Comparison

5minutejournal vs Labshare

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

Head to head
About

5minutejournal

This app encourages a daily writing habit by requiring users to write for five consecutive minutes. If writing stops, progress is lost. It's designed for those facing writer's block or seeking daily journaling commitment.

Highlights
  • Timed writing sessions
  • Writer's block assistance
  • Daily journaling commitment
  • Progressive writing prompts
  • Simple interface
Features
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This app may seem simple. Just write for five minutes - but there's a catch. Stop writing and you'll lose everything! If you struggle with writer's block, can't quite get your thoughts out, or just want to commit to writing every day, this is the app for you.

About

Labshare

This app digitizes lab inventory, allowing teams to track materials in real-time and share excess supplies with nearby labs. It uses OCR scanning for labels and facilitates intra-institution collaboration to reduce waste and ordering redundancies.

Highlights
  • Intra-institution collaboration
  • OCR-powered label scanning
  • Real-time inventory tracking
  • Export to Excel
  • Mobile-first design
Features
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Labshare is a smart lab inventory management and sharing app built for research teams. Digitize your inventory with label scanning, track materials in real-time, and easily share excess supplies with nearby labs to reduce waste. Labshare is designed for lab managers, researchers, and PIs who want to save time, reduce ordering redundancies, and move beyond clunky Excel sheets. Key Features: • Intra-institution collaboration and inventory sharing • OCR-powered label scanning • Export to Excel • Mobile-first design for lab bench access • Real-time inventory tracking Labshare helps research institutions run more efficiently, sustainably, and collaboratively.

Screenshots

5minutejournal2 screens
Labshare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 5minutejournal at 8.0 against Labshare's 15.1. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 5minutejournal against 5.0 for Labshare. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
5minutejournal versus Labshare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5minutejournalLabshare
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoding Minds, Inc.Mingyo Kang

Customer experience

5minutejournal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Labshare

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

5minutejournal

No in-app purchases

None

Labshare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5minutejournal free?
5minutejournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Labshare free?
Labshare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 5minutejournal or Labshare?
5minutejournal and Labshare are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 5minutejournal or Labshare have ads?
Neither 5minutejournal nor Labshare shows ads.

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