33 calculators
Molarity, C₁V₁, serial dilutions, buffers and pH, cell counts and seeding, transfection mixes, centrifuge g ↔ rpm and more.
- Standard curves, 4PL fits and ΔΔCt
- 96-well plate planner and master mixes
For students, researchers and lab teams
Your lab tech, on every bench.
Calculators, step-by-step protocols, technique videos and Mark, a friendly lab technician, in one app. Use it on your phone at the bench and, with Pro, on your desktop when you plan the week.
Launching soon on iPhone, Android and desktop. Get launch news.
33calculators
37protocol templates
20technique videos
24Learn & Check modules
7languages
Tell me your stock and what you need. I’ll do the maths.
What’s inside
Everything you reach for between the fridge and the bench
Built by a lab scientist for the jobs that eat your day: making up solutions, following a method you’ve done once before, and checking you’ve understood a technique before you waste reagents on it.
Protocols that run with you
37 ready-to-run templates, from Western blots to CRISPR knockouts, with tick-off steps, built-in timers and the right calculator at each step.
- Write your own or import from Word
- Export to Markdown, CSV or JSON
Technique videos
Twenty short, clear walk-throughs of the methods you’ll meet in a life-science lab, from gel electrophoresis to flow cytometry.
- Gel electrophoresis and UV-Vis are free
- Linked to the matching protocol
Learn & Check
Twenty-four technique modules: the principle, its history, strengths and limits, a worked example, then a 10-question quiz drawn from 50.
- Score 8 out of 10 to earn the badge
- Badges move you up five levels
Statistical Support
Answer a few plain questions about your data and get the right test, what to check first, how to report it, and ready-to-run code.
- Code for R, SPSS, Stata, SAS and jamovi
- Simple or technical wording
Ask Mark
Mark finds the right tool, works through a calculation, explains a method or helps you read a result. He replies in your language.
- 5 questions a month free
- 300 a month on Pro
Paper to protocol
Turn a methods section into steps you can tick off
Find the paper
Paste a DOI or PubMed ID, search Europe PMC, or upload the PDF.
Pick a method
Mark lists the methods it describes, with the reagents and equipment it names.
Run it
Save it as a protocol with timers and calculators in place, then tweak it for your lab.
Meet Mark
A lab tech who doesn’t mind being asked twice
Mark sticks to science and lab work. He won’t help with anything unsafe, and he’ll point you to your supervisor or biosafety officer when that’s the right call.
How do I make 500 mL of 1× PBS from a 10× stock?
MarkAdd 50 mL of 10× PBS to 450 mL of purified water and mix. Check the pH is 7.4 before you use it. Want me to open the dilution calculator so you can scale it?
Mark gathers his answers from scientific sources on the internet, and he can be wrong. Always check against your SOPs and the original source before you rely on them at the bench.
Quick Tour
What’s inside BenchMark
Hover over a card, or tap it on your phone, for a closer look.
37 ready-to-run protocol templates, from Western blots to CRISPR knockouts. Tick off steps as you go, with built-in timers and the right calculator on hand. Write your own protocols, import them from Word, or turn a paper’s methods into steps from its DOI or PubMed ID.
Solutions, dilutions, assays, cell culture and molecular biology, plus standard curves, 4PL fits, ΔΔCt and a 96-well plate planner. Units are always shown, and you’re warned when a volume is too small to pipette. Save any result or add it to a protocol. 13 are free.
Clear walk-throughs from gel electrophoresis to flow cytometry: how each technique works, what to watch for and what usually goes wrong. Each video links to its protocol and its Learn & Check module. Gel electrophoresis and UV-Vis are free, with previews of the rest.
Each module covers how a technique works, its history, strengths and limits, a worked example, the steps and common pitfalls. Then take a 10-question quiz from a bank of 50. Score 8 out of 10 to earn the badge, and collect badges to move from Trainee to Principal Scientist.
Ask Mark anything about science and lab work. He opens the right calculator or protocol, reads a paper and lists its methods, and replies in your language. He gathers answers from scientific sources on the internet and can be wrong, so check against your SOPs. 5 questions a month free, 300 on Pro.
Answer a few plain questions about your data and Statistical Support picks the right test from 31. Each one comes with its assumptions and how to check them, effect sizes and follow-up tests, an example results sentence, and ready-to-run code for R, SPSS, Stata, SAS and jamovi. Included with Pro, Lab and Campus.
Keep your own stock list with low-stock and expiry alerts on Pro. On Lab, the whole group shares one list, with suppliers and catalogue numbers, and buy-ahead forecasts based on how often each protocol is run. Export the list when it’s time to order.
BenchMark works in seven languages, in light or dark, and calculators and protocols work offline. Export your work to Markdown, CSV or JSON, and use teaching mode and usage reports with Campus. New calculators, modules and videos arrive with regular updates.
Learn & Check
Earn badges, move up a level
Each module ends with a quiz. Pass it to earn that technique’s badge. Badges across five areas take you from Trainee to Principal Scientist.
- 1Trainee ScientistWhere everyone starts
- 2Junior Scientist3 badges
- 3Scientist8 badges across 3 areas
- 4Senior Scientist15 badges, every area
- 5Principal ScientistAll 24 badges
Proteins · 4Nucleic acids and cloning · 9Cell culture · 3Cell-based assays · 4Analysis and imaging · 4
Plans
Start free. Upgrade when it earns its place.
Plus and Pro come with a one-month free trial. Cancel any time.
Free
£0
Free for everyone, for good
- 13 everyday calculators and the lab timer
- 3 ready-to-run protocols, plus 2 of your own
- 2 full technique videos, previews of the rest
- Ask Mark 5 questions a month
Plus
£2.99 /month
or £19.99 a year, save 44%
- All 33 calculators
- Every protocol template, unlimited protocols
- All 20 technique videos
- Import from Word, export anywhere
Pro
£5.99 /month
or £44.99 a year · students £29.99 a year
- Everything in Plus
- Ask Mark 300 questions a month
- Paper to protocol
- Learn & Check, badges and levels
- Statistical Support
- Your own stock list with alerts
- Phone and desktop, linked by email
Lab
£20.75 /month + VAT
or £249 + VAT a year · academic
- BenchMark Pro for up to 10 lab members
- Shared lab stock with buy-ahead forecasts
- Shared protocols and starter videos
- Invoice billing for your grant
Campus
BenchMark Pro for up to 150 users, teaching mode to set videos before practicals and see who’s watched, and usage reports for the department. Free pilot on request.
Industry
Lab with a commercial licence for R&D, QC and contract work, priority support and a live onboarding session. Priced on request.
Prices in pounds sterling. Phone-app prices are set by the App Store and Google Play in your local currency.
Languages
Seven languages, including every quiz
The whole app switches language, from the menus to the Learn & Check questions and protocol templates. Arabic gets a right-to-left layout.
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Get BenchMark
On your desk and in your pocket
Desktop Coming soon
BenchMark will open right here at benchmarkdesktop.com in any modern browser on Windows, Mac or Linux. It comes with Pro, Lab and Campus: link your phone app with your email and carry on where you left off. Nothing to install.
Get launch newsiPhone and Android Coming soon
The phone apps are on their way to the App Store and Google Play. Leave your email and we’ll tell you the day they’re live.
Contact
Questions, quotes and ideas
Ask about a pilot for your lab or department, suggest a calculator, or tell us about a problem. A person reads every message.