Comparison

SoapLab vs SatNOGS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Recipe management
  • Lye calculation
  • Ingredient database
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • Recipe sharing via QR code
  • Cost analysis
Features
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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!

About

SatNOGS

Access a global network of satellite ground stations to communicate with satellites and observe their data. The platform is open to all, with public observation results freely distributed. Resources are available for building your own ground station.

Highlights
  • Global ground station network access
  • Remote ground station operation
  • Satellite communication
  • Public observation data access
  • Ground station building resources
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SatNOGS Network is a global management interface to facilitate multiple ground station operations remotely. An observer is able to take advantage of the full network of SatNOGS ground stations around the world. The network is open to anyone. Any observer is able to utilize all available Ground Stations and communicate with Satellites. All observations results are public and all data are distributed freely under the Creative Commons Atribution-Share Alike license. Whether you own satellite ground station equipment or you want to build one you can head to SatNOGS Project site to get up to date documentation and info on how to build a SatNOGS ground station. App functionality is currently limited by SatNOGS API and will be significantly improved in next major release.

Screenshots

SoapLab4 screens
SatNOGS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SatNOGS at Free against SoapLab's $4.99. SatNOGS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). SoapLab's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SatNOGS is free to download; SoapLab costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SatNOGS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoapLab ships an update every 2 months, SatNOGS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SoapLab versus SatNOGS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoapLabSatNOGS
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (15 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB48 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJien Tsai ChanVictor Belov

Customer experience

SoapLab

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive40.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative59.1%

SatNOGS

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SoapLab

No in-app purchases

None

SatNOGS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoapLab free?
SoapLab costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SatNOGS free?
SatNOGS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SoapLab or SatNOGS?
SatNOGS is rated higher. SoapLab averages 3.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while SatNOGS averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do SoapLab or SatNOGS have ads?
Neither SoapLab nor SatNOGS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoapLab or SatNOGS?
SoapLab ships an update every 2 months, and SatNOGS every 5 months. Most recently, SoapLab was updated on September 19, 2026 and SatNOGS on June 3, 2026.

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