IGOR vs ISM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IGOR
This mobile companion app allows lab-based scientists to easily document research activities. It enables real-time scanning of handwritten notes and capturing of research observations, securely attaching them to experiment records.
- Scan handwritten notes in real-time
- Upload notes to electronic lab notebook
- Capture research observations
- Attach images to experiment records
- Secure research documentation
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IGOR, a cutting-edge cloud-based research documentation platform and the ultimate tool for lab-based scientists in the life sciences, now offers its mobile companion app to help you document your research activities with ease. Key Features: - Scan handwritten notes in real-time and effortlessly upload them directly into your electronic lab notebook. - Capture crucial research observations with ease and securely attach these images to your chosen experiment records for a complete research documentation experience. Please note that this app is exclusively available to registered users of the IGOR web application. If you are not a subscriber or active user of IGOR, you will not be able to access this mobile app.
ISM
Explore the microscopic world with a WiFi digital microscope. Capture images, record videos, and perform measurements. Ideal for educational, research, and hobbyist use.
- Microscopic observation
- Image capture
- Video recording
- Measurement tools
- WiFi microscope control
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With ISM-WF200 app, you can observe the microscopic world through insize wifi microscope, which is widely used in the laboratory, university, school or even for your hobby. The app can snaps images , records videos , measure and so on. Download the app and test all features with the insize wifi microscope. Intended use ISM-WF200 for iOS is a wifi microscope app for control, image acquisition and image measure. Typical application fields of the software are general tasks and applications in microscopy or image acquisition, among others for education and research.
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Verdict
IGOR and ISM are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 IGOR against 5.0 for ISM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | IGOR | ISM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wildfell Software LLC | Insize Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
IGOR
ISM
In-app purchases
IGOR
No in-app purchases
ISM
No in-app purchases









