Comparison

Smart Optometry vs OcularCheck

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

Head to head
About

Smart Optometry

This app offers eye care professionals a suite of 15 interactive and precise digital eye exams for patient screening and testing. It simplifies the examination process with clear guidelines, fast execution, and automated calculations, supporting a more efficient and accurate diagnostic workflow.

Highlights
  • 15 interactive digital eye exams
  • Automated calculation and diagnosis
  • Multi-language support
  • Vertex and visual acuity calculators
  • Simple and fast user interface
  • Precise and reliable results
Features
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Smart Optometry is #1 choice for eye care professionals around the world! Give your patients’ best care with 15 FREE INTERACTIVE, PRECISE and SIMPLE eye exams in 9 languages. Join 100.000+ eye care specialists using Smart Optometry for eye examinations! Why should your customers undergo the same tests they always go through when they have their eyes tested? Why should this advanced industry stick with old and outdated practices? Smart Optometry includes 15 TESTS are available for FREE: – Colour Vision – Contrast – Visual Acuity – Worth Four Dot – Schober – OKN Stripes – Flourescin Light – Red Desaturation – Hirschberg – Accommodation – Duochrome – Aniseikonia – Amsler Grid – MEM Retinoscopy – Visual Acuity + To help you make your work simpler, we also included 2 CALCULATORS: – Vertex Conversion – Visual Acuity Conversion Because we know language barrier can be a problem, we localised our application to 11 LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Polish, Norwegian, Czech, Croatian and Slovenian! Want your language added? Let us know at: info@smart-optometry.com. Still not convinced? Read what sets us apart! Our solution is SIMPLE to use! Eye screening and testing shouldn’t be difficult and inconvenient for neither practitioner or customer! Smart Optometry application is very simple to use: just select the test, read through short guidelines for performing the test, execute it and let our application give you the basic diagnosis – final result or point you in the direction of possible problems that need more thorough examinations! Tests are FAST! While you are filling out paperwork for a patient, he or she can already test his or her eyesight with basic tests provided by Smart Optometry application. There is no logistics involved in performing the tests: just pick up your iPad and test-away! Results provided are PRECISE and reliable! Eye testing and screening often requires eye-care professionals to make calculations – giving the room for error. Eliminate this risk with precise calculations and interpretations done by our Smart Optometry application. Our tests are as precise if not more than the currently used on-the-wall testing equipment. All tests are INTERACTIVE and fun! Wouldn’t it be easier to let patients do the things you ask them, rather than try to explain what they see to you? Smart Optometry application is uniquely interactive: user presses buttons, draws on the screen and this way provides precise results – while having fun! Interactive handling with the Smart Optometry application also enables it to give you result interpretations.

About

OcularCheck

This medical tool helps individuals check their vision for impairments like myopia. It's designed for accessibility, especially in rural areas, offering diagnostic accuracy and offline use with auditory guides and multilingual options.

Highlights
  • Visual acuity exam with immediate results
  • Multiple optotype selections (Snellen, LEA Symbols, Tumbling E)
  • Auditory guides for instructions
  • Offline functionality
  • Multilingual optotypes
  • Find nearby optometry clinics
Features
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OcularCheck is a powerful mobile tool to improve the accessibility of healthcare by empowering individuals and communities to be able to accurately check their vision for free, for signs of myopia and other visual impairments. The app has been developed for use in underserved/rural areas of the world, including features such as: diagnostic accuracy, no internet requirement, auditory guides, high device compatibility, and multilingual optotypes, and more. This aspect allows it to play a unique role in the international public health community. Important features include (v1.0.0): - Visual acuity exam with immediate results - Selection between multiple optotypes such as Snellen, LEA Symbols, and other languages - Find nearby optometry clinics - Information pages about visual impairments What's new in v1.1.0: - Support for Tumbling E optotypes for non-English speakers - Improved UI for in-app instructions - Bug fixes What's new in v1.2.0: - Improved instruction manual - Bug fixes What's new in v1.3.0: - Results can be shown in either LogMAR or Snellen. - The device will now lock the screen brightness to full when taking the exam. - Added options "Start on row" and "# of attempts", allowing you to have more control over the eye exam. - Added images to visualize which eye to cover during the test. - Added ETDRS chart. - Edited LEA Symbols and Tumbling E charts. What's new in v1.4.0: - Improved accuracy of information & added medical references What's new in v1.5.0: - Added option to exclude "Both Eyes (OU)" part of visual acuity exam - Fixed inconsistent brightness levels while taking the exam - Minor bug fixes & improvements Enjoy!

Screenshots

Smart Optometry4 screens
OcularCheck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Optometry at 4.4 against OcularCheck's 3.8. Smart Optometry also leads on ratings volume (529 vs 15) and device support (3 vs 1). OcularCheck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Smart Optometry sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. OcularCheck asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Optometry holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Optometry has 529 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Smart Optometry's written reviews are positive against 50% of OcularCheck's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Optometry ships an update every 4 months, OcularCheck every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Smart Optometry versus OcularCheck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart OptometryOcularCheck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (529 ratings) — better3.8 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings529 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHundred Vision d.o.o.Project ORBIS International Inc

Customer experience

Smart Optometry

All ratings529 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative50.0%

OcularCheck

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Smart Optometry

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App closes automatically after login
  • App stops working after update
  • Tests demand payment for Pro version
  • Visual acuity unit converter plus button not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update visual acuity unit converter plus button
  • Add inches option for measurement
  • Provide explanations for test procedures and expected results
  • Make Arabic language available
  • Allow calibration of acuity test for different distances

OcularCheck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Smart Optometry

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly Subscription$22.991 Year
One-time8
  • Visual Acuity + Test$1.99
  • Red Desaturation Test$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
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  • Generous Tip!$4.99
  • Smart Optometry PRO$9.99
  • PRO Bundle$9.99
  • Massive Tip!$9.99
  • Amazing Tip!$14.99
None

OcularCheck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Optometry free?
Smart Optometry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OcularCheck free?
OcularCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Optometry or OcularCheck?
Smart Optometry is rated higher. Smart Optometry averages 4.4 out of 5 from 529 ratings, while OcularCheck averages 3.8 from 15 ratings.
Do Smart Optometry or OcularCheck have ads?
Neither Smart Optometry nor OcularCheck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Optometry or OcularCheck?
Smart Optometry ships an update every 4 months, and OcularCheck every 2 months. Most recently, Smart Optometry was updated on September 20, 2026 and OcularCheck on June 4, 2026.

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