CPL Labs | Client for iPad vs Ascension One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPL Labs | Client for iPad
Securely access patient orders and view results from your iPad. This app allows healthcare providers to place new orders, verify medical necessity, and view historical lab results with interpretive notes, ensuring patient confidentiality.
- Place new patient orders
- Verify medical necessity
- View new/unread patient results
- Abnormal result flagging
- Access complete patient reports
- View historical lab results
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Clinical Pathology Laboratories is proud to introduce CPLSW Lab for use with the Apple iPad®. Beneficial to providers, CPLSW Lab gives active caregivers secure access to place patient orders and view patient results from their iPad - no matter where they are. With CPLSW Lab providers will: •Place new patient orders, including: * Medical Necessity verification * STAT or Routine * Access test catalog by multiple options, including: short, site, patient, and specialty •View new / unread patient results, with abnormal result flagging •Access complete patient reports, with interpretive notes •View historical lab results This application requires the provider be a registered Atlas LabWorks® user. If you are a user associated with more than one site, you will have the option to select applicable location at log in. If you are not a registered Atlas LabWorks® user, contact your laboratory representative to learn more about the Atlas LabWorks® and CPLSW Lab. This application does not store any patient information on the device, ensuring patient confidentiality and security. With CPLSW Lab you can have comfort in knowing that where you lead, the CPLSW Lab application will enable clean order delivery and access to accurate patient results — anytime, anywhere. Download the app today and join the CPLSW Lab movement.
Ascension One
Manage your family's healthcare needs in one convenient app. Find providers, schedule appointments, message your care team, view results, and pay bills. It offers a centralized platform for all your medical information and interactions.
- Find doctors and locations
- Schedule and manage appointments
- Message care team
- Pay bills
- View test results
- Request prescription renewals
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With Ascension One, we're connecting the dots with a new and more personalized account for managing care for you and your family. Find a doctor or location, schedule or manage appointments, message your doctor or care team, pay bills, view test results and request prescription renewals – all in one place. Note: Ascension One is only available in certain locations at this time. We look forward to continuing to expand access in the future. Ascension St. Vincent's (Jacksonville, FL) Ascension Sacred Heart (Pensacola, FL) Ascension Saint Thomas (Nashville, TN) Ascension Seton (Austin, TX) Dell Children's Medical Center (Austin, TX) Ascension St. John (Tulsa, OK) Ascension Medical Group St. Vincent (Evansville, IN) Currently only supporting outpatient services. Ascension Medical Group St. Vincent (Indianapolis, IN) Currently only supporting outpatient services. Ascension Via Christi (Wichita, KS) Ascension Alexian Brothers & Ascension Medical Group (Chicago, IL) Ready to get started? Register online at healthcare.ascension.org/ascension-one
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ascension One at 4.8 against CPL Labs | Client for iPad's 1.0. Ascension One also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (12K vs 2). CPL Labs | Client for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ascension One holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ascension One has 12K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CPL Labs | Client for iPad ships an update every 8 months, Ascension One every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPL Labs | Client for iPad | Ascension One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #146 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sonic Healthcare USA, Inc. | Ascension Health |
Customer experience
CPL Labs | Client for iPad
Ascension One
Bugs and requests
CPL Labs | Client for iPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ascension One
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login and account creation process is broken
- Verification and identity confirmation is unreliable
- Frequent internal server errors and blank screens
Requested features
2 requests- Make address verification process easier and clearer
- Improve integration with provider messaging and test results
In-app purchases
CPL Labs | Client for iPad
No in-app purchases
Ascension One
No in-app purchases
Questions
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