Chemistry Keyboard vs Gamebook Engine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chemistry Keyboard
Easily input chemical formulas with specialized superscript, subscript, and arrow characters. Access lowercase Greek letters and other chemistry-related Unicode symbols. This keyboard extension works offline and includes a demo for viewing Wikipedia data.
- Superscript characters
- Subscript characters
- Arrow glyphs
- Lowercase Greek characters
- Chemistry Unicode characters
- Offline functionality
- Wikipedia data lookup demo
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The Chemistry Keyboard is a specialized Keyboard Extension for anyone who needs to enter chemical formulae. Ever need to input Hg²⁺+2 I⁻ on your phone and can't figure out how to get those nice superscript or subscript 2s. Or proper arrow glyphs? Quickly generate superscripts: ⁰ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁽ ⁾ ⁺ ⁻, subscripts: ₀ ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉ ₍ ₎ ₊ ₋, and arrows. lowercase Greek characters available in landscape mode. and other chemistry related Unicode characters. The app itself demonstrates the keyboard's use by allowing text entry and looking up data from Wikipedia. Unlike many keyboard extensions, this keyboard does not require network access. It's entirely self contained.
Gamebook Engine
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Gamebook Engine is an all-in-one app for creating and reading gamebooks, a type of interactive fiction where the player's choices influence the outcome of the story. With Gamebook Engine you can: • Create gamebooks - Write interactive choosable path adventure stories using a thoughtfully designed interface • Share gamebooks - Gamebooks export to a plain text ".gbook" file that you can send to your friends via email, text message, or carrier pigeon (if the story is very short) • Play gamebooks - Gamebook Engine can import and play ".gbook" files, which contain the data for interactive stories What makes Gamebook Engine special? • Attributes can make gamebooks dynamic: Attributes can be used to track changes in inventory, player stats, NPC relationships, and much more. This makes Gamebook Engine stories a little more dynamic than a classic paperback choosable path story. • Warning, nerd talk: Gamebooks export to plain-text JSON, not a proprietary file-type, so you can easily share them as privately or publicly as you want, and anyone can build a client for reading them -- but why bother when Gamebook Engine is a reader already! • Total Privacy: Gamebook Engine has no online services or accounts. Gamebook Engine runs entirely on your device and never sends any data about you or what you are writing to anyone. Your privacy is totally and absolutely guaranteed. Your writings only leave your device when you share them with someone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chemistry Keyboard at $1.99 against Gamebook Engine's $4.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Chemistry Keyboard costs $1.99 and Gamebook Engine $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Chemistry Keyboard | Gamebook Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Generally Helpful Software | Brad Root |
In-app purchases
Chemistry Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Gamebook Engine
No in-app purchases
Questions
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