Comparison

TouchMD Consult vs Tel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TouchMD Consult

This app enhances patient consultations by providing interactive visualizations and educational content. Staff can customize materials, draw on images, and create collages to explain procedures and treatment options, improving patient understanding and confidence.

Highlights
  • Customizable content (text, video, images)
  • Educational videos from accredited sources
  • Practice and staff introductions
  • Capture and draw on patient images
  • Advanced image editing and collages
  • Before & after patient galleries
  • Patient consultation review via web/app
Features
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TouchMD Consult is a revolutionary interactive visualization and patient education platform allowing doctors and their staff to maximize communication with patients before, during, and after the consultation. Give patients an unparalleled personal experience that elevates their level of confidence in your practice and treatment choices. Features: • Customized content. You decided what your patients see by fully customizing content via our web portal, including text, videos, images, weblinks, documents, etc. • Educational videos and content. TouchMD uses video content from accredited sources to help patients understand procedures and treatments. • Practice introduction. Highlight your medical practice using videos or images allowing the patient to become comfortable with the doctor and their staff. • Capture patient images or diagnostic information. Educate your patients visually using their own images or diagnostics for maximum impact. • Advanced drawing capabilities. Draw on images and illustrations using advanced drawing tools to educate and explain options clearly and more efficiently to the patient. • Advanced image editing. Quickly create image collages that tell a treatment story using custom layouts, 2-6 picture drop zone layouts, and split screen image layouts. • Before & after galleries. Doctors can communicate possible outcomes and illustrate how they achieved desired results using pictures of previous patients. • Patients relive the consultation. Patients can review assigned homework and saved images at home by using our secure web portal or free smartphone app. • Patient information is NOT stored on the device. Sensitive information and images are retrieved temporarily for use during the consult while the patient logged in.

About

Tel

This iPad application complements a web-based EHR and practice management system for dermatology. It offers intuitive use, offline capabilities, and built-in billing expertise for dermatologists.

Highlights
  • Native iPad compliment to web application
  • Intuitive and easy to use
  • No setup required
  • Complete dermatology knowledge base
  • Smart learning and customizable
  • Offline work capability
  • Auto coder for billing
Features
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Please note that the Tel-eDerm requires a username and password into the eDerm Systems, LLC subscription based web application. eDerm is a leading EHR and practice management system empowering dermatology practices. Designed by dermatologists for dermatology. The Tel-eDerm is the native iPad compliment to the web application. Here are just a few of the eDermEHR iPad features: # Training in 1 Day, Intuitive and Easy to Use # No Setup Required, Complete Dermatology Knowledge Base # Smart Learning and Completely Customizable, Learns What You Do # Work Offline, No Waiting # Auto Coder, Billing Expertise Built-In

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tel at 5.0 against TouchMD Consult's 4.1. Tel also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). TouchMD Consult's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TouchMD Consult has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TouchMD Consult ships an update every 2 months, Tel every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
TouchMD Consult versus Tel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchMD ConsultTel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB171 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTouchMDeDerm Systems LLC

Customer experience

TouchMD Consult

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Tel

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TouchMD Consult

No in-app purchases

None

Tel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TouchMD Consult free?
TouchMD Consult is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tel free?
Tel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TouchMD Consult or Tel?
Tel is rated higher. TouchMD Consult averages 4.1 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Tel averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TouchMD Consult or Tel have ads?
Neither TouchMD Consult nor Tel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TouchMD Consult or Tel?
TouchMD Consult ships an update every 2 months, and Tel every 5 weeks. Most recently, TouchMD Consult was updated on November 2, 2026 and Tel on November 7, 2026.

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