Comparison

SteamDT vs Contract Lab

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

Head to head
About

SteamDT

Features
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SteamDT是一个专为Counter Strike 2游戏玩家量身打造的数据分析平台,我们致力于帮助那些热衷于交易游戏饰品的玩家们。通过深度收集并实时更新各种饰品的销售价格、库存状况及价格涨跌等数据,我们为玩家们提供了一个全面、详尽的市场分析工具。让玩家们能够更加方便、透明地进行交易,充分利用我们的数据分析优势,使每一笔交易都物超所值。

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Contract Lab

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ContractLab is an analytical calculator for the trade-up contract mechanic inside Counter-Strike 2. It helps players plan material combinations before they execute contracts inside Valve's official game client. This is a calculator and reference tool. ContractLab does NOT: • Execute any in-game actions or interact with Valve game servers • Facilitate buying, selling, or trading of virtual items between users • Provide financial, investment, or trading advice • Operate any form of gambling, loot box, or lottery mechanic — FEATURES — • Knapsack-based contract solver: compute optimal material combinations under wear-value and quantity constraints • Wear-value precision calculator down to 7 decimal places • Multi-platform market price reference (Buff, Steam Market, C5, YouPin, CSFloat, EcoSteam) — data is fetched from each platform's public API on user request, ContractLab does not store or proxy purchase data • Skin database with collection / rarity / wear-tier metadata • Local-first compute: contract analysis runs entirely on-device — DISCLAIMER — ContractLab is an independent tool developed by fans, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Valve Corporation. Counter-Strike, CS:GO, CS2, and all related marks are trademarks of Valve Corporation. Market price data is informational only and may not reflect real-time prices. Virtual item prices fluctuate; nothing in this app constitutes investment, financial, or trading advice. Use at your own discretion. — PRIVACY — ContractLab does not track you across other apps or websites. We do not use the IDFA. Third-party market account credentials are stored only in your device's Keychain and never transmitted to our servers. See the in-app privacy notice for full details. Questions or feedback: support@cs-contract.com

Screenshots

SteamDT4 screens
Contract Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Contract Lab at none against SteamDT's shown. Contract Lab also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). SteamDT's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SteamDT ships an update every 6 weeks, Contract Lab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
SteamDT versus Contract Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteamDTContract Lab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB69 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer金华新果科技有限公司奇 林

In-app purchases

None

SteamDT

No in-app purchases

None

Contract Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SteamDT free?
SteamDT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contract Lab free?
Contract Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SteamDT or Contract Lab have ads?
SteamDT shows ads; Contract Lab does not.
Which is updated more often, SteamDT or Contract Lab?
SteamDT ships an update every 6 weeks, and Contract Lab weekly. Most recently, SteamDT was updated on October 13, 2026 and Contract Lab on October 4, 2026.

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