Comparison

eLABJournal vs Scientific Timer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Browse lab notebook
  • Scan sample barcodes
  • View protocols
  • Manage equipment bookings
  • Take notes and pictures
  • Two-step account verification
  • Receive stock and experiment notifications
Features
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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

About

Scientific Timer

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Scientific Timer is a productivity application designed to help researchers manage effectively their time during complex scientific experiments. By breaking complex multi-steps experimental protocols into timer-tasks, Scientific Timer helps scientists divide experimental protocols into manageable intervals, improve time management during the course of multiples concurrent experiments and keep track of their progress across multiple experiments. The application consists of lists of curated protocols organized in timer-tasks, powerful search and functionalities to improve productivity.

Screenshots

eLABJournal4 screens
Scientific Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: eLABJournal at none against Scientific Timer's shown. eLABJournal also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price 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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
eLABJournal versus Scientific Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereLABJournalScientific Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBio-ITech BVStephane Boutet

In-app purchases

None

eLABJournal

No in-app purchases

None

Scientific Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eLABJournal free?
eLABJournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scientific Timer free?
Scientific Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do eLABJournal or Scientific Timer have ads?
Scientific Timer shows ads; eLABJournal does not.

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