# Findings - Lab Notebook

> Digital lab notebook for tracking experiments, results, and protocols. (iPhone/iPad app by Nucleobytes BV.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/findings-lab-notebook/id922844272 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nucleobytes BV](https://appshunter.io/developer/792650026)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 30 App Store ratings · 58 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 14 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-10-22
- Data updated: 2026-06-09
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/findings-lab-notebook/id922844272/reviews.md

## What is Findings?

Findings is your lab notebook, reinvented. With Findings, you can easily keep track of your experiments and your research: your lab notebook is always with you and always up to date, be it on the field, at the bench, or at a conference.  Findings helps you browse your results, reproduce crucial experiments, and assemble and publish your discoveries. Findings for iOS is even more powerful when used in combination with Findings for Mac (separate app available on our web site), and with Apple Watch.

EXPERIMENTS. With Findings, all your experiments are in one place, neatly arranged and easy to browse. See what you have planned for today and this week. You can follow your progress, add a picture or a quick note, edit your experiment conditions, and never forget a step. Once finished, your results are safely stored alongside your notes and the protocols you used.  All in one place, always saved, always accessible to your future self.

TIMERS & TIMESTAMPS. You can attach a countdown timer, a stopwatch or a timestamp to any task in any of your experiments. All your running timers are accessible from the list of experiments and can easily be viewed in context with just one more tap. Thanks to local notifications, Findings will remind you when the time has come, whatever app you're using, wherever you are, online or offline. And of course, Apple Watch works great with timers too!

PROTOCOLS. Protocols have a special place in Findings, where you can browse, edit, and organize them. Protocols are the primary building blocks of your experiments. You can add one protocol or multiple protocols to an experiment. Once integrated, a copy of the protocol is made, so you can modify it just for that one use, and leave the original untouched. Protocols can be organized by field, with a number of sufields available for each: biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, engineering, mathematics, cookery. Findings is for all the branches of science.

SYNC. All your data can be automatically synced and backed up to Dropbox. Once linked to a Dropbox account, your experiments and protocols are shared with Findings on other iOS devices or on your Mac (separate Findings app for Mac available on our web site).

SHARING AND COLLABORATING. Your research should not be in a silo. Findings can easily export any subset or all of your experiments and protocols to PDF, with all the attachments neatly arranged in folders. With our smart export/import features, you can also collaborate directly with Findings, and choose what to share, how to share it and when to share it.

YOUR DATA IS YOURS. Unlike most electronic lab notebooks (ELN), your data is not stored on a server and remains under your control. Experiments and protocols are stored in an open-source format (PARStore) and are always with you, even when offline. And you can still get the best of both worlds: with Dropbox sync, you can keep your data in sync on multiple devices, while having an extra backup.

## Key features

- Experiment tracking and organization
- Integrated timers and timestamps
- Protocol management and organization
- Automatic Dropbox synchronization
- Data export to PDF
- Collaboration and sharing features

## Recent user reviews (10 of 58)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/findings-lab-notebook/id922844272/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Please don’t let it die

*2020-08-04, version 1.3.5*

I’ve loved this app from the first moment I’ve started using it. It’s so handy to have it on my iPad and carry it everywhere, without losing information. I don’t understand why it hasn’t been updated anymore ☹️

### 5/5 — Excelente

*2020-01-22, version 1.3.5*

Bien pensada. Es única en su género. Como todo siempre puede mejorar.

### 1/5 — Keeps crashing!!!

*2020-01-15, version 1.3.5*

Ever since the os update, both the iPad and Mac versions of this app keep crashing! It makes it really hard in the lab to depend on this app if the protocol I’m using crashes after just a minute every time!!

Edit: iPad app still crashing!!!

I still have yet to hear back from the developer about the crashes, even though I see they’re active on the forum. Really frustrating as this is my main repository for all my data and it is crashing!!!!

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2019-08-04, version 1.3.5*

I find this app along with the desktop version very helpful to organize and keep track of data. Highly recommended!

### 5/5 — Findings 2.0

*2019-07-27, version 1.3.5*

I really hope the update for suitable new findings 2 on Mac

### 3/5 — Good app but limitations.

*2019-01-24, version 1.3.5*

The iCloud sync option is must with the fact that this is a paid app. This shouldn’t be a big issue to sync through iCloud. Just like notes app of the apple but don’t know why is that it has been forever to get that essential feature. Otherwise it is very limited and not good enough to work with.

### 5/5 — Sehr Gutes Laborbuch

*2018-11-20, version 1.3.5*

Hoffe aber das einige Funktionen der Mac-Version auch aufs iPad kommen. Vor allem das Erstellen von Tabellen fehlt mir derzeit in der iOS version.

### 4/5 — Love it, but also needs to polish with more rich feature

*2018-11-13, version 1.3.5*

Not a scientist nor researcher, I use Findings as a notebook, rather than research tracking tool.  I love how I can review my notes from mobile, but different kind of notes is now consider as experiment on mobile.  Current stage doesn’t have ability to view all feature on the MacOS.  I really hope developers can expend the horizon of what both MacOS and IOS app can do, and craft features that can be implemented for different field with the same scientific documentation techniques.  Thank you for the good app.

### 5/5 — Returning user

*2018-09-17, version 1.3.5*

Used it on Mac and loved it. Have used it before on iPad but was not 100 percent sure it was completely usable. I will give it a second shot!

### 4/5 — From experiments to literature

*2018-06-07, version 1.3.5*

I use the Findings App daily on my Laptop and now also on my iPhone. I can keep my files and experiments nicely organized with Findings. 

My wish for upcoming versions: iCloud integration.

## Frequently asked questions about Findings

### What does Findings - Lab Notebook do?

Findings is a digital lab notebook designed to help researchers and scientists meticulously track their experiments and research. It allows you to organize experiments, record results, manage protocols, and utilize timers and timestamps for precise measurements. The app ensures your data is always accessible and up-to-date.

### What are the key features of Findings - Lab Notebook?

Key features include the ability to organize and browse all your experiments in one place, attach countdown timers or stopwatches to tasks, manage and organize protocols by scientific field, and automatically sync your data to Dropbox for backup and cross-device access. It also supports sharing and collaboration.

### How much does Findings - Lab Notebook cost?

The application is a paid app. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating a one-time purchase for full functionality. For users who require synchronization with a Mac, a separate Findings app is available on their website.

### What devices is Findings - Lab Notebook compatible with?

Findings is available for iOS devices and is designed to work seamlessly with Findings for Mac, which is a separate application. It also offers integration with Apple Watch for enhanced functionality, particularly with timers.

### How can I use Findings - Lab Notebook for collaboration?

Findings facilitates collaboration by allowing you to easily export any subset or all of your experiments and protocols to PDF format, with attachments neatly arranged. The app also offers smart export/import features, enabling direct collaboration and control over what, how, and when you share your research data.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.5 — 2018-05-30

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Fixing issues with interface layout on iPhone X.

### 1.3.4 — 2018-05-24

Fixes crash when trying to insert picture from camera into an experiment or a protocol.

### 1.3.3 — 2017-06-27

New in version 1.3.1, 1.3.2 & 1.3.3:

- Switching to the Dropbox API v2 for sync
- Fixes crash specific for regions where the first day of the week is neither Monday nor Sundary
- Fixes crashes from compatibility issues with Findings 1.4 for Mac
- Fixes crash on iOS 8

New in version 1.3:

- Support for iPad.
- Support for landscape orientation on all iOS devices, & improved layout for all screen sizes.
- Support for iOS 9 multitasking enhancements for iPad (Split Screen and Slide Over).
- Export Findings archive via the Share button.
- Import of Findings archive from other applications (Mail, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, etc.). Like on Mac, you can select which document to add or merge.
- Significant improvements to the protocol browser (p<0.001).
- Create new experiment from protocol.
- Support for 3D Touch on application icon, with shortcut items to show your experiments, the protocol browser, or a new experiment.

Improvements in version 1.3:

- Clearer requests to enable notifications (for timers).
- Nicer-looking superscript & subscript.
- Easier selection of subfield in protocol metadata editor.
- Message to the user when an attachment does not support Quicklook & cannot be previewed on iOS.
- More options for troubleshooting sync under the 'Advanced' section in the settings, including manual sync trigger, Dropbox cache reset, Dropbox file removal, and sync diagnostic logs.
- Completed experiments are automatically marked as ongoing when adding new content for current or future days.
- Example protocols that come with the app are now read-only.
- Tweaks to the app icons, in particular adding missing assets for 3x resolution on iPhone 6S+.
- Allows navigation back to last day of an experiment after moving to today, by having the 'Today' button become 'Last Edit'.
- Creating a new experiment uses a clearer 'Create' button instead of the potentially confusing 'Save'.
- Experiment and protocol deletion now possible in the metadata editor ('i' button).
- Protocol creation possible from any screen of the protocol browser (previously, it was only possible from within a subfield).
- Sharing via AirDrop.
- Full-fledge protocol browser to select a protocol to add to an experiment.
- Watch: start countdown timer immediately when adding via the Watch app.
- Watch: dismissing iPhone alert when timer is stopped on Watch app.
- Watch: clearer accessibility labels on Watch app.

Bug fixes in version 1.3:

- Hiding the irrelevant calendar icon when editing protocols.
- Table display bugs and truncation in document view.
- List numbering wrongly interrupted by table.
- Update completed state of paragraphs after reordering.
- Query start date when duplicating an experiment.
- Correctly displaying experiments pending completion in the 'Ongoing' tab when selecting an experiment to duplicate.
- Missing information in diagnostic section of feedback emails.
- Using the correct tint color in the various protocol-related views.
- Insertion of picture below selected paragraph when using the paragraph toolbar.
- Keyboard hiding modal menu for changing note type.
- Extraneous space in support button.
- Removing unused options wrongly displayed for Findings in the Settings app.
- Icon missing or incorrect icon when using swipe-to-right to toggle the completion state of a paragraph in the experiment editor.
- Displaying multi-line text in the metadata editor screen.
- For a paragraph added on Mac, a timer could only be added after "deleting" a (non-existing) timer.
- Attachments not duplicated when duplicating an experiment.
- Correctly displaying styled text (bold, italics, etc.) in bullet-list paragraphs.
- Watch: unreliable notification when starting timer from Watch app.
- Watch: glance update after updating experiment progress or timer in the Watch app.

If you enjoy Findings, please leave a positive review or rating on the App Store. If you rated us in the past, please resubmit as the ratings are reset at each new update. Thanks for your support!

### 1.3.2 — 2016-07-05

New in version 1.3.1 & 1.3.2:

- Fixes crash on iOS 8
- Fixes compatibility issue with Findings 1.4 for Mac that results in crashes

New in version 1.3:

- Support for iPad.
- Support for landscape orientation on all iOS devices, & improved layout for all screen sizes.
- Support for iOS 9 multitasking enhancements for iPad (Split Screen and Slide Over).
- Export Findings archive via the Share button.
- Import of Findings archive from other applications (Mail, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, etc.). Like on Mac, you can select which document to add or merge.
- Significant improvements to the protocol browser (p<0.001): relevant science fields and separation of your protocols, protocols from others and Findings example.
- Create a new experiment directly from a protocol
- Support for 3D Touch on application icon, with shortcut items to show your experiments, the protocol browser, or a new experiment.

Improvements in version 1.3:

- Clearer requests to enable notifications (for timers).
- Nicer-looking superscript & subscript.
- Easier selection of subfield in protocol metadata editor.
- Message to the user when an attachment does not support Quicklook & cannot be previewed on iOS.
- More options for troubleshooting sync under the 'Advanced' section in the settings, including manual sync trigger, Dropbox cache reset, Dropbox file removal, and sync diagnostic logs.
- Completed experiments are automatically marked as ongoing when adding new content for current or future days.
- Example protocols that come with the app are now read-only.
- Tweaks to the app icons, in particular adding missing assets for 3x resolution on iPhone 6S+.
- Allows navigation back to last day of an experiment after moving to today, by having the 'Today' button become 'Last Edit'.
- Creating a new experiment uses a clearer 'Create' button instead of the potentially confusing 'Save'.
- Experiment and protocol deletion now possible in the metadata editor ('i' button).
- Protocol creation possible from any screen of the protocol browser (previously, it was only possible from within a subfield).
- Sharing via AirDrop.
- Full-fledge protocol browser to select a protocol to add to an experiment.
- Watch: start countdown timer immediately when adding via the Watch app.
- Watch: dismissing iPhone alert when timer is stopped on Watch app.
- Watch: clearer accessibility labels on Watch app.

Bug fixes in version 1.3:

- Hiding the irrelevant calendar icon when editing protocols.
- Table display bugs and truncation in document view.
- List numbering wrongly interrupted by table.
- Update completed state of paragraphs after reordering.
- Actually query start date when duplicating an experiment.
- Correctly displaying experiments pending completion under the 'Ongoing' tab when selecting an experiment to duplicate.
- Missing information in diagnostic section of pre-filled feedback emails.
- Using the correct tint color in the various protocol-related views.
- Insertion of picture below selected paragraph when using the paragraph toolbar.
- Keyboard hiding modal menu for changing note type.
- Extraneous space in support button.
- Removing unused options wrongly displayed for Findings in the Settings app.
- Icon missing or incorrect icon when using swipe-to-right to toggle the completion state of a paragraph in the experiment editor.
- Displaying multi-line text in the metadata editor screen.
- For a paragraph added on Mac, a timer could only be added after "deleting" a (non-existing) timer.
- Attachments not duplicated when duplicating an experiment.
- Correctly displaying styled text (bold, italics, etc.) in bullet-list paragraphs.
- Watch: unreliable notification when starting timer from Watch app.
- Watch: glance update after updating experiment progress or timer in the Watch app.

If you enjoy Findings, please leave a positive review or rating on the App Store. If you rated us in the past, please resubmit as the ratings are reset at each new update. Thanks for your support!

### 1.3.1 — 2016-04-05

New in version 1.3.1:

- Fixes crash on iOS 8

New in version 1.3:

- Support for iPad.
- Support for landscape orientation on all iOS devices, & improved layout for all screen sizes.
- Support for iOS 9 multitasking enhancements for iPad (Split Screen and Slide Over).
- Export Findings archive via the Share button.
- Import of Findings archive from other applications (Mail, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, etc.). Like on Mac, you can select which document to add or merge.
- Significant improvements to the protocol browser (p<0.001): relevant science fields and separation of your protocols, protocols from others and Findings example.
- Create a new experiment directly from a protocol
- Support for 3D Touch on application icon, with shortcut items to show your experiments, the protocol browser, or a new experiment.

Improvements in version 1.3:

- Clearer requests to enable notifications (for timers).
- Nicer-looking superscript & subscript.
- Easier selection of subfield in protocol metadata editor.
- Message to the user when an attachment does not support Quicklook & cannot be previewed on iOS.
- More options for troubleshooting sync under the 'Advanced' section in the settings, including manual sync trigger, Dropbox cache reset, Dropbox file removal, and sync diagnostic logs.
- Completed experiments are automatically marked as ongoing when adding new content for current or future days.
- Example protocols that come with the app are now read-only.
- Tweaks to the app icons, in particular adding missing assets for 3x resolution on iPhone 6S+.
- Allows navigation back to last day of an experiment after moving to today, by having the 'Today' button become 'Last Edit'.
- Creating a new experiment uses a clearer 'Create' button instead of the potentially confusing 'Save'.
- Experiment and protocol deletion now possible in the metadata editor ('i' button).
- Protocol creation possible from any screen of the protocol browser (previously, it was only possible from within a subfield).
- Sharing via AirDrop.
- Full-fledge protocol browser to select a protocol to add to an experiment.
- Watch: start countdown timer immediately when adding via the Watch app.
- Watch: dismissing iPhone alert when timer is stopped on Watch app.
- Watch: clearer accessibility labels on Watch app.

Bug fixes in version 1.3:

- Hiding the irrelevant calendar icon when editing protocols.
- Table display bugs and truncation in document view.
- List numbering wrongly interrupted by table.
- Update completed state of paragraphs after reordering.
- Actually query start date when duplicating an experiment.
- Correctly displaying experiments pending completion under the 'Ongoing' tab when selecting an experiment to duplicate.
- Missing information in diagnostic section of pre-filled feedback emails.
- Using the correct tint color in the various protocol-related views.
- Insertion of picture below selected paragraph when using the paragraph toolbar.
- Keyboard hiding modal menu for changing note type.
- Extraneous space in support button.
- Removing unused options wrongly displayed for Findings in the Settings app.
- Icon missing or incorrect icon when using swipe-to-right to toggle the completion state of a paragraph in the experiment editor.
- Displaying multi-line text in the metadata editor screen.
- For a paragraph added on Mac, a timer could only be added after "deleting" a (non-existing) timer.
- Attachments not duplicated when duplicating an experiment.
- Correctly displaying styled text (bold, italics, etc.) in bullet-list paragraphs.
- Watch: unreliable notification when starting timer from Watch app.
- Watch: glance update after updating experiment progress or timer in the Watch app.

If you enjoy Findings, please leave a positive review or rating on the App Store. If you rated us in the past, please resubmit as the ratings are reset at each new update. Thanks for your support!

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