Lab Values Medical Reference is a clinical utility app for healthcare professionals providing offline access to lab values, abbreviations, and medical terminology on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to maintain a personalized, offline-accessible clinical reference library that adapts to specific institutional lab ranges.
For Healthcare professionals and medical students who require fast, offline access to clinical lab values and medical terminology.
What does it look like?
Key features
Users can create, edit, and categorize lab values and medical data within the app interface.
Bundles lab reference values, medical abbreviations, and prefix/suffix etymology into a single application.
Retrieves lab values and clinical descriptions without requiring an active internet connection.
How much does it cost?
Paid model at $2.99 provides full access to the reference library without recurring subscription fees or ad-supported interruptions.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceplatform expansionShow more...
The application has been inactive for over seven years, with no updates released since late 2018. The development history shows a long-term trend of stagnation, with the last meaningful activity being a minor bug fix. Given the lack of releases for significantly longer than the 12-month threshold, the app is classified as a zombie project.
Who built it?
Hipposoft
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Physical Exam EssentialsUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate customizable lab value entries allow medical professionals to tailor reference data for specific clinical environments.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Customizable lab value entries allow medical professionals to tailor reference data for specific clinical environments
- Rendering bugs post-update cause jumbled text and unresponsive screen areas that prevent reading lab values
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Lab Values Medical Reference
How's the Medical market?
The app maintains a presence in the Medical category across 50+ markets, currently holding a #47 Paid rank in the US. The discrepancy between its niche utility and the high-frequency update cadence of rivals like Lab Values signals a risk of long-term relevance decay.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By MD Aware, LLC
Both apps target healthcare professionals requiring offline clinical decision support, but MDCalc captures the shared audience through a library of 900+ calculators that dwarfs the scope of the source app.
- MDCalc provides 900+ evidence-based clinical calculators, while Lab Values Medical Reference offers a limited lab value repository.
- MDCalc includes integrated CME tracking for professional development, a feature absent in Lab Values Medical Reference.
- Lab Values Medical Reference allows users to customize reference ranges, whereas MDCalc provides a fixed library of validated formulas.
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Key takeaways for Lab Values Medical Reference
Where is it heading?
The medical reference market is consolidating around high-frequency, modern tools that offer broader clinical ecosystems. This app's maintenance-mode posture leaves it exposed to rivals that provide better clinical relevance, so the PM must pivot to a stability-first strategy to avoid obsolescence.
- Rendering bugs in the latest update cause screen unresponsiveness, which directly erodes the daily active habit for clinicians.
- The lack of database expansion for specialized tests causes users to seek alternatives, accelerating churn pressure into the next quarter.
The SWOT
- Editable data repository functions as a switching-cost moat for clinical workflows
- 3-in-1 utility provides high value-per-dollar
- Expansion of the lab database to include autoimmune diagnostics would capture underserved specialist segments
Next best moves
Rebuild UI rendering logic because the latest update introduced unresponsive screen areas → restore basic usability
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of a subscription model is a strategic liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Modern UI/UX (available in Lab Values but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app's competitive position has declined due to critical UI rendering bugs introduced in the latest update, which have negatively impacted user sentiment and usability.
Bottom line
The app holds a unique position through its editable data mechanism, but the recent rendering bugs render it unusable for many, so the PM must prioritize UI stabilization to prevent total loss of the professional user base.
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