eLABJournal vs Instrument Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eLABJournal
Digitize your research with this electronic lab notebook. Browse your lab notebook, scan sample barcodes, view protocols, and manage equipment bookings. Secure your account with two-step verification and receive important notifications.
- Browse lab notebook
- Scan sample barcodes
- View protocols
- Manage equipment bookings
- Take notes and pictures
- Two-step account verification
- Receive stock and experiment notifications
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eLabNext aims to improve research processes with lab digitization. Our product eLabJournal offers more than just an electronic lab notebook. Whether you’re just starting up, a small or large academic institution, or globally operating company, your R&D lab can benefit from the elevating power of eLabNext. Our mobile app extends the functionality of the web application and offers the following features: • Browsing through your lab notebook • Scanning of 2D barcodes of samples, sample series, equipment to view information • View protocols or procedures and walk through them step by step • Show and make bookings for equipment • Make notes or take pictures and sync them with eLabNext • Two-step verification with push notification to secure your account • Receive notifications when consumables run out of stock or when experiments require signing
Instrument Connect
Monitor your cloud-enabled laboratory instruments remotely in real-time. Track run progress, view amplification plots, and ensure peace of mind by catching issues as they happen.
- Real-time instrument availability check
- Monitor PCR run progress
- View real-time amplification plots
- Filter plots by sample or target
- Remote access to cloud-enabled devices
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Instrument Connect: Remote monitoring of instruments in real-time. Stay connected to cloud-enabled instruments and benchtop devices anytime, anywhere, using the Instrument Connect mobile app. With the Instrument Connect remote monitoring app powered by Thermo Fisher Cloud, you can stay connected to any Thermo Fisher Cloud-enabled instruments, including the Applied Biosystems™ QuantStudio™ 3 and 5 real-time PCR instruments, and the ProFlex™ and SimpliAmp™ end-point PCR devices. Key features include: · Check the availability of your Thermo Fisher Cloud-enabled, network-connected device · Monitor run progress of a basic PCR run · View amplification plots in real time (available for QuantStudio 3 & 5 instruments) · View plots and filter by sample or target in real time (available for QuantStudio 3 & 5 instruments) Best of all, remote monitoring delivers peace of mind in knowing that you can monitor your runs and catch issues while they are in progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eLABJournal at 5.0 against Instrument Connect's 2.9. Instrument Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
eLABJournal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively.
eLABJournal ships an update every 2 months, Instrument Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eLABJournal | Instrument Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 2.9 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bio-ITech BV | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
Customer experience
eLABJournal
Instrument Connect
In-app purchases
eLABJournal
No in-app purchases
Instrument Connect
No in-app purchases
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