Comparison

BackpackEMR vs Logical Ink 8.6

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

Head to head
About

BackpackEMR

This lightweight electronic medical records system is designed for remote areas with limited internet and power. It enables offline data sharing between devices, ensuring continuous operation and no data loss during power outages. Features include streamlined workflows, specialty modules, and secure, encrypted data storage.

Highlights
  • Offline data-sharing network
  • Streamlined patient flow
  • Specialty modules
  • Voice-to-text integration
  • Secure, encrypted data
  • Integrated patient photos
  • Multi-language support
Features
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BackpackEMR is a light-weight, electronic medical records (EMR) system for use in rural areas. Our app is often used for medical outreaches to remote communities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where access to the internet and electricity is often limited. This is the first EMR to share data with other clinic devices without using a local server, which requires electricity, or cloud server, which requires the internet. BackpackEMR enables a "no single point of failure" system where data is stored on each device, and data is shared without consistent power or the internet. So in a clinic where the power goes out, the clinic seamlessly continues to run, and no data is ever lost. Key features: • Offline data-sharing network • Easy-to-use screens • Low-clicks and less typing with: - Streamlined flow - Modules by specialty - Custom drop-down values - Voice-to-text integration • Secure, encrypted data • Integrated patients and exam photos • Available in multiple languages • Patients flow through station queues

About

Logical Ink 8.6

This app allows healthcare organizations to electronically capture patient data and signatures, replacing paper forms. It streamlines workflows, reduces errors, and enhances patient safety with an intuitive, mobile-friendly interface. Requires a licensed user account for access.

Highlights
  • Electronic data and signature capture
  • Reduces errors and improves patient safety
  • Streamlined registration workflow
  • Mobile and bedside care enabled
  • Integrates with EMR/ECM systems
  • Intelligent and interactive forms
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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 8.6 Highlights: • Introduced the Partial Date control support to all clients for capturing date values with unknown or ambiguous values. • Added support for the _GetControlVisibility() method to all clients. • Implemented the _GetValidationChanges() method for finding a form's validation rule changes during runtime. • Introduced the _GetValidationRules() method for interrogating a form's validation rules to check for status and count. • All forms now have a Validate method that is fired after any change to form validation rules. • Updated form fill in all clients to show Signature controls with the Final property enabled in the Validation List. • Added a new Text File output destination that generates an ASCII text file when forms are submitted to the server. • PreBoard can be enabled or disabled independently of PreCapture using a new application configuration setting. • Added support for the _GetDataSource() method, which can be used to load supplemental data from external sources. • Added a Form Events dialog to the Designer Test Window for watching changes to events in real time. • Barcodes now render in the form fill window in the HTML client. • Added support for hosting applications to listen for form events. • Introduced the Web SDK, which allows implementers to deploy the Logical Ink form fill experience without the use of a client or Logical Ink database.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Logical Ink 8.6 at 5.0 against BackpackEMR's 4.0. BackpackEMR's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support. On price, 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

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

Logical Ink 8.6 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BackpackEMR versus Logical Ink 8.6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackpackEMRLogical Ink 8.6
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB30 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBinary BridgeBottomline Technologies

In-app purchases

None

BackpackEMR

No in-app purchases

None

Logical Ink 8.6

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BackpackEMR free?
BackpackEMR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Logical Ink 8.6 free?
Logical Ink 8.6 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BackpackEMR or Logical Ink 8.6?
Logical Ink 8.6 is rated higher. BackpackEMR averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Logical Ink 8.6 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

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