Avalon EMR vs Tel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avalon EMR
Manage your medical practice on the go with this mobile EMR solution. Access patient charts, review schedules, and capture charges directly from your Apple devices. Optimize care coordination and revenue generation with seamless synchronization to your EMR.
- Mobile practice management
- View patient charts
- Check schedules
- Capture charges
- Synchronizes with EMR
- Manage emergency calls
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Avalon app from CureMD is designed to make your practice mobile. Checking your schedule, viewing charts, and capturing charges is now easier. Avalon is designed explicitly for physicians on the go - providing all the information they need to optimize care coordination and revenue generation on their iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch. With Avalon, physicians can review all clinical data and effectively manage emergency calls from patients after hours. Avalon is a platform for the future that synchronizes with your CureMD EMR to optimize the efficiency and profitability of your medical practice. CureMD subscription is required to use Avalon app.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tel at free against Avalon EMR's subscription. Tel also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Avalon EMR's advantage is ratings volume (357 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avalon EMR has 357 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Avalon EMR ships an update every 3 weeks, Tel every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avalon EMR | Tel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (357 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 357 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CureMD Corporation | eDerm Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Avalon EMR
Tel
Bugs and requests
Avalon EMR
Reported bugs
6 issues- Prescriptions sent through the app don't always reach the pharmacy
- Login errors: incorrect username/password message despite correct credentials
- App crashes when changing filters on appointment view
- Unable to search patients effectively, especially with common last names
- No capability to edit notes
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- Server has been down for extended periods
Requested features
5 requests- Implement instant messaging to staff
- Add capability to write follow-up notes with repopulated information
- Structure notes similarly to the online version for mobile use
- Allow scheduling appointments through the app
- Enable viewing documents within the app
Tel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Avalon EMR
No in-app purchases
Tel
No in-app purchases
