Comparison

Zero Expiration vs Lab Mate

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

Head to head
About

Zero Expiration

Never be caught off guard by expired items again. This app helps you track expiration dates for various products, from medicines to everyday essentials. Receive timely email notifications before items go out of date.

Highlights
  • Track expiration dates
  • Manage as-needed items
  • Email notifications
  • Supports various product types
  • Prevent use of expired items
Features
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Zero Expiration tracks all of your as-needed items so you will never be surprised by an expiration date again! Have you ever been sick and picked up a bottle of Pain Medicine only to realize it's out of date? Add anything from Allergy Medicine to Bug Spray and receive email notifications when the expiration date approaches!

About

Lab Mate

Easily understand your blood test results by photographing or uploading your lab report. The app analyzes values, displays them with clear indicators, and provides detailed explanations for over 270 lab markers. Track trends over time and view results in context with your personal health data.

Highlights
  • Photograph lab reports for automatic data entry
  • Visual indicators for low, in-range, and high values
  • Explanations for 271 lab values
  • Personalized reference ranges based on age and sex
  • Trend charting of values over time
  • Contextual data entry (weight, medication, etc.)
  • Multi-language support (German, English, Spanish)
Features
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Your lab results, finally readable. A blood draw leaves you with a printout full of numbers and abbreviations. Lab Mate places each of those numbers in its reference range and shows you at a glance what sits inside it and what does not. PHOTOGRAPH THE REPORT INSTEAD OF TYPING IT Take a photo of your lab report or pick the PDF – Lab Mate reads the values out and proposes matching lab values. Several blood draws in one document are recognised and separated by date. Before anything is saved you see every match and can change it, skip it or add it as a value of your own. Nothing is taken over unasked. SEE WHERE A VALUE STANDS Every result gets a reference bar and a plain verdict: low, in range or high. Always as colour, as icon and as text – so the reading stays clear when colours are hard to tell apart. 271 LAB VALUES WITH EXPLANATIONS From cholesterol to ferritin to TSH: 271 lab values across 16 categories, each with reference range, unit and specimen type – plus a description of what the value tells you and what high or low results generally mean. You can look them up without having entered a single result of your own. REFERENCE RANGES THAT FIT YOU Whether a value counts as normal depends on age and biological sex. Lab Mate takes that into account instead of laying one adult average over everything. YOUR LAB, YOUR RANGES If a value is missing, add it yourself. If your lab uses a different range than the one shipped, override it – your range then applies to all of your measurements. THE TREND SAYS MORE THAN ONE NUMBER A single figure tells you little. Lab Mate charts every value over time, with the normal range as a band behind it – over one year, three, five or the whole span. EXPLAINED IN PLAIN LANGUAGE On request Lab Mate sums up your results in ordinary words: what stands out, and what can generally be done about it. You decide how deep it goes – simple, explanatory or clinical. That is a reading aid, not a diagnosis and not a treatment recommendation; the notice sits right beneath it in the app. YOUR CONTEXT COUNTS Weight, activity, diet, medication, conditions: whatever you record about yourself is stored with a date. A test from three years ago is therefore read in the context that applied back then, not in today's. ONE ENTRY PER BLOOD DRAW Date, reason, fasting status and all values belong together. Instead of loose printouts you have a record you can take to your next appointment and open right there. MOVING OVER FROM LAB TRACKER If you used the Lab Tracker app before, bring your existing values with you. GERMAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH The interface speaks three languages, switchable in Settings – including the names and descriptions of the lab values themselves. Light and dark mode too. YOUR DATA Stored in a data centre in Frankfurt, Germany; the analysis runs in the EU. No advertising, no selling of health data. You can delete your account, and everything attached to it, from inside the app at any time. Transparency regarding AI usage: Photo and PDF imports as well as AI analysis use the Gemini API; data required for this is transmitted to this API. All AI features are completely optional – the app can also be used without AI, in which case no data is sent to the Gemini API. You can find more details in our Privacy Policy: https://labmate.app/en/privacy-policy/ IMPORTANT Lab Mate documents and visualises your lab results and explains them in everyday language. The app does not diagnose, does not recommend treatment and does not replace a conversation with a doctor. Reference ranges are orientation, not verdicts: what counts as normal for you is your doctor's call. If you have symptoms or unusual results, please speak to a medical professional. Terms of use: https://labmate.app/en/terms/

Screenshots

Zero Expiration4 screens
Lab Mate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zero Expiration at none against Lab Mate's 3. On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lab Mate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Zero Expiration asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Zero Expiration versus Lab Mate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZero ExpirationLab Mate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB81 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJack FrankTalea Labs

Customer experience

Zero Expiration

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Lab Mate

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zero Expiration

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lab Mate

Subscriptions2
  • Lab Mate Premium monthly$3.991 Month
  • Lab Mate Premium yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lab Mate Premium lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Zero Expiration free?
Zero Expiration is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lab Mate free?
Lab Mate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zero Expiration or Lab Mate have ads?
Neither Zero Expiration nor Lab Mate shows ads.

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