Last updated on February 13th, 2026 at 07:40 am
Alchemists: Lab Equipment – Puzzle Game Review
Alchemists: Lab Equipment is a Puzzle/Board game from CGE Digital s.r.o., first launched in 15th October 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 23+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Alchemists: Lab Equipment Stand Out
This is a supplementary app for board game Alchemists from Czech Games Edition. It allows players to scan ingredient cards from the board game to find out what potions they can create.
It also help players who do not have the board game, but are interested in the mechanics, to learn the rules or the game. And they can even experience the mixing of potions and try out their skills as academics. So if that's your case follow these steps:
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Tap [settings], then under Ingredients selection: chose "Select by hand". From now on, you won't need to scan actual cards, you will just chose them mechanically.
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Tap [Start new game], this will randomize correct solutions.
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Tap [Drink Potion] to perform your first test. Choose any two ingredients you wish and tap [confirm] to combine them. They will give you a certain color and sign. Note the result.
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Repeat step 3 as many times as needed, to find out what ingredient contains what alchemical.
How many tests do you need to perform to find out all correct answers?
To check if all your answers are correct, tap [Final round] and then [Show answers].
If you want to find out more about the rules of the game, you can also tap the INFO button to learn everything there is about mixing potions.x
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Alchemists: Lab Equipment is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th March 2025
Recent improvements include:
minor update – works better with insets, improved scanning
Download & Availability
Alchemists: Lab Equipment is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Alchemists: Lab Equipment on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Our new iPhone camera doesnt seem to play nicely with the scanning anymore. It really struggles to find the cards. Maybe it would be nice to be able to select the ingredients manually if the scanner isnt working.
We love using this app with the Alchemist board game, which is one of our favorite deduction games. If you were weary when app integration first came to tabletop gaming, dont be. It is here to stay. While Alchemist is one of the first it is also one of the best to use an app for proper gameplay. Do yourself a favor and pick up this game to become a master alchemist.
This app works very well but definitely could use a section to show the history of what youve done.
It would be great to have any idea what any of this game was. A basic tutorial, or even just some sort of text to know what youre doing.
This is a fun board game and the app worked great for us. You do need the physical game if you want to play (vs. Just learn how potions work in the app) – the app is not a game by itself.
We have no idea what this game is or how to play. It accesses the camera and seems to assume that players will know what to do next. We got bored of randomly stabbing at buttons without any understanding and we quit. Production quality is simplistic.
The newest update has fixed the enter game code issue! The app is once great again.
Have rarely encountered a less function app. Does not allow you to enter a game code or to enter cards by any means.
The enter code option no longer works in iOS 10.
When trying to test a set of cards the app instantly crashes. Entering a code does not work either.
Much good. Very wow. Many unique. One of our favs.
Fantastic technology integration into a board game. If you could please: For the color blind folks, display some words when a potion is mixed. "Health, poison, wisdom, insanity, speed, paralysis". Would also be great thematically, and it could help people understand better. And 2, we wish there was a way to keep track of what game was played. If we type in the game code "BLUE", we wish the game would say "you played BLUE 27 days ago, are you sure?" Thanks for the great game.
We had an old 1st Gen iPad still lying around the house and finally had found a use for it again with the Alchemists Companion app. Sure it didn't have a camera but we could still input ingredients into it manually. Plus if someone plays with us and doesn't have a compatible phone they could at least use this iPad. Now after downloading the 1.0.1 update with extra language support (we told ourselves not to update, but we did anyway) it crashes the app before it gets to the main menu. Hoping they take a look at it, because we would like to keep giving our old iPad a purpose in life.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.2.5
- Size: 46.32 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: CGE Digital s.r.o.
Last updated: 26th March 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Board | Developer: CGE Digital s.r.o.