MEL Science vs Pocket_Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MEL Science
Explore the world of science through interactive experiments and engaging games. This app guides you through real science activities, making learning fun and hands-on. Discover molecular structures and conduct your own science projects.
- Conduct real science experiments
- Interactive experiment guidance
- Learn molecular structures
- Science games and activities
- Experiment assistant
- Knowledge check tests
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MEL Science is the key to limitless adventures! Experiment, play, learn, conduct real science experiments! Play science games and conduct amazing experiments using guidance from the app. This app can be used for educational science activities or as a supplement to the MEL Science experiment kits. Find out how molecules and reactions look from the inside. Suitable for homeschool activities and science lab experiment games. MEL Chemistry will show the structures of molecules, including Sulfuric acid, Citric acid, Hydrochloric acid, Lactose, and Tin Chloride. Go through amazing experiments and make your own science projects using the experiment assistant. Pass the test at the end of each experiment to check your knowledge. Bring this science lab app to your classroom to demonstrate educational science to your students. Forget memorizing formulas — learn through firsthand experience!
Pocket_Lab
Learn essential laboratory techniques through engaging videos, articles, and retrieval practice quizzes. This app focuses on practical lab interaction and technical performance, going beyond basic protocols to ensure high-quality results. It covers a range of topics from basic equipment to advanced procedures.
- Instructional videos
- Informative articles
- Retrieval practice quizzes
- Lab equipment guides
- Lab maintenance tutorials
- Solutions preparation
- Microscopy techniques
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PocketLab provides videos, articles, and short quizzes to teach introductory laboratory techniques. While many protocols focus on steps to take in lab, they do not teach how to interact with the lab itself or the technical performance of these steps. PocketLab goes beyond the protocol to teach learners how to engage with the lab itself and achieve high-quality technical results in labs. The quizzes in PocketLab are based on the principle of retrieval practice: that taking a short quiz will actually make a contribution to learning in addition to assessing knowledge. The following techniques are covered in this iteration of PocketLab: Lab Equipment Lab Maintenance Solutions Microscopy BCA Assay Spectrophotometry Agarose Gel Electrophoresis SDS-PAGE Nucleic Acid Purification PocketLab is completely free to all users and is owned and managed by Instant Library, a nonprofit dedicated to creating biomedical educational curriculums and delivering them through mobile applications. If you are a professor and want to use PocketLab to educate your students please contact us with the information provided in the app. If you are a student, we hope PocketLab can be a valuable addition to your educational experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket_Lab at 5.0 against MEL Science's 3.6. Pocket_Lab also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). MEL Science's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket_Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MEL Science has 89 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | MEL Science | Pocket_Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (89 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MEL Science Limited | Happy Cyclops, LLC |
Customer experience
MEL Science
Pocket_Lab
Bugs and requests
MEL Science
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes immediately on iPhone 7
- App crashed my phone
- Code scanner broken, doesn't scan QR codes
- Instructions don't match kit contents
- System is not intuitive
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- QR code scanning feature missing
- App doesn't work for more than sixty seconds, freezes
- App doesn't download
- Camera is constantly on, app is always listening/seeing
- Customer support lacks comprehension
Requested features
10 requests- Allow viewing others' photos and replying to comments
- Consolidate features from other apps into one
- Allow earning extra boxes and real prizes with coins
- More experiments in Kitchen Science
- More detail on formulae behind experiments
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- Search function for atoms and experiments
- Add scanning feature and photo option
- Improve organization and add more interesting experiments
- Add VR functionality for experiments
- Make presenter's voice clearer
Pocket_Lab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MEL Science
No in-app purchases
Pocket_Lab
No in-app purchases
Questions
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