QIAsphere vs Labshare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QIAsphere
Monitor QIAsphere-ready instruments remotely and in real-time. Receive push notifications for status updates, access results from anywhere, and track operational quality. Enhance lab productivity and security with cloud-based connectivity.
- Remote instrument monitoring
- Real-time status updates
- Push notifications
- Access results from anywhere
- Monitor operational quality
- View and share run reports
- Maintenance update alerts
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QIAsphere App Achieve a new level of efficiency and productivity while being remote. Walk away from your instruments and keep track of instrument status. With QIAsphere App, you can monitor your QIAsphere-ready instruments remotely, in real-time: • Receive push notifications to keep track of your instrument status • Access results from anywhere, anytime • Check for instrument availability • Monitor the quality of your operation • View and share run reports • Never miss out on maintenance updates Connect your QIAsphere-ready instruments to QIAGEN’s comprehensive digital ecosystem today, for a unique user experience that improves your lab’s productivity and security through cloud-based connectivity.
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.
- Intra-institution collaboration
- OCR-powered label scanning
- Real-time inventory tracking
- Export to Excel
- Mobile-first design
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Labshare at every 5 days against QIAsphere's every 5 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for QIAsphere against 5.0 for Labshare. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
QIAsphere ships an update every 5 months, Labshare every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QIAsphere | Labshare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QIAGEN GmbH | Mingyo Kang |
Customer experience
QIAsphere
Labshare
In-app purchases
QIAsphere
No in-app purchases
Labshare
No in-app purchases
