Floaters Simulation vs The Glaucoma Community
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Floaters Simulation
This app allows users to visually demonstrate the experience of eye floaters to others. You can adjust settings to accurately represent your daily visual disturbances and record short clips to share.
- Simulate eye floater appearance
- Adjust floater settings
- Record video clips
- Share experiences on social media
- Inform others about eye floaters
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Floater Simulation lets you use your device to show the world your experience with eye floaters. Open the app and tweak the settings to best show your close ones what your every day suffering is like. You can also record a short clip to share on Facebook and the like. Eye floaters are small moving spots that appear in your field of vision. They may be especially noticeable when you look at something bright, such as white paper or a blue sky. Floaters are deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humour, which is normally transparent. At a young age, the vitreous is transparent, but as one ages, imperfections gradually develop. The common type of floater, which is present in most persons' eyes, is due to degenerative changes of the vitreous humour. For more information about eye floaters, research and the movement to find a cure, visit floaters.info
The Glaucoma Community
This app provides glaucoma patients with up-to-date article summaries on research, treatments, and living tips. It fosters a community for sharing experiences and offers a secure Patient One-Sheet for storing important medical information. Users can also find resources like clinical trials and financial assistance.
- Glaucoma article summaries
- Patient community forum
- Secure Patient One-Sheet
- Clinical trial access
- Financial assistance resources
- Support group finder
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Key Features: • With The Glaucoma Community app, you’ll receive a continuous stream of updated, Glaucoma-related article summaries on every important topic, including research, treatments, and living tips - all reviewed and vetted by our Content Advisory Council members at Prevent Blindness. • Connect with other patients like you and join a growing patient community to share stories, advice, and experiences. • Keep everything in one place with our Patient One-Sheet, a secure, printable, and shareable form that allows you to easily store and maintain all your basic information – doctors, insurance info, medications, and other key data. • Find access to useful resources such as clinical trials, financial assistance, and patient support groups. "Responsum Health reminds our community members that content on our platform is not meant to be taken as medical advice; but rather helpful and informative insights to help you manage your condition and under the care of your physician. It's imperative that you work with your doctor and get their insights before making any changes, adjustments or modifications to your established care plan."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Floaters Simulation at 100% against The Glaucoma Community's 71%. Floaters Simulation also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). The Glaucoma Community's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Floaters Simulation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Glaucoma Community has 134 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Floaters Simulation's written reviews are positive against 71% of The Glaucoma Community's.
Floaters Simulation ships an update fortnightly, The Glaucoma Community every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Floaters Simulation | The Glaucoma Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (134 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 134 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ways AS | Responsum Health |
Customer experience
Floaters Simulation
The Glaucoma Community
In-app purchases
Floaters Simulation
No in-app purchases
The Glaucoma Community
No in-app purchases
Questions
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