Comparison

ResKit vs SciNote

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

Head to head
About

ResKit

This digital toolkit streamlines tasks for Residence Life staff, centralizing work and saving time. It provides accurate paperwork information and a way for directors to hold staff accountable for their duties.

Highlights
  • Digital toolkit for RAs
  • Centralized work management
  • Paperwork information
  • Staff accountability tracking
  • Time-saving features
Features
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ResKit is the official mobile app for Resident Assistants! ResKit is a smartphone digital toolkit customized for the Residence Life Staff at your university. It is easy to use, efficient, and fun. ResKit provides Residence Life Directors with up-to-date, accurate and accountable paperwork information, as well as a method by which they can hold their staff accountable to their job. Additionally, ResKit makes the jobs of RAs much easier by centralizing their work into one place and saving them time.

About

SciNote

Features
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SciNote electronic lab notebook, a leading ELN solution trusted by FDA, NIH, USDA and over 90+k scientists across the globe, now offers a mobile app as well! With the SciNote mobile app, you can say goodbye to printing out your protocols on paper. Organize your data in SciNote, and take it to the lab bench on your smartphone or tablet to level up your note-taking. Access your planned tasks in the SciNote mobile app on your smartphone or tablet. You can find your recent tasks on the home page, or browse through all the tasks accessible to you on the Tasks page. Use different filters to narrow down the list of tasks by project, experiment, and task status. You can also use the search function to find the task you want to work on. Monitor the progress directly in the app by completing the protocol steps on the fly. Step attachments can be downloaded and opened on your device. You can also add comments to protocol steps or read those added by others. Open the task details, notes, and protocol description when needed. Find a list of assigned items to prepare all of the needed materials for your laboratory experiment. Spend less time writing your notes and recording results. Simply create text results and attach images or other files to the task results directly in the app. With this, you avoid copying your hand-written notes into your computer at the end of your work day. All the updates you do in the mobile app will be reflected in your web account right away. When you’re done with your work, easily update the task status right in the app. You can use the same app for accessing all SciNote teams you are part of. Switch between different SciNote teams on the Account page. You must have an active SciNote account to use the SciNote mobile app. The actions made in the mobile app are reflected on your web account only if the device is connected to the internet. Without an internet connection, the actions are not performed and recorded. This is a beta version of the SciNote mobile app; the app is available to all Premium and Free users. The app is not yet available for Platinum and locally hosted customers. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for more information. Your feedback is very valuable and highly appreciated. You can submit your feedback through this email address support@scinote.net or to your Customer Success Manager. Terms of Service: https://www.scinote.net/legal/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.scinote.net/legal/users-privacy-policy/

Screenshots

ResKit3 screens
SciNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ResKit at every 2 months against SciNote's every 4 months. SciNote's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ResKit ships an update every 2 months, SciNote every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ResKit versus SciNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResKitSciNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperResKit Labs LLCScinote LLC

In-app purchases

None

ResKit

No in-app purchases

None

SciNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ResKit free?
ResKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SciNote free?
SciNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ResKit or SciNote have ads?
Neither ResKit nor SciNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ResKit or SciNote?
ResKit ships an update every 2 months, and SciNote every 4 months. Most recently, ResKit was updated on October 20, 2026 and SciNote on September 28, 2026.

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