Comparison

SciNote Platinum vs Verbex

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

Head to head
About

SciNote Platinum

Features
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This app will function on platinum production web instances; if you would like to access the validation mobile app, please contact your customer success manager. SciNote Premium and Free users, please download the SciNote App (no Platinum in the name) directly from the app store. SciNote electronic lab notebook, a leading ELN solution trusted by FDA, USDA and over 100+k scientists across the globe, now offers a mobile app as well! With the SciNote mobile app for SciNote Platinum plan users, you can say goodbye to printing out your protocols on paper. Organize your data in SciNote, and take it to the lab bench on your smartphone or tablet to level up your note-taking. Access your planned tasks in the SciNote mobile app on your smartphone or tablet. You can find your recent tasks on the home page, or browse through all the tasks accessible to you on the Tasks page. Use different filters to narrow down the list of tasks by project, experiment, and task status. You can also use the search function to find the task you want to work on. Monitor the progress directly in the app by completing the protocol steps on the fly. Step attachments can be downloaded and opened on your device. You can also add comments to protocol steps or read those added by others. Open the task details, notes, and protocol description when needed. Find a list of assigned items to prepare all of the needed materials for your laboratory experiment. Spend less time writing your notes and recording results. Simply create text results and attach images or other files to the task results directly in the app. With this, you avoid copying your hand-written notes into your computer at the end of your work day. All the updates you do in the mobile app will be reflected in your web account right away. When you’re done with your work, easily update the task status right in the app. You can use the same app for accessing all SciNote teams you are part of. Switch between different SciNote teams on the Account page. You must have an active SciNote account to use the SciNote mobile app. The actions made in the mobile app are reflected on your web account only if the device is connected to the internet. Without an internet connection, the actions are not performed and recorded. This is a beta version of the SciNote mobile app; the app is available to all Premium and Free users. The app is not yet available for Platinum and locally hosted customers. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for more information. Your feedback is very valuable and highly appreciated. You can submit your feedback through this email address support@scinote.net or to your Customer Success Manager. Terms of Service: https://www.scinote.net/legal/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.scinote.net/legal/users-privacy-policy/

About

Verbex

This app allows scientists to dictate lab notes hands-free while performing experiments. It organizes voice entries into structured sections and exports them for review. Designed for privacy, all data remains on the device.

Highlights
  • Hands-free lab note capture
  • Contemporaneous documentation with timestamps
  • Structured ELN-style notes
  • On-device transcription and formatting
  • PDF and Markdown export
  • Face ID/Touch ID app lock
Features
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Leave the lab with the record already done. Speak your notes while your hands are busy. Verbex timestamps every word, organizes it into a clean lab record, and lets you ask your past experiments questions later. All on your device. The protocol says what should happen. Verbex records what actually happened. NEW IN 2.0: ASK YOUR PAST EXPERIMENTS Ask "What changed from the previous run?" and get a short answer from your own notes, with the exact passages it came from. Tap a source to read it in full. Answers are generated privately on your device by Apple Intelligence. CAPTURE WITHOUT STOPPING Speak a note, type a quick update, start a timer, or snap a photo without putting anything down. Every capture keeps its time, so your record shows when things really happened, deviations and all. NO MORE REWRITING AT NIGHT Verbex organizes your captures into Objective, Materials, Procedure, Observations and Conclusion. Review the draft, edit anything, and complete it. It never invents data. SNAP THE LABEL, SKIP THE TYPING Photograph a reagent bottle and Verbex reads the catalog number, lot and expiry into your Materials, ready for your review. A RECORD YOU CAN TRUST Completing an experiment seals the record with its full history. Export to PDF, Word or Markdown for your ELN, your PI or your lab meeting. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Transcription, label reading, drafting and Ask all run on your iPhone or iPad. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Your notes stay yours. CHOOSE YOUR SPEECH ENGINE Use Apple Speech, built in, or download a Whisper model. Both run on your device. FEATURES - Hands-free voice notes, typed notes, timers and photos - Timestamps on every capture - Structured lab records you review before completing - Ask: answers from your own notes, with sources - On-device reagent label reading into Materials - Sealed completed records with full history - PDF, Word and Markdown export - Import earlier Verbex Markdown exports - Face ID and Touch ID app lock - iPhone and iPad YOUR FIRST 14 DAYS ARE ON US Everything is unlocked for 14 days from your first experiment. No payment now and no commitments. After that, choose Weekly, Monthly or Annual access. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Completed records stay yours to view and export, even if you stop subscribing. Ask requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence and is available in English. Verbex is a capture and documentation tool, not a replacement for your institution's official ELN. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.verbalexperiment.com/privacy Questions? support@verbalexperiment.com

Screenshots

SciNote Platinum4 screens
Verbex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SciNote Platinum at 11.0 against Verbex's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SciNote Platinum versus Verbex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSciNote PlatinumVerbex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScinote LLCDeep Majithia

In-app purchases

None

SciNote Platinum

No in-app purchases

None

Verbex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SciNote Platinum free?
SciNote Platinum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verbex free?
Verbex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SciNote Platinum or Verbex have ads?
Neither SciNote Platinum nor Verbex shows ads.

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