Mini LAB vs Valve PPM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini LAB
This medical reference app provides essential lab value information for CBC, CMP, and UA panels. It features a premium interface, fast navigation, and offline capabilities, accessible on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Normal value references for CBC, CMP, UA panels
- Premium, intuitive interface
- Fast navigation
- Offline access
- Apple Watch app integration
- Smart search and filtering
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Mini LAB is a mini and free version of Project LAB – The #1 Medical Lab Reference (since 2014). We've rebuilt Mini LAB from the ground up. With a stunning new premium interface, lightning-fast navigation, and powerful enhancements across your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Whether you are decoding your own health, studying for boards, or treating patients, Mini LAB and Project LAB deliver high-yield information where every single word counts. The app includes normal value reference for the CBC, CMP, and UA Panels. What's New in This Massive Update: - Stunning Premium Design: A beautiful, intuitive new interface featuring smooth animations, a modern 'liquid glass' toolbar, and customizable Light, Dark, and System themes. - Desktop-Class iPad Experience: A brand-new side-by-side layout, fully supports iPad multitasking. - All-New Apple Watch App: Instantly check normal lab values and filter by specific panels with a quick glance at your watch. Signature Features You'll Love: - Smart Search & Filtering: Filter your real-time search results. - 100% Offline Capable: Your medical reference is always with you. Enjoy the best version of Mini LAB yet!
Valve PPM
This tool assists medical professionals in assessing implanted prosthetic cardiac valves. It offers guidance for checking existing valve function and selecting the optimal valve before implantation based on patient and prosthesis parameters.
- Assess implanted valve function
- Select optimal valve before implantation
- Analyze patient and prosthesis parameters
- Identify potential patient-prosthesis mismatch
- Determine intrinsic prosthesis dysfunction
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Valve PPM is an innovative mobile tool developed to support echocardiography professionals in their effort of assessing the functionality of implanted prosthetic cardiac valves. The application provides guidelines for assessing an already implanted valve (Check Valve Function) and for choosing a valve before implantation (Optimal Valve Selector). The algorithms behind the App have been derived after an extensive research of the published materials on the aortic and mitral prosthetic valve assessment. - Check Valve Function After selecting a particular valve type, the patient characteristics (weight/height) and the prosthesis actual parameters (peak velocity, mean gradient, VTI prosthesis, VTI LVOT and LVOTd), Valve PPM will provide the user with an answer regarding the normal function of the valve, the potential patient prosthesis mismatch or the intrinsic prosthesis dysfunction. - Optimal Valve Selector The user will be required to select a valve position (aortic/mitral) and the patient characteristics (weight/height) and Valve PPM will instantly indicate the minimum Effective Orifice Area (EOA) in order to avoid Patient Prosthesis Mismatch (PPM).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Valve PPM at none against Mini LAB's shown. Valve PPM also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 24 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mini LAB's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Valve PPM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini LAB has 60 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Mini LAB ships an update every 24 months, Valve PPM every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini LAB | Valve PPM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ronny Makhoul | KRUTSCH |
Customer experience
Mini LAB
Valve PPM
In-app purchases
Mini LAB
No in-app purchases
Valve PPM
No in-app purchases
