SoapLab vs Dictationmate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoapLab
This app simplifies handmade soap making with scientific tools and guidance. It offers recipe management, lye calculation, ingredient data, and step-by-step instructions for both beginners and experienced crafters.
- Recipe management
- Lye calculation
- Ingredient database
- Step-by-step guidance
- Recipe sharing via QR code
- Cost analysis
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With love to the family, my wife begins to make handmade soap for healthy. With love to her, I design SoapLab to make the job easier. SoapLab is designed to make the work of handmade soap in a more scientific and more efficiency way. SoapLab would bring more fun for the process of handmade soap. It can help the work of handmade soap in many ways, including: * instructions of fundamentals of handmade soap. * instructions of tools of handmade soap. * recipe management. * easy to share and import recipes via QR Code * lye calculation for NaOH and KOH of various purity, in solid or liquid state, the * concentration and the weight unit you preferred. * property chart of recipes and each oil. * the ratio of saturated fat acid, monounsaturated fat acid, and polyunsaturated fat acid of recipes. * over hundreds of oils and additives are included. Favorite function for collecting favoritie oils and additives. * the effects and colors of additives help the design of recipes. Sorting by colors and adding your own additives are available. * the units of temperature and weight take effect immediately and the conversion happens implicitly. * step by step guidance in according to the recipe. The check list can make the soap as successful as possible for the newbies. * share your recipes to communities with a professional report that is composited of photo, recipe, and property charts. * add cured notification to your calendar * cost analysis and report Hope everybody enjoy the fun of making handmade soap!
Dictationmate
Create custom vocabulary lists and practice spelling with AI-powered pronunciation. Share your lists with others or discover public collections for collaborative learning.
- Custom vocabulary list creation
- AI-powered pronunciation
- Spelling practice
- Vocabulary list sharing
- Discover public vocabulary lists
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Dictationmate allows you to define your own vocabulary list and practice your spelling skill by yourself. Functions: 1. Define - Build you own vocabulary list and use AI to help you to translate the vocabulary 2. Practice - AI reads out the vocabulary so that you can do practice spelling skill by yourself 3. Share - You can share your vocabulary list your students or classmate 4. Discover - You can publish your vocabulary list or view vocabulary lists published by others
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dictationmate at Free against SoapLab's $4.99. Dictationmate also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 41%). SoapLab's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On 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
Dictationmate is free to download; SoapLab costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SoapLab ships an update every 2 months, Dictationmate every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoapLab | Dictationmate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jien Tsai Chan | Pavina Pavivan |
Customer experience
SoapLab
Dictationmate
In-app purchases
SoapLab
No in-app purchases
Dictationmate
No in-app purchases









