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Lab Laps: all-in-one lab platform for experiments, timers, calculations, and AI imaging tools.
Lab Laps is an all-in-one laboratory productivity platform designed to help scientists, researchers, students, and laboratory teams organize experiments and perform common lab calculations from a single application. Instead of requiring users to switch between separate calculators, timers, notes, protocol documents, and specialized tools, Lab Laps brings these functions together in one workspace built specifically around real laboratory workflows. The platform is available through its web application and is also designed to work across desktop and mobile devices, allowing users to keep their laboratory work synchronized across different devices.
One of the main features of Lab Laps is protocol tracking. Scientists can plan laboratory protocols, follow individual steps, and check them off while performing an experiment. This approach is designed to keep users focused at the bench instead of forcing them to manage experiments through generic task-management applications. The platform also includes a multi-timer system that allows users to run several timers simultaneously, each with clear labels and alerts. This can be particularly useful for experiments involving incubation periods, reactions, washes, centrifugation steps, or other processes that need to be monitored at the same time.
Lab Laps provides a large collection of specialized laboratory tools and calculators. Users can perform molarity calculations, dilution calculations, serial dilutions, master mix calculations, buffer and medium calculations, unit conversions, and custom equations. The molarity calculator can determine the amount of material needed for a specific concentration and volume, while the dilution calculator supports standard C1V1 = C2V2 calculations, serial dilutions, reverse dilution calculations, and solution preparation. The master mix calculator can calculate reagent volumes for PCR and other reactions while accounting for the number of reactions and additional overage.
The platform also includes tools designed specifically for laboratory imaging and cell counting. Its online colony counter allows users to upload an agar plate or petri dish image and use AI-based detection to identify bacterial colonies. Users can review the detected colonies and manually adjust the detection boxes before confirming the final count. Similarly, the blood cell counter can analyze stained smear images and detect red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The results can then be reviewed and corrected by the user. These online counting tools are available without requiring a login, making them convenient for quick research or educational tasks.
Another useful feature is the online plate labeling tool. Users can select common plate configurations such as 6-well, 12-well, 24-well, or 96-well plates, as well as create custom plates. They can then add titles, descriptions, and colors to individual wells. This makes it easier to organize experimental samples and prepare clear plate maps that can later be exported as PNG or PDF files for use at the laboratory bench.
Lab Laps also offers tools such as image measurement, calibration curves, amino acid references, codon wheels and tables, molecular ladders, notes, calendars, counters, and other laboratory utilities. The combination of these features makes the platform more than a simple timer or calculator. It functions as a centralized digital toolkit intended to support many stages of laboratory work.
The platform emphasizes speed and efficiency, presenting itself as a way to become significantly faster in the laboratory by keeping protocols, timers, calculations, and specialized tools together. Its desktop web workspace provides a larger interface for tasks such as colony counting, blood cell counting, and other laboratory operations, while users can maintain the same account and synchronize their work across devices.
Lab Laps was founded by two brothers in March 2026 with the goal of creating software specifically for laboratory environments. The platform describes itself as being built around bench-first workflows rather than generic productivity concepts. With a growing user base, a broad collection of laboratory utilities, specialized image-analysis tools, protocol management, multi-timer functionality, and scientific calculators, Lab Laps positions itself as a comprehensive digital workspace for scientists who want to reduce repetitive work and keep their essential laboratory tools organized in one place.
