Comparison

ViewMedica vs Recupe

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

Head to head
About

ViewMedica

Access a library of award-winning patient education videos to explain complex medical information. Healthcare professionals can use these visual aids to enhance patient understanding of conditions and procedures. The app allows for annotation and saving of video frames.

Highlights
  • Access patient education videos
  • Print related brochures
  • Draw on video frames
  • Save annotated images
  • Favorite frequently used videos
Features
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The ViewMedica On-Demand app gives subscribers of ViewMedica On-Demand videos a convenient way to use our award-winning patient education content. Our industry-leading, highly-visual videos help physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals explain complex medical information in a patient-friendly way. PATIENT EDUCATION VIDEOS • Hospitals and Practices that subscribe to ViewMedica On-Demand for their patient education videos can view all of their content in this app. • Print the patient education brochures that relate to your licensed videos. • Use Markup Mode to draw on any frame of your videos. Then save those images to your screenshots library. • Add your most-used videos or presentations to your Favorites menu for easy access. ABOUT SWARM INTERACTIVE AND VIEWMEDICA The maker of ViewMedica, Swarm Interactive, Inc., has been producing award-winning medical animations since 1998. Visit the ViewMedica website to learn more about the ViewMedica patient education system, and see how ViewMedica can enhance your patient education efforts. A ViewMedica video subscription gives you access to thousands of patient education videos. These industry-leading, highly-visual videos have been used by physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals for more than 20 years. Videos cover all the major medical specialties describing the conditions and procedures that you care most about.

About

Recupe

This app helps patients adhere to their care plans for medical episodes, like surgery. It tracks activity, symptoms, and medications during preparation and recovery, integrating with health data. The information is shared with care teams for timely interventions.

Highlights
  • Follow care plans
  • Track activity and symptoms
  • Monitor medication intake
  • Integrates with Health app
  • Share data with care team
Features
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Recupe app is intended to help patients follow the care plan provided by their care provider during an episode of care, such as a surgical episode. Recupe records data from a person's activity, symptoms, and the medications they take during their preparation for and recovery after an acute medical condition. Recupe integrates with the Health app and monitor steps data. The data is visible to their care team for suitable action.

Screenshots

ViewMedica3 screens
Recupe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Recupe at every 3 weeks against ViewMedica's every 7 months. Recupe also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ViewMedica holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recupe has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ViewMedica ships an update every 7 months, Recupe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ViewMedica versus Recupe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViewMedicaRecupe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB102 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSwarm Interactive, Inc.Plethy

Customer experience

ViewMedica

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Recupe

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ViewMedica

No in-app purchases

None

Recupe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ViewMedica free?
ViewMedica is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recupe free?
Recupe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ViewMedica or Recupe?
ViewMedica is rated higher. ViewMedica averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Recupe averages 4.8 from 19 ratings.
Do ViewMedica or Recupe have ads?
Neither ViewMedica nor Recupe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ViewMedica or Recupe?
ViewMedica ships an update every 7 months, and Recupe every 3 weeks. Most recently, ViewMedica was updated on September 24, 2026 and Recupe on October 25, 2026.

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