Comparison

Mini LAB vs Caregene

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Caregene

This app provides a centralized, private diary for managing a child's complex medical journey. It allows for logging symptoms, medications, and appointments, and offers an AI assistant to answer questions based on your child's record. It also facilitates secure sharing with care teams and generates appointment briefs.

Highlights
  • Unified medical timeline
  • Symptom and dose logging
  • AI-powered record search
  • Appointment preparation briefs
  • Care team collaboration
  • Offline emergency card
  • Data import from portals
Features
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We built this because we needed it for our son. For a long time, Anita and I were the only continuous record of his care. When a specialist asked which tests he'd already had, I honestly didn't know. Some were in MyChart, some in a folder, some in a year-old email. We ordered several again. Nobody hands you a system for this. Anita is an engineer, so she built one, and we ran it on our son's records for three months before letting another family near it. This isn't a startup idea we found. It's the thing we couldn't find. ONE TIMELINE FOR EVERYTHING Notes, labs, documents, photos, videos, voice notes. One private diary you control. Search it, filter it, export it to Excel anytime. LOG IT WHEN IT HAPPENS Doses, symptoms, sleep, mood, feeds. Hold the button and say it out loud. About twenty seconds. Because the nights you most need to log are the ones with one hand free. REMINDERS THAT BECOME THE RECORD Set a reminder once for anything on a schedule. One tap logs it. No forms. SAGE, AND WHERE IT GETS ITS ANSWERS Ask in plain language: what did the neurologist say about the MRI? Sage answers only from your child's record and names every source. If it can't show you where an answer came from, it won't answer. It also builds a three-page brief before each appointment: recent symptoms, current medications, what's changed, and your questions. Three pages instead of your memory. BUILT FOR REAL CARE TEAMS Import your hospital portal records and Apple Health data, so you start with what already exists. Invite a partner, grandparent, aide, or clinician. Each sees only what you allow, and caregiver entries don't join the timeline until you approve them. Share records that expire (two hours to seven days) and revoke anytime. An offline emergency card holds conditions, meds, allergies, and contacts, for the moments you won't be composed enough to remember them. WHAT SAGE WILL NOT DO It won't diagnose your child, or tell you to start, stop, or change a dose. It won't guess when your record is thin. It will say so. Insurance appeals and IEP documents aren't built yet. We'd rather tell you that now. YOUR DATA Encrypted in transit and at rest, on US infrastructure, with providers under Business Associate Agreements that never train on your data. Nothing goes to Sage until you've seen exactly what's sent and switched it on, and you can switch it off. Mask sensitive fields, lock it behind Face ID, download everything as one file, anytime. We don't want your child's data. We want your child's record to be useful to you. If something's missing or broken, write to us. We read every message. Built for one child. Yours. Basanta & Anita

Screenshots

Mini LAB4 screens
Caregene4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Caregene at none against Mini LAB's shown. Caregene also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 24 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mini LAB's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18 vs 26.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Caregene 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini LAB ships an update every 24 months, Caregene fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mini LAB versus Caregene: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini LABCaregene
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (60 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB109 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRonny MakhoulCaregene, Inc.

Customer experience

Mini LAB

All ratings60 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Caregene

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mini LAB

No in-app purchases

None

Caregene

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mini LAB free?
Mini LAB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caregene free?
Caregene is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mini LAB or Caregene?
Caregene is rated higher. Mini LAB averages 4.7 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Caregene averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mini LAB or Caregene have ads?
Mini LAB shows ads; Caregene does not.
Which is updated more often, Mini LAB or Caregene?
Mini LAB ships an update every 24 months, and Caregene fortnightly. Most recently, Mini LAB was updated on July 21, 2026 and Caregene on September 23, 2026.

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