Comparison

Lab Laps vs Local Fold

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

Head to head
About

Lab Laps

This app assists lab work with timed protocols, AI-assisted colony counting, dilution calculations, and other essential bench tools. It helps scientists and students organize experiments, manage materials, and document results efficiently, even offline.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted colony counting
  • Timed experiment protocols
  • Dilution calculator
  • Medium/buffer builder
  • Plate and gel annotation
  • Offline functionality
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Lab Laps is your lab companion for timed protocols, colony counting, dilutions, and everyday bench calculations — all in one app. RUN EXPERIMENTS WITH CLARITY Build projects with steps, groups, materials, notes, and tables. Attach multiple timers to any step and see what is running, finished, or up next. On iPhone, active timers can stay visible with Live Activities. THE LAB TOOLS YOU USE MOST Colony Counter — AI-assisted counting from plate photos, manual refinement, and exportable results Dilution Calculator — fast single and serial dilutions Medium / Buffer Builder — multi-component recipes with automatic mass and volume math Plate Labelling — well maps with notes and color coding Gel / Blot Annotator — lane-level documentation Cell Counter, Master Mix, Cell Culture — plus calibration curves, unit conversion, molarity, notes, and more AI PROTOCOL SCANNING Turn a photo, PDF, or file into a structured project with materials and timed steps — fully editable before use. BUILT FOR THE BENCH Works offline-first with sync when signed in. Share projects via link. Reliable timer notifications. Optimized for iPhone and iPad. GREAT FOR bench scientists, students, and teams who want fewer missed steps and less app-switching at the bench. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.lablaps.com/app/privacy

About

Local Fold

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Local Fold is a digital tally sheet for in-person home poker games. Track your home poker night the same way you would on a paper notebook — but without losing receipts, double-counting buy-ins, or arguing over who owes what when the night ends. The app counts chip points only. Local Fold does not handle real money, payment processing, or any kind of currency. Players agree on the chip-to-cash conversion rate verbally, between themselves, before the game; the app simply keeps the tally honest. What you get: • Groups — invite your regular crew with a 6-character code. The host runs each session; everyone else gets a real-time read-only view of the table while it's live. • Live sessions — the host adds buy-ins as they happen and you see each player's running tally update on every member's phone. Avatar colors keep players easy to tell apart at a glance. • Mid-session cash-out — when a player leaves early, the host records their final chip count by denomination. That player's contribution is locked in; the rest of the table keeps playing. • Reconciliation gate — before a session can be finalized, the sum of every player's final chip count plus every mid-session cash-out must equal the sum of buy-ins. No more "wait, my count is off by 200" arguments after midnight. The app refuses to close the books until the math is honest. • Settlement — once finalized, you see the per-player net result and the minimum set of transfers that settles the night. Tap to copy a clean text summary to your clipboard and paste it into your group chat. Players settle outside the app, however the group prefers. • Add one-time guests to a single game — no account needed. • See your lifetime net, win rate and form across every finished game. • Per-group standings show who is up and who is chasing. • Edit buy-ins and cash-outs while the game is still running. Privacy and trust: • Sign in with Apple or Google. No password to remember. • No ads. No third-party analytics SDKs. No App Tracking Transparency prompt — we don't track you across other apps. • Account deletion is one tap from your profile. • Available in English and Polish. Local Fold is built for the way home games actually work — friends, a real table, real chips. The app is the scoresheet. The conversation, the rules, and the conversion rate stay between you and your friends.

Screenshots

Lab Laps4 screens
Local Fold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local Fold at none against Lab Laps's 2. Lab Laps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lab Laps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Local Fold asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lab Laps ships an update every 3 days, Local Fold every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lab Laps versus Local Fold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLab LapsLocal Fold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (134 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings134 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLenard SzaboWIKTOR ZAJAC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lab Laps

Subscriptions2
  • Lab Laps Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Lab Laps Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Local Fold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lab Laps free?
Lab Laps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Local Fold free?
Local Fold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lab Laps or Local Fold have ads?
Neither Lab Laps nor Local Fold shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lab Laps or Local Fold?
Lab Laps ships an update every 3 days, and Local Fold every 3 months. Most recently, Lab Laps was updated on October 31, 2026 and Local Fold on October 24, 2026.

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