SOT 2026 vs GeneFox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SOT 2026
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GeneFox
This app provides scientists with tools to explore and visualize gene-expression and survival data from various public databases. It offers statistical analysis and charting capabilities directly on your device, requiring no coding.
- Explore TCGA/NCI GDC cohorts
- Plot gene expression (box, bar, strip charts)
- Generate Kaplan-Meier curves
- Compare tumor vs. normal tissue expression
- Explore cell line data
- Interactive volcano plots
- Gene-panel heatmaps
- Report Builder with export
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GeneFox explores public gene-expression and survival data from TCGA, NCBI GEO, GTEx, UCSC Xena, Treehouse, and CCLE. Statistics and visualizations run on your device; requests fetch only what your analysis needs. Built for scientists who work with gene-expression data — no coding required. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Browse 65 supported TCGA/NCI Genomic Data Commons cohorts with case counts, sites, disease types, and demographics. • Plot cohort gene expression as box, bar, or strip charts, stratified by clinical variables, subtype, sample type, or mutation status. • Split any of those plots by a second variable for a side-by-side descriptive comparison; reported statistics stay with the single-variable view. • Generate Kaplan–Meier curves with median summaries, log-rank p-values, and—where applicable—Cox High-vs-Low hazard ratios, 95% CIs, and proportional-hazards warnings. • Compare tumor vs. adjacent-normal and matched GTEx normal tissue via the UCSC Xena TOIL hub, with effect sizes and Mann–Whitney U statistics. • Explore 933 Treehouse CCLE v1 cell lines, grouped by TCGA acronym, tissue, disease, histology, or subtype. • Browse independent pediatric and rare-tumor cohorts from UCSC Treehouse, drawn from studies outside TCGA and TARGET. • Chart differential expression as an interactive volcano plot — expression or mutant-vs-wild-type contrasts — with panel-wise Benjamini–Hochberg FDR correction. • Render gene-panel heatmaps with hierarchical clustering, annotation strips, Z-normalization, and an outlier-resistant color scale. • Run Sample PCA (PC1/PC2) using up to 2,000 selected or top-variable genes, for GEO datasets and TCGA cohorts. • Score custom signatures or 41 curated presets from MSigDB, Reactome, and WikiPathways, plus the Wagle et al. 2018 MPAS panel. • Search NCBI GEO Series with cancer-term expansion. Supports series matrices, human NCBI-generated counts, complete-cohort ARCHS4 raw counts for GEO-classified human/mouse expression RNA-seq, and compatible supplementary matrices. • Capture charts in Report Builder and export a multi-figure report with an auto-generated methods section. ASK GENEFOX Ask questions in plain language. Local interpretation runs first; optional Cloud Assist sends only its disclosed interpretation payload after one-time or standing consent. Scientific analyses stay on-device. PRIVACY GeneFox has no ads, behavioral-usage analytics, or third-party tracking. No GeneFox account is required. Bookmarks stay private and are portable via export/import. DATA SOURCES Consult each provider's site for the authoritative source: • NCI Genomic Data Commons (TCGA and related programs): https://gdc.cancer.gov • NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ • ARCHS4 fallback terms and citation: https://archs4.org/help • GTEx Portal: https://gtexportal.org • UCSC Xena: https://xenabrowser.net • Treehouse Cell Line Compendium v1 (CCLE, July 2019): https://treehousegenomics.ucsc.edu/public-data-html/previous-compendia/ • Treehouse Tumor Compendium 25.01: https://treehousegenomics.ucsc.edu/public-data/ DISCLAIMER GeneFox is an independent, nonclinical app for scientific research. It is NOT a government app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government entity or agency (including the U.S. NIH, NCI, or NCBI) or any data provider above. GeneFox is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. Consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Its outputs are not validated for clinical decision-making. GeneFox is developed by Vindhya Data Science.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GeneFox at none against SOT 2026's shown. GeneFox also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months). SOT 2026's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SOT 2026 ships an update every 12 months, GeneFox every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOT 2026 | GeneFox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Society of Toxicology | Vindhya Data Science Inc. |
In-app purchases
SOT 2026
No in-app purchases
GeneFox
No in-app purchases








