IMV Go Scan vs Hemocytometer Sidekick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IMV Go Scan
This app transforms your iOS device into a viewer for BCF's wireless ultrasound scanners. Control settings like depth and gain, record live video, save images, and review past scans with a cine loop. It requires specific BCF hardware to function.
- Connects to BCF wireless ultrasound scanners
- Use iOS device as primary viewer
- Control depth, gain, and grid
- Record live video
- Save still images
- Real-time cine loop (review last 10 seconds)
- Manipulate measuring callipers
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The IMV Go Scan app is an essential component is the next generation wireless ultrasound systems from BCF. With this app, you can connect your iOS device to BCF's DuoScan Go & EasiScan Go, using your device as a primary viewer for BCF's wireless ultrasound scanners. You can control depth, gain, grid using the touchscreen as well as recording live video, saving still images and reviewing the previous 10 seconds of scanning through our real time cine loop. A pair of measuring callipers are easily manipulated. Note: This app requires a IMV DuoScan Go or EasiScan Go.
Hemocytometer Sidekick
Streamline cell counting with a hemocytometer. This app automates calculations, offers eyes-free operation with large buttons and sound feedback, and saves your data for easy recording. It supports various chamber types and differential blood counts, making lab work more efficient.
- Automated cell counting
- Eyes-free operation
- Supports multiple chamber types
- Differential blood counting
- Data saving and email results
- Adjustable chamber depth
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Make cell counting with a hemocytometer effortless! You know the drill--time to count cells for your experiment. Get out the hemocytometer and squeaky mechanical counter, prepare your dilution, fill the chamber, then look under the scope and start pushing the lever. Get to the end of a square, write down the count, reset the counter, and repeat. Finally, try to remember the right calculation, then write down the result. What if you didn't need the squeaky counter? The scrap paper? A manual calculator? Sure, you *could* get an expensive, fancy cell counter with wasteful disposables. But why do that when a $5 app is nearly as good? Hemocytometer Sidekick eliminates those annoyances. Record one or two counters for all samples with automatic calculations (including viability, blood counter), and use the full grid or the center square. Data is saved for you, so you can record it in your notebook at your convenience. Hemocytometer Sidekick, designed from the ground up by a biologist, will make your life in the lab so much easier, that I'm giving you 10 measurements for free! Features: - Optimized for eyes-free operation (large buttons, sounds, vibration) - Use both chambers and zoom in to inner grid - Chamber types: Basic, Improved Neubauer, Bürker-Türk/Thoma, Fuchs-Rosenthal, Jessen, Spiers-Levy, Malassez, Makler - One or two counters available, plus viability and blood (RBC, WBC, Platelet) counter - Differential blood counter for many white blood cell types - Pause and sound every 100 blood cells counted - Automatic calculations - Adjustable chamber depth - Email results - Prompt support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IMV Go Scan at 50% against Hemocytometer Sidekick's 0%. IMV Go Scan also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Hemocytometer Sidekick's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (29 vs 7). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hemocytometer Sidekick sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. IMV Go Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hemocytometer Sidekick holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of IMV Go Scan's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hemocytometer Sidekick's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IMV Go Scan ships an update every 2 weeks, Hemocytometer Sidekick every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | IMV Go Scan | Hemocytometer Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BCF Technology | Nicholas Bauer |
Customer experience
IMV Go Scan
Hemocytometer Sidekick
In-app purchases
IMV Go Scan
No in-app purchases
Hemocytometer Sidekick
- Purchase$4.99
- Purchase Version 2$4.99
- Purchase Version 3$4.99
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- Purchase Version 4$4.99
- Purchase Version 5$4.99
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