LENS Connected Tower App vs Implant Identifier
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.
Implant Identifier
Instantly identify orthopedic and spine implants from X-rays using AI. This app helps medical professionals recognize unknown implants, access a community of experts, and contribute to a growing library of implant data. Features include AI identification for hips, a community feed for assistance, and a filterable implant library.
- AI-Identify for Hips
- Community Feed for Expert Help
- Filterable Implant Library
- Submit New Implants
- My Implants History
- X-ray Recognition
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Implant Identifier is the fastest way to identify unknown orthopedic and spine implants from x-ray. Now you can instantly identify spine, hip, knee, and shoulder implants with AI. Join our mission to create the world’s most intelligent implant identification platform—powered by AI, built by the community. The new app includes: AI-Identify for Spine, Hip, Knee, and Shoulder – Snap an x-ray and let AI suggest the closest matching implants. Home Feed (Community) – Can't find a match? Ask expert's in our community of surgeons and reps worldwide. Library with Filters – Browse and filter hundreds of common spine and orthopedic implant x-rays. Submit New Implants – Contribute to the growing AI-library and help others in the community. My Implants- Access your previously identified and unidentified implants and share them with your colleagues.
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Verdict
LENS Connected Tower App and Implant Identifier both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 65% of Implant Identifier's written reviews are positive against 0% of LENS Connected Tower App's. Implant Identifier also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (282 vs 5). LENS Connected Tower App's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for LENS Connected Tower App against 4.7 for Implant Identifier. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Implant Identifier has 282 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of LENS Connected Tower App's written reviews are positive against 65% of Implant Identifier's.
LENS Connected Tower App ships an update every 7 months, Implant Identifier every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LENS Connected Tower App | Implant Identifier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (282 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 64.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 282 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Smith & Nephew | Devise Health |
Customer experience
LENS Connected Tower App
Implant Identifier
In-app purchases
LENS Connected Tower App
No in-app purchases
Implant Identifier
No in-app purchases
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