26 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ashlee Spradley | Pavlo Dobronos |
Customer experience
Matlock
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In-app purchases
Matlock
- Matlock Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
Schematic
- Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Yearly1 Month trial$69.991 Year









