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APD Colony Counter App Lite

Name: APD Colony Counter App Lite
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Streamline your research with publication-ready accuracy. Count, tag, and document colonies directly from your mobile device with the trusted tool cited in Nature Methods.

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Samuel Gan

Precision Counting for Modern Labs

Transform your smartphone into a professional-grade colony counter. Designed by scientists for researchers, our app streamlines data collection to enhance the accuracy of your publications.

Publication-Ready Results

Generate annotated screenshots cited in Nature Methods, making it easy to include verified visual evidence in your next journal submission or lab report.

Eliminate Subjective Errors

Replace manual tallying with digital precision. Use customizable tags and touch-to-count functionality to ensure every colony is accounted for correctly.

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APD Colony Counter App Lite - APD Colony Counter App Lite main interface showing get image and next buttons — APD Colony Counter App Lite main interface showing get image and next buttons

APD Colony Counter App Lite - APD Colony Counter App Lite interface displaying an agar plate with bacterial colonies ready for analysis — APD Colony Counter App Lite interface displaying an agar plate with bacterial colonies ready for analysis

APD Colony Counter App Lite - APD Colony Counter App interface displaying a Petri dish with bacterial colonies for analysis — APD Colony Counter App interface displaying a Petri dish with bacterial colonies for analysis

APD Colony Counter App Lite - Interface of the APD Colony Counter Lite app showing a menu with options to add or erase tags on an agar plate image — Interface of the APD Colony Counter Lite app showing a menu with options to add or erase tags on an agar plate image

APD Colony Counter App Lite - Manual counting of bacterial colonies on an agar plate in the APD Colony Counter app — Manual counting of bacterial colonies on an agar plate in the APD Colony Counter app

APD Colony Counter App Lite - Interface for customizing colony tag color using RGB sliders, radius, and thickness settings. — Interface for customizing colony tag color using RGB sliders, radius, and thickness settings.

Description

*For automated counting versions, please get APD Colony App PRO* Colony counter app that can analyze agar plate images and count them manually using the touch screen. With access to the phone storage and also directly to the camera, fast and convenient colony counting can be done. Photos should be taken on a direct plane with the agar plate. Features of this app includes: 1) Customized user input. 2) Simple and button based user interface. 3) Compatibility with screenshot functions of analyzed images for publications or reports. 4) Tags in image can be customized for color and size. 5) Edit function to remove or add tags. 6) Simple direct access to phone camera. 7) Simple direct access to Image gallery for images. Benefits of using this app for publications 1) Brings greater accuracy to your colony counts. 2) Value adds to publications and reports. 3) Useful teaching tool to science students. 4) Streamlined analysis, reducing human error and subjectivity - you can now trust the values reported by trainees and less experienced staff! 5) On the go analysis with the smartphone/tablet. 6) The app costs less than the cheapest colony counter! 7) The app is self-contained, no internet access needed. To cite, please use: Wong CF, Yeo JY, Gan SKE (2016) APD Colony Counter App: Using Watershed Algorithm for improved colony counting. Nature Methods Application Notes. doi:10.1038/ an9774 This app is a personal endeavor of Mr Wong, Mr Sim, Mr Yong, and Dr Gan