Comparison

Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests vs Laboratory Decision System

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests

This app serves as a portable reference for nurses, providing essential information on over 400 lab and diagnostic tests. It includes details on preparation, patient care, panic levels, and visual aids, with offline access after initial download.

Highlights
  • Covers 400+ lab and diagnostic tests
  • Includes radiography, imaging, and endoscopy
  • Identifies panic lab levels and nurse alerts
  • Features patient education guidelines
  • Offline access to content
  • SmartSearch technology for quick information retrieval
Features
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"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. An in-App purchase is required to unlock all content. A Davis’s Notes Title! Lab Notes: Nurses' Guide to Lab & Diagnostic Tests, third edition is the portable reference you need to explain, prepare, and care for patients before, during, and after common lab and diagnostic testing. Key Features * Covers essentials for more than 400 lab and diagnostic tests. * Includes lab tests, radiography, arteriography, nuclear- and non-nuclear imaging, endoscopy, organ function and electrophysiology tests. * Identifies panic lab levels and nurse alerts. * Features illustrations that show positioning and views, specimen tube top colors, and examples of X-ray, mammogram, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, whole skeleton bone scan, and lung scan images. * Offers patient education guidelines and tips. No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms. Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 0803644019 Content licensed from printed ISBN 13: 978-0803644014 SUBSCRIPTION : Please choose an auto renewable subscription plan to receive content access & continuous updates. Your subscription automatically renews as per your plan, so you always have the latest content. Yearly auto-renewing payments-$29.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user & auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-30000 Privacy Policy-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Editor(s): Tracey B. Hopkins, BSN, RN Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

About

Laboratory Decision System

This platform helps healthcare providers choose the most relevant lab tests. It uses a proprietary ranking algorithm to guide decisions based on disease, symptoms, and ICD10 codes.

Highlights
  • Lab test management
  • Utilization platform
  • Proprietary ranking algorithm
  • Disease-based test selection
  • Symptom-based test selection
  • ICD10 code integration
Features
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Laboratory Decision System · LDS Medical Database LDS™ is a testing management and utilization platform that serves as a laboratory decision system. It utilizes Medical Database’s proprietary ranking algorithm and assists healthcare providers in determining the most relevant tests to select based on disease, symptoms and ICD10 codes.

Screenshots

Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests4 screens
Laboratory Decision System4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Laboratory Decision System at 50% against Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests's 0%. Laboratory Decision System also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Laboratory Decision System asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests's written reviews are positive against 50% of Laboratory Decision System's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests versus Laboratory Decision System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLab Notes & Diagnostic TestsLaboratory Decision System
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB7 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSkyscape Medpresso IncMedical Database, Inc.

Customer experience

Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Laboratory Decision System

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests

Subscriptions1
  • Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests$29.99
None

Laboratory Decision System

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests free?
Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Laboratory Decision System free?
Laboratory Decision System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests or Laboratory Decision System?
Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests is rated higher. Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Laboratory Decision System averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests or Laboratory Decision System have ads?
Lab Notes & Diagnostic Tests shows ads; Laboratory Decision System does not.

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