CampusOptics vs Lab Laps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CampusOptics
This platform enhances campus safety for higher education institutions. It offers a mobile interface for field work, including managing hazardous materials, locating assets, conducting inspections, and logging incidents. Stay in control of daily responsibilities with a centralized schedule.
- Environmental health and safety field work
- Hazardous materials management
- Safety asset location
- Inspection performance
- Issue and incident logging
- Centralized scheduling
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CampusOptics is a comprehensive campus safety software platform designed specifically for higher education—helping you get the big picture of safety on campus and stay in control of your team's day-to-day responsibilities. Our mobile application provides a first-person interface for conducting important environmental health and safety field work – managing hazardous materials, locating safety assets, performing inspections, logging issues and incidents, and staying on track with a centralized schedule.
Lab Laps
This app assists lab work with timed protocols, AI-assisted colony counting, dilution calculations, and other essential bench tools. It helps scientists and students organize experiments, manage materials, and document results efficiently, even offline.
- AI-assisted colony counting
- Timed experiment protocols
- Dilution calculator
- Medium/buffer builder
- Plate and gel annotation
- Offline functionality
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Lab Laps is your lab companion for timed protocols, colony counting, dilutions, and everyday bench calculations — all in one app. RUN EXPERIMENTS WITH CLARITY Build projects with steps, groups, materials, notes, and tables. Attach multiple timers to any step and see what is running, finished, or up next. On iPhone, active timers can stay visible with Live Activities. THE LAB TOOLS YOU USE MOST Colony Counter — AI-assisted counting from plate photos, manual refinement, and exportable results Dilution Calculator — fast single and serial dilutions Medium / Buffer Builder — multi-component recipes with automatic mass and volume math Plate Labelling — well maps with notes and color coding Gel / Blot Annotator — lane-level documentation Cell Counter, Master Mix, Cell Culture — plus calibration curves, unit conversion, molarity, notes, and more AI PROTOCOL SCANNING Turn a photo, PDF, or file into a structured project with materials and timed steps — fully editable before use. BUILT FOR THE BENCH Works offline-first with sync when signed in. Share projects via link. Reliable timer notifications. Optimized for iPhone and iPad. GREAT FOR bench scientists, students, and teams who want fewer missed steps and less app-switching at the bench. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.lablaps.com/app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CampusOptics at none against Lab Laps's 2. CampusOptics also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Lab Laps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (136 vs 5). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Lab Laps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CampusOptics asks for nothing beyond the download.
CampusOptics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lab Laps has 136 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CampusOptics ships an update every 3 weeks, Lab Laps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CampusOptics | Lab Laps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (136 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 95.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 136 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CampusOptics, Inc. | Lenard Szabo |
Customer experience
CampusOptics
Lab Laps
In-app purchases
CampusOptics
No in-app purchases
Lab Laps
- Lab Laps Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Lab Laps Pro Yearly$29.991 Year









