DeRoyal Continuum vs Logical Ink 8.1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeRoyal Continuum
This application streamlines the medical product dispensing process by enabling paperless documentation. It allows for assigning products to patients, selecting physicians, generating proof of delivery, and capturing electronic signatures, all securely stored in the cloud.
- Assign products to patients
- Select treating physician
- Generate proof of delivery
- Capture electronic signatures
- Secure cloud storage
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The DeRoyal Continuum app provides a paperless process for dispensing medical products to patients and generating necessary documentation. • Assign Products to Patients • Select/Assign Treating Physician • Generate Proof of Delivery • Capture Signatures Electronically • Securely Stores Documentation in the Continuum Cloud U.S. Patent Numbers: 8818824, 9827064, 9990466, 11068844, 11574284, 12602651, and 12657552
Logical Ink 8.1
This application allows healthcare organizations to capture patient data and signatures electronically, replacing paper forms. It streamlines workflows, reduces errors, and enhances patient safety with an intuitive digital ink interface. Requires a licensed user account for access.
- Electronic signature capture
- Discrete data and photo capture
- Reduces errors and improves patient safety
- Streamlined registration workflow
- Enables bedside care
- Drag-and-drop form design tool
- Integrates with EMR/ECM systems
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Logical Ink® makes it easy for healthcare organizations to allow patients and caregivers to capture data and signatures electronically, eliminating the need for paper forms. Seamlessly compatible with any downstream system, Logical Ink helps improve documentation, decrease medical errors, and simplify processes. It leverages mobile devices, digital ink and a pen/touch-based interface to provide a simple and intuitive user experience that is as natural and unrestrictive as paper. You must be a licensed user of Logical Ink to use this app. Logical Ink customers enjoy the following benefits: • Intelligent and interactive forms for capturing electronic signature, discrete data and photos • Reduces errors and improves patient safety by eliminating paper forms and scanning • Increased staff and patient satisfaction • Reduces wait times in Registration with a more streamlined workflow • Enables mobility and bedside care • Easy-to-use, drag/drop design tool for enterprise forms management • Integrates with any EMR or ECM workflow for fewer clicks 8.1 Highlights: • Introduced ability to auto-save forms in the background in order to preserve the patient's progress in case of an interruption in the form fill session • Reverted the Date and Time control interface in the iPad client and SDK to the more familiar and efficient spinner controls • Focus is set to the control after the user navigates by clicking a link on the Items Remaining dialog in the iPad client • Updated the form navigation methodology to better implement collection views for easier, smoother scrolling and navigation • Added text-to-speech support using a new _Speak() JavaScript extension method configured in Designer • Added a parameter for disabling the swipe, pinch, zoom and double tap gestures in the Form Fill window in the iPad SDK • Updated look and feel with simplified user experiences throughout all of the Admin screens • Added the ability to quickly copy sharing links to the clipboard from the Form Discrepancy and PreCapture Form Discrepancy reports • Updated the Email Settings screen to support using a SendGrid API key instead of an SMTP address • All new form tile layout in the Add/Edit SmartSet screen that supports collapsing and expanding tile sizes for simple form reordering • Support for Use Implicit Credentials feature when authenticating through Security Agent for our Logical Ink SaaS customers • Added a property to each control type for excluding the control value from destination output • Added a new form size that fits the 10" Topaz GemView device type • The copy/paste layout functionality in the Responsive Editor now applies to child objects of a group • Form Fill Launch supports a BypassOverride setting for overriding the Server's setting in the web.config file • Added an API for downloading report data through an authenticated, encrypted connection • The Message Control ID field (MSH 10) is now reported to the log file for better troubleshooting and traceability • The content of the Expired Link page in PreCapture is now configurable through the PreCapture Localization feature • All clients use the URL found in Settings for token refreshes instead of the URL provided by the server
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DeRoyal Continuum at monthly against Logical Ink 8.1's every 3 months. DeRoyal Continuum also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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 — 5.0 for DeRoyal Continuum against 5.0 for Logical Ink 8.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
DeRoyal Continuum ships an update monthly, Logical Ink 8.1 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeRoyal Continuum | Logical Ink 8.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DeRoyal | Bottomline Technologies |
Customer experience
DeRoyal Continuum
Logical Ink 8.1
In-app purchases
DeRoyal Continuum
No in-app purchases
Logical Ink 8.1
No in-app purchases
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