Promega Colony Counter

Name: Promega Colony Counter
Rating: 2.9 (15 reviews)
Author: Promega Corporation

Utilities

Free

15 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Promega Corporation
Language

EN
English
Size

28
MB

Is the tedium of squinting over agar plates counting bacterial colonies getting to you? Take the plates out of the lab! No, not literally. Snap a picture with your phone and you can make counting an out-of-lab experience. The Colony Counter app gives you a count estimate you can then manually refine. Save single plates or sets for later comparison. Happy Counting! The fine print: Our app was tested with JM109 High Efficiency Competent Cells grown up in 50ml LB Medium; other plate and colony combos weren’t tested. In other words, white on yellow; that’s it.

Ratings & Reviews

2.9

out of 5

15 Ratings

Doesn’t work on modern phones with macro photo capabilities
02/27/2025

Nickname? Fine. Ishmael.
This worked on my 7 year old super old iPhoneX but doesn’t work on my new one because the only camera this app can control has a minimum focus distance that is too far away to capture a 10cm dish, and the app is not able to use the macro photo lens for whatever reason.
Doesn’t work on modern phones with macro photo capabilities
02/27/2025

Nickname? Fine. Ishmael.

This worked on my 7 year old super old iPhoneX but doesn’t work on my new one because the only camera this app can control has a minimum focus distance that is too far away to capture a 10cm dish, and the app is not able to use the macro photo lens for whatever reason.
Helpful, but frequently misses colonies
03/09/2016

QuinlanGradStudent
This is a very helpful app but unfortunately it frequently miscounts colonies or counts colonies where there are none. The app is makes it easy to go in by hand and edit the count however if you are working with a plate that has tons and tons of colonies there's no way you could manually find all the colonies that were miscounted by hand. And this app is only good for 10 cm dishes. So helpful for very basic tasks, but not quite all the way there yet.
Helpful, but frequently misses colonies
03/09/2016

QuinlanGradStudent

This is a very helpful app but unfortunately it frequently miscounts colonies or counts colonies where there are none. The app is makes it easy to go in by hand and edit the count however if you are working with a plate that has tons and tons of colonies there's no way you could manually find all the colonies that were miscounted by hand. And this app is only good for 10 cm dishes. So helpful for very basic tasks, but not quite all the way there yet.
Doesn’t really work
01/06/2025

Please nerf frank
Will add random colonies and ignore very obvious colonies
Doesn’t really work
01/06/2025

Please nerf frank

Will add random colonies and ignore very obvious colonies
Not very useful
02/06/2014

Angus117
The cfu counter is way off. It was not even close to what my estimate was. Don't waste your money for now. Maybe wait until they come out with a new update
Not very useful
02/06/2014

Angus117

The cfu counter is way off. It was not even close to what my estimate was. Don't waste your money for now. Maybe wait until they come out with a new update

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included. Update to support iOS 10; bugfixes related to deleting individual or multiple plates from a set.

Version 1.5 10/03/2016

No Details Provided

The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.

Accessibility

Information

Seller: Promega Corporation
Size: 28 MB
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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