Comparison

CellAtlas vs Pocket_Lab

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

Head to head
About

CellAtlas

Explore blood cell morphology with expert-written lectures and a vast image database. Test your knowledge with an engaging quiz game designed for efficient learning.

Highlights
  • Blood cell morphology guide
  • Expert-written mini lectures
  • Extensive cell image database
  • CellQuiz game
  • Knowledge testing
Features
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Welcome to the CellAtlas Application - your guide to blood cell morphology. CellAtlas contains mini lectures written by hematology experts complemented by an extensive cell image database. The App also includes a game, CellQuiz. A fun and efficient way to test your knowledge in cell morphology. CellAtlas is a product from the medical technology company CellaVision.

About

Pocket_Lab

Learn essential laboratory techniques through engaging videos, articles, and retrieval practice quizzes. This app focuses on practical lab interaction and technical performance, going beyond basic protocols to ensure high-quality results. It covers a range of topics from basic equipment to advanced procedures.

Highlights
  • Instructional videos
  • Informative articles
  • Retrieval practice quizzes
  • Lab equipment guides
  • Lab maintenance tutorials
  • Solutions preparation
  • Microscopy techniques
Features
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PocketLab provides videos, articles, and short quizzes to teach introductory laboratory techniques. While many protocols focus on steps to take in lab, they do not teach how to interact with the lab itself or the technical performance of these steps. PocketLab goes beyond the protocol to teach learners how to engage with the lab itself and achieve high-quality technical results in labs. The quizzes in PocketLab are based on the principle of retrieval practice: that taking a short quiz will actually make a contribution to learning in addition to assessing knowledge. The following techniques are covered in this iteration of PocketLab: Lab Equipment Lab Maintenance Solutions Microscopy BCA Assay Spectrophotometry Agarose Gel Electrophoresis SDS-PAGE Nucleic Acid Purification PocketLab is completely free to all users and is owned and managed by Instant Library, a nonprofit dedicated to creating biomedical educational curriculums and delivering them through mobile applications. If you are a professor and want to use PocketLab to educate your students please contact us with the information provided in the app. If you are a student, we hope PocketLab can be a valuable addition to your educational experience.

Screenshots

CellAtlas3 screens
Pocket_Lab3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pocket_Lab at 5.0 against CellAtlas's 3.2. Pocket_Lab also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). CellAtlas's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket_Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CellAtlas has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CellAtlas versus Pocket_Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellAtlasPocket_Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (22 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCellaVisionHappy Cyclops, LLC

Customer experience

CellAtlas

All ratings22 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral22.7%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.7%

Pocket_Lab

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CellAtlas

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Timer is too short
  • Quiz moves too slowly after correct answer
  • Duplicate images that only one counts
  • App not opening on some devices
  • Missing WBCs
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  • Layout issues on older iPhones

Requested features

22 requests
  • Remove timer option
  • Untimed mode
  • More time for quizzes
  • Quizzes for specific cells/sections
  • More images/examples
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  • Larger database of cells
  • More examples of atypical/abnormal cells
  • Ability to practice specific cell types
  • Option to quiz on specific cell types
  • More options for tests (e.g., malignancies)
  • Ability to practice maturation stages
  • Zoomable slides
  • Labels for cell structures
  • Side-by-side cell comparison
  • Save quiz results
  • Add body fluid images
  • Add coag cascade
  • Add disease states/inclusions
  • Link to LIS system
  • More photos
  • Updates for more cell pictures
  • Support for older iPhone screens

Pocket_Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CellAtlas

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket_Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CellAtlas free?
CellAtlas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket_Lab free?
Pocket_Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CellAtlas or Pocket_Lab?
Pocket_Lab is rated higher. CellAtlas averages 3.2 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Pocket_Lab averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do CellAtlas or Pocket_Lab have ads?
Neither CellAtlas nor Pocket_Lab shows ads.

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