LENS Connected Tower App vs Vumedi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LENS Connected Tower App
Control LENS HD/4K cameras and surgical equipment remotely. Capture, annotate, and generate custom PDF reports of surgical images and videos. Enables operation outside the sterile field.
- Remote camera control
- Surgical equipment control
- Image and video storage
- Voice, text, drawing annotations
- Custom PDF report generation
- Print and email reports
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LENS Connected Tower App provides remote control of settings the LENS HD or LENS 4K camera settings as well as DYONICS◊ Power II, WEREWOLF◊ Coblation and DOUBLEFLO◊ Pump outside the sterile field, including: • View of settings on the arthroscopic display (optional) • Storage of surgical images and video • Create voice, text or drawing annotations • Generate customized .pdf reports • Print and email reports For best experience, please ensure to enable Location Services (General Settings | Privacy) on iPadOS 13 and above.
Vumedi
Access a vast library of educational videos created by medical experts. Engage with a community of over a million physicians to discuss cases, share knowledge, and stay updated on the latest medical advancements. Prepare for complex scenarios and enhance patient care.
- Over 100,000 educational videos
- Discuss cases with experts
- Stay updated on medical advances
- Prepare for challenging cases
- Live webinars
- Private messaging with faculty
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Vumedi is a video education platform for doctors. Over 1,000,000 physicians use Vumedi to improve patient care and grow their practice. Features: - Watch and discuss over 100,000 educational videos from published experts and world renowned faculty members - Stay up to date on new advances - Prepare for challenging cases, rare pathologies, and complications - Ask for opinions from thousands of other doctors or privately message expert faculty - Participate in live webinars
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vumedi at 68% against LENS Connected Tower App's 0%. Vumedi also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 5). LENS Connected Tower App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vumedi holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vumedi has 4.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of LENS Connected Tower App's written reviews are positive against 68% of Vumedi's.
LENS Connected Tower App ships an update every 7 months, Vumedi weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LENS Connected Tower App | Vumedi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (4.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 68.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 4.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Smith & Nephew | VuMedi, Inc. |
Customer experience
LENS Connected Tower App
Vumedi
Bugs and requests
LENS Connected Tower App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Vumedi
Reported bugs
4 issues- App has problem, doesn't work after new update
- Can't even access app, can't log in
- Videos don't load
- App not working, videos are not loading
Requested features
11 requests- Add 2x speed playback
- Add ability to adjust playback speed
- Add video playback speed controls
- Add ability to swipe to fast forward/rewind
- Add offline play mode
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- Add AI-generated transcripts and summaries
- Add ability to edit playlists
- Add folders to organize saved videos
- Add history feature to rewatch viewed videos
- Update app to support new iPad Pro screen resolution
- Add subtitles option
In-app purchases
LENS Connected Tower App
No in-app purchases
Vumedi
No in-app purchases
Questions
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