Labscope vs Lilo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Labscope
Transform your ZEISS microscope into a WiFi-enabled imaging system. Capture images and videos of microscopic samples, add annotations, and generate reports. Ideal for laboratories, universities, schools, and hobbyists, it facilitates digital learning and easy sharing.
- WiFi-enabled microscope imaging
- Image and video capture
- Annotations and report creation
- Image processing
- Network and direct sharing
- Digital classroom system
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With Labscope, you transform your ZEISS microscope and camera into a WiFi-enabled imaging system. Be it in the laboratory, university, school or even for your hobby - Labscope snaps images and records videos of your microscopic samples, easier than ever. You can create annotations and reports, do image processing and save the files to your Windows network, or simply share them with anyone. Anywhere. Moreover, with Labscope you can easily create a high-quality digital classroom system, showing students a fun way of learning. Benefit from more than 160 years of experience in microscopy and explore the freedom of mobile digital imaging. Easy. Precise. Efficient. Download Labscope and test all features with the built-in virtual microscope! For more information visit www.zeiss.com/labscope Intended use - Labscope Labscope for iOS is a microscope software for control, image acquisition, image processing and image analysis. Typical application fields of the software are general tasks and applications in microscopy or image acquisition, among others for education, routine and research. The software is not intended to directly or indirectly produce medical diagnostic results.
Lilo
This app transforms solo study sessions into engaging, social challenges. Compete with friends, track your progress, and climb leaderboards to make learning fun and motivating. Build lasting focus habits through friendly competition and visible achievements.
- Focus timer with distraction avoidance
- Study challenges with friends
- Live leaderboards for comparison
- Progress tracking and stats
- Habit building and streaks
- Social accountability
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Lilo is the study timer you use with friends. Start a focus session or a Pomodoro, challenge your friends, climb the weekly leaderboard and keep your study streak alive. 500K+ students have downloaded Lilo and left 200K+ ratings, because studying together works better than studying alone. STUDY TIMER AND POMODORO - Focus timer, stopwatch and Pomodoro with breaks. - Pick a subject and tasks before you start, so every session counts toward a goal. - Timer scenes and a full screen mode keep your phone out of the way. - A Live Activity and a home screen widget show your session and streak at a glance. CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS - Invite friends to a study challenge: streak, time goal, speed race or ranking battle. - Follow everyone's progress live and see who stays focused the longest. - Join a challenge from a link, even before you create an account. LEADERBOARDS AND STREAKS - Weekly rankings with your friends. - Daily study streak with streak protection, so one bad day does not erase your progress. - Comment on your friends' sessions and keep each other accountable. PLANNER AND STATS - Day planner with tasks and subjects. - Study history, subject distribution, activity heatmap and advanced stats. - Share your weekly results to Instagram Stories in one tap. FOCUS MUSIC AND SCENES - Lofi, nature sounds and white noise inside the timer. - Choose a timer scene and an accent colour that matches your mood. WHO IS LILO FOR High school and university students, exam season, homework, language learning, thesis writing, and anyone who focuses better with a bit of friendly competition. Lilo is free to use. Lilo Premium adds Pomodoro and stopwatch modes, the full focus music library and extra scenes. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms: https://lilostudytimer.com/terms/ Privacy: https://lilostudytimer.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lilo at 4.7 against Labscope's 3.4. Lilo also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 5). Labscope's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 66%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Labscope sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Lilo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lilo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lilo has 4.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Labscope's written reviews are positive against 66% of Lilo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Labscope ships an update every 3 months, Lilo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Labscope | Lilo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 296 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carl Zeiss AG | Pawel Gladysz |
Customer experience
Labscope
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In-app purchases
Labscope
- Multi Channel (Free Trial)Free
- AI Cell Confluency(Free Trial)Free
- AI Cell Counting(Free Trial)Free
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- Multi Channel$449.99
- AI Cell Counting$499.99
- AI Cell Confluency$499.99
Lilo
- Premium Access Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Access$6.991 Month
- Premium Access Yearly$25.991 Year
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- Premium Access Yearly$29.991 Year
- Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year









