# SwiftCENSUS — Lab Animal Facility Management

> Lab Animal Facility Management (iPhone/iPad app by SwifTAG Systems.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swiftcensus/id1444799268 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SwifTAG Systems](https://appshunter.io/developer/1444799267)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 37 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-09-13
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swiftcensus/id1444799268/reviews.md

## What is SwiftCENSUS?

Most Competitive Pricing On the Market
You Know How Many Cages in Your Facility Instantly
Cage Automatically Assigned to Investigators, Protocols, etc.
Reduce Staff Working Time By Hours
Auto-Update of Database at Custom Intervals
Make Billing & Cage Maintenance More Efficient
Access to SwiftCENSUS Apps (..we'll also integrate with your desired software provider)
Uses Computer Vision

Steps for Census:
1. Scan entire rack with phone camera.  
2. Repeat for Each Rack. 
3. Current Census Information Immediately Available on SwiftCENSUS Web & Mobile App
4. Billing & Census Reports Generated on Schedules or OnDemand

Register Facility
SwiftCENSUS Web App

You provide the facilities investigator, room, ABSL, species, IACUC protocol, etc. information.

SwiftCENSUS Cage Cards
Smart Cage Cards

We send you cards with pre-printed & hardcoded data including any information you need to track for vivarium management.

Researchers Use SwiftCENSUS Cards (Barcodes)
Simply instruct investigators to use assigned cage cards. Note that researchers will have assigned cards that have identifying information pre-printed on them (see cage card image).

Automated Card Restocking
Since tags are tracked by the system, we send reminders for you to replenish your inventory when needed.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0 — 2025-10-07

Major performance enhancements for scaling a facility.

### 4.0 — 2024-03-13

Major overhaul of the app design
Bug fixes
New Features:
- Cage Card Finding
- Logging more event types
- More accurate and faster barcode scanning

### 3.3.1 — 2020-09-19

Added Last Scan Count to AR Scan Live View Mode
Updated to Support iOS 14 Update

### 3.3.0 — 2020-09-18

Major UI Change for Main Page
Tracking Previous Scan versus Today's Scan for Better Error Checking
Added Warning if Over 20% Difference from Previous Scan
Fixed Bug with Clinical Call workflow when taking image of animals
Added Last Scan Count to bulk scan capture page for reference when capturing inventory

### 3.2.0 — 2020-09-14

Allowed for scanning any barcode type on request.
Expanded overlay for bulk scan modes for better visibility
Fixed login remember me functionality
Changed AR Scan Live View Workflow -> green is a new code scanned and a beep, yellow and a lower tone means it has already been scanned
Added building selection to census workflows

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