(LispLab) vs pocketFORTH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
(LispLab)
Master the Scheme programming language with structured lessons, a built-in interpreter, and interactive exercises. Track your progress and explore functional programming concepts, including a new module for the beginner-friendly Logo language.
- 90 guided Scheme lessons
- Built-in REPL and interpreter
- Exercises with hints
- Progress tracking
- Logo module included
- Light/dark themes
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Learn Scheme, the elegant Lisp dialect that shaped modern programming. (LispLab) helps you go from your first parenthesis to real fluency with 90 structured lessons, a built-in REPL, and hands-on exercises. Study core ideas like lists, functions, recursion, higher-order functions, and data structures one day at a time. Features: • 90 guided Scheme lessons • Built-in REPL and interpreter • Exercises with hints and instant feedback • Progress tracking and daily streaks • Light, dark, and automatic themes • Now includes a Logo module! Logo is a member of the Lisp family, but with graphics and a design to appeal to new programmers. Perfect for beginners, students, and programmers exploring functional programming.
pocketFORTH
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Discover one of the programming languages that helped shape modern computing. PocketFORTH is a modern FORTH environment inspired by the golden age of pocket computers and home computing, bringing the power of interactive programming directly to your iPhone and iPad. Whether you're a retro-computing enthusiast, a student, an electronics maker or simply curious to explore one of the most influential programming languages ever created, Pocket FORTH lets you write, run, edit and save FORTH programs through a clean, fast and completely offline interface. Designed for both learning and experimentation, Pocket FORTH combines the simplicity of the original language with modern features including live editing, dictionary browsing, source inspection, QR code sharing, persistent storage and a growing collection of built-in words compatible with classic FORTH systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: pocketFORTH at none against (LispLab)'s 1. pocketFORTH also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.2). 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. (LispLab) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. pocketFORTH asks for nothing beyond the download.
(LispLab) ships an update every 2 months, pocketFORTH every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | (LispLab) | pocketFORTH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Kennedy | Leonardo Del Nonno |
In-app purchases
(LispLab)
- Buy Me a Coffee$0.99
pocketFORTH
No in-app purchases
