Comparison

PlateGuide vs Lumo Browser

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

Head to head
About

PlateGuide

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PlateGuide 是一款专为生命科学、医学及分子生物学科研人员打造的 RT-qPCR 实验设计与数据分析工作流工具。涵盖“RNA 提取质控 -> 逆转录体系配平计算 -> 96/384 孔板排布设计 -> qPCR 原始数据解析与统计出图”的完整数据闭环。 告别混乱的草稿纸记录、繁琐易错的手工 Excel 公式,让从样本制备到定量分析的每一步都精确、规范、可追溯。 【核心功能亮点】 【RNA 提取质控与样本批次管理】 - 详尽参数记录:规范记录提取日期、组织或细胞来源、洗脱体积与可用体积。 - 浓度与纯度质控:录入 Nanodrop 或光度计测定的样本浓度、A260/A280 及 A260/A230 纯度比值。 - 自动产量换算:自动计算各样本 RNA 总产量与质量评估,便于下游逆转录筛选合格样本。 【逆转录 cDNA 合成智能配平与 Mix 计算器】 - 目标投入量自动配平:输入目标 RNA 投入量(例如统一 1000 ng),系统自动计算各孔所需样本体积与无核酸酶水的补足量。 - Master Mix 试剂配制方案:根据样本总数与损耗系数,自动计算酶、Buffer、引物等反应组分的总体积,配液一目了然。 - 反应程序归档:支持记录热循环逆转录程序与模板批次,实验条件清晰可溯。 【96 / 384 孔板排布设计与模板库】 - 矩阵智能排布:只需输入样本列表与目标基因,系统自动按生物学重复与技术重复生成标准孔板矩阵。 - 96 孔板与 384 孔板支持:自由适配常规及高通量反应板,清晰区分内参基因、靶基因与阴性对照。 - 灵活的 CSV 导入导出:支持使用 CSV 批量导入实验孔位布局,也可一键导出板次清单供实验台查阅。 - 预设与模板复用:常用引物和实验方案可保存为通用模板,后续实验一键调用。 【qPCR 原始数据解析与出版级统计出图】 - XLSX 结果导入:支持导入包含 Well 孔位及 Cq / Ct 列的 XLSX 结果文件,按孔位匹配实验布局。 - 自动孔位匹配:根据实验设计自动将仪器数据与样本、基因信息对齐,无需手动逐行复制粘贴。 - 相对定量自动化分析:内置标准 Delta-Delta Ct (2^-ddCt) 算法,自动校准内参基因与对照组,并支持多因素方差模型与组间显著性分析。 - 出版级学术图表导出:自动生成带 SD / SEM 误差线的柱状图或散点图,支持 Log2 相对表达量展示,一键导出高清图表与结果统计表。 【多端协作与私有安全】 - 私有 iCloud 云同步:数据仅在登录相同 Apple ID 的 iPad 与 iPhone 之间通过 CloudKit 私有数据库同步,数据绝不经过第三方服务器,严格保障科研数据保密性。 - 离线可用,纯净无广告:无需注册任何第三方账号,无广告干扰,无后台追踪,断网状态下所有计算与分析均正常可用。 - 完备的数据保护:内置 30 天防误删回收站机制,并支持生成独立的单文件备份(.plateguidebackup)。

About

Lumo Browser

This browser adapts its layout for phones, tablets, and foldables, offering desktop versions on larger screens and mobile-optimized views on phones. It features an AI assistant that has read the page, allowing users to ask questions or request actions like PDF exports.

Highlights
  • Adaptive layout for all screen sizes
  • AI assistant reads and answers questions about pages
  • Desktop and mobile page versions
  • Web extension support
  • Ad and tracker blocking
  • Tab management with Spaces
  • Notes and translation features
Features
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Lumo is a browser for phones, tablets and foldables. On a tablet or an unfolded foldable, pages load as their full desktop versions — the whole site, not a phone layout. On a phone, pages load in their mobile versions and fill the screen, with the controls where your thumb is. Beside the page is an assistant that has already read it: ask it something, or have it do the work. AT HOME ON EVERY SCREEN · Tablet and unfolded foldable: a sidebar beside the page, a toolbar on top, side panels and two pages side by side · Phone and folded foldable: the address bar and buttons at the bottom, a sidebar that slides out from the left edge, panels that rise from below · Fold or unfold and the layout follows without reloading the page · Choose the desktop or mobile version for any single site, on that device only · Right-click menus, link hover, keyboard shortcuts; trackpad and mouse scrolling ride the system's own path · Per-site zoom, appearance, fonts, camera and microphone permissions, remembered for each site A NEW START PAGE · Pure white or pure black, with your search field and favorite sites · An optional character-art background — fish, spaceships, or two people who meet and walk on hand in hand — drawn on your device with no network access AN ASSISTANT BESIDE THE PAGE · It has read the page before you open it · Ask in your own language about a page in another, and the lines it found light up · What is not on the page, it says is not on the page · Say what you want done: export a PDF or a long screenshot, download an image, save a table, open and close tabs, put two pages side by side, write a note · Answers can come as charts, tables and cards · Bring your own key, or sign in with a subscription you already have. Lumo has no server; questions do not pass through us. · Part of Lumo Pro SPACES · Each Space owns its tabs and pinned sites, color-coded and a swipe apart · Pages you use stay alive; when the system needs memory back, tabs keep their address and scroll position · Closing a tab or clearing a whole Space can be undone PINNED SITES AND FOLDERS · Everyday sites in a grid; the rest in folders within folders, arranged by dragging · Rename any of them WEB EXTENSIONS · Compatible Web Extensions from extension stores or files you have; pin three to the toolbar. Browsing the store is free; installing needs Lumo Pro. AD AND TRACKER BLOCKING · Engine-level rules stop requests before they download — faster, lighter pages · Third-party requests only, so sign-ins keep working; one switch, or allow a single site NOTES, TRANSLATION, PASSWORDS · A notes panel beside the page, synced to your other devices · Select text to translate it; in a text field, replace the original · Passwords in the system's secure storage, filled after you unlock; backups encrypted with a passphrase only you know ALSO · PDFs, downloads, temporary link previews, history by date with search and delete, your own background, several app icons, light and dark LUMO PRO (lifetime purchase or auto-renewable subscription — buy once, use it on all your devices) · Web extensions, the translation lens (whole-page translation is free) and the assistant · Page markup with a pen or a finger, kept for when the page comes back · Media grid for every picture and video in one or several tabs · Video speed and picture in picture for any site, with ambient light · Professional Web Toolkit: extract images, links, tables and videos; inspect resources and storage; export PDFs and long screenshots; custom CSS per site · User scripts, sessions, page monitors, avatar ornaments, daylight and a daily line Browsing history stays on your device. It is never uploaded. Privacy Policy: https://greatgithubfish.github.io/Lumo-Browser-Support/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PlateGuide4 screens
Lumo Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lumo Browser at Free against PlateGuide's $4.99. PlateGuide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, 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

Lumo Browser is free to download; PlateGuide costs $4.99 up front. Lumo Browser sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PlateGuide asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlateGuide ships an update every 4 days, Lumo Browser every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
PlateGuide versus Lumo Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlateGuideLumo Browser
Price$4.99Free — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer骏宇 赵耀 刘

In-app purchases

None

PlateGuide

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lumo Browser

Subscriptions2
  • Lumo Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Lumo Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lumo Pro$9.99

Questions

Is PlateGuide free?
PlateGuide costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumo Browser free?
Lumo Browser is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlateGuide or Lumo Browser have ads?
Neither PlateGuide nor Lumo Browser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlateGuide or Lumo Browser?
PlateGuide ships an update every 4 days, and Lumo Browser every 2 days. Most recently, PlateGuide was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lumo Browser on October 31, 2026.

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