eLABJournal vs SIPSpace
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
SIPSpace
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OfficeRnD is the new Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area services portal designed to streamline your daily tasks. With a clean and intuitive interface, it gives you a central place to manage your profile and privacy settings, book meeting rooms, reserve equipment like the Meeting Owl, submit and track support requests, and access useful documents and how-to guides. You’ll also be able to stay informed about community events and available benefits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: eLABJournal at every 2 months against SIPSpace's every 4 months. eLABJournal also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
eLABJournal ships an update every 2 months, SIPSpace every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eLABJournal | SIPSpace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bio-ITech BV | Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area AG |
In-app purchases
eLABJournal
No in-app purchases
SIPSpace
No in-app purchases









