Comparison

Karyotyping vs segui

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

Head to head
About

Karyotyping

Features
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Learn how to Karyotype or practice your skills using simulated chromosomes. The Karyotyping app provides users with three levels to practice karyotyping individuals. The app also includes a study section, a tutorial and background information on the basics of karyotyping.

About

segui

This application offers a user-friendly interface for manipulating and summarizing large-scale genomic data. It provides tools for alignment operations, generating summary statistics, and extracting or modifying sequence information.

Highlights
  • Alignment concatenation, filtering, splitting, and conversion
  • Genomic read and contig summary statistics
  • Sequence extraction, removal, translation, and renaming
  • Sequence ID extraction and mapping
Features
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SEGUL GUI provides functions to manipulate and summarize large-scale genomic data in a fast and easy way. It has a growing list of features. Current version can do: 1. Alignment concatenation, filtering, splitting, and conversion. 2. Alignment, genomic read, and contig summary statistics. 3. Sequence extraction, removal, translation, and renaming. 4. Sequence ID extraction and mapping.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Karyotyping at every 10 months against segui's every 28 months. Karyotyping also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). segui's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Karyotyping ships an update every 10 months, segui every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Karyotyping versus segui: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaryotypingsegui
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarolina Biological SupplyHeru Handika

In-app purchases

None

Karyotyping

No in-app purchases

None

segui

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Karyotyping free?
Karyotyping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is segui free?
segui is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Karyotyping or segui have ads?
Neither Karyotyping nor segui shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Karyotyping or segui?
Karyotyping ships an update every 10 months, and segui every 28 months. Most recently, Karyotyping was updated on October 2, 2026 and segui on October 10, 2026.

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