eLABJournal vs RSS Go
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
RSS Go
This app brings your organization's forms and workflows to the field, enabling teams to complete tasks on-site. Capture, complete, and submit critical information in real-time from a phone or tablet, eliminating delays and rework.
- On-site task completion
- Real-time data capture
- Incident reporting
- Risk management processes
- Seamless data syncing
- Audit-ready information
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RSS Go puts your safety and compliance tools in motion. Built for organizations that rely on RSS enterprise solutions, RSS Go brings your forms and workflows directly into the field—so your team can complete tasks on-site, wherever the job takes them. From inspections and incident reporting to occupational health and risk management processes, RSS Go enables frontline staff to capture, complete, and submit critical information in real time from a phone or tablet. No more being tied to a desktop. No more waiting to get back to a computer. Eliminate delays. Reduce rework. With RSS Go, teams stay productive, responsive, and connected— across sites, facilities, and field environments. The app syncs seamlessly with your existing RSS system, keeping data accurate, centralized, secure, and audit-ready. Go beyond the desktop. Go where work happens.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: eLABJournal at 8 against RSS Go's 1. eLABJournal also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for eLABJournal against 5.0 for RSS Go. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eLABJournal has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
eLABJournal ships an update every 2 months, RSS Go every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eLABJournal | RSS Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bio-ITech BV | The Regents of the University of California (UCOP) |
Customer experience
eLABJournal
RSS Go
In-app purchases
eLABJournal
No in-app purchases
RSS Go
No in-app purchases









