Comparison

EyeDropAlarm vs easyGlaucoma

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

Head to head
About

EyeDropAlarm

This app helps you remember to take your eye drops on schedule. It features a large database of medications, customizable alerts, and instructions for proper application. It's designed for various eye conditions and post-surgery care.

Highlights
  • Extensive eyedrop database
  • Customizable medication schedules
  • Specific alerts for eye and cap color
  • Step-by-step application instructions
  • Apple Watch notifications
  • Automatic spacing between drops
Features
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Eye Drop Alarm reminds you to put in your eyedrops. • Quick set up. No login required. • Recommended as "Top App for Patients" at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Conference. • Simply select your eyedrops from the app's extensive database. No need to type in each medication. • Alerts clearly indicate which eye and the bottle cap color. • Can set up schedule in advance. Ideal for drops prescribed before / after eye surgery (i.e., cataract surgery, LASIK, retina surgery, etc.). • Helpful reminders for people with glaucoma, dry eyes, allergies, infections, and uveitis (ocular inflammation). • Can set up alarms to match your doctor’s prescription (alarms can be as often as every hour if needed). • Automatically puts recommended gap between drops scheduled for the same time of day. • Includes step by step instructions on how to best put in eyedrops. • Includes a variety of alarm sounds to choose from. • Can view alerts on Apple Watch.

About

easyGlaucoma

Build your knowledge about glaucoma through evidence-based quizzes. Track your progress, access updated information, and learn how to protect your vision. This tool is designed to enhance medical understanding for a healthier lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based quizzing
  • Progress monitoring
  • Glaucoma knowledge base
  • Vision protection tips
  • Continuously updated content
Features
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Use easyGlaucoma's intuitive interface to build your glaucoma knowledge using evidence based quizzing methods. Monitor your progress, read up on more glaucoma knowledge, and learn how to better protect your vision! easyGlaucoma provides a tool to keep building your medical knowledge with continually updated questions and related health topics. Studies have shown benefits to using quizzing as a learning strategy and easyGlaucoma provides the interface to improve your knowledge and glaucoma know-how! mHealth Wellness LLC provides medical education and health tool applications so that individuals can not only learn more medical knowledge, but also use that knowledge to make for a healthier lifestyle. Check out our other apps, including easyDiabetes! Learn more about mHealth Wellness LLC at mhealthwellness.com

Screenshots

EyeDropAlarm4 screens
easyGlaucoma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: easyGlaucoma at 5.0 against EyeDropAlarm's 4.5. EyeDropAlarm's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). 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

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

easyGlaucoma holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EyeDropAlarm has 168 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EyeDropAlarm versus easyGlaucoma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEyeDropAlarmeasyGlaucoma
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (168 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings168 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 22 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB41 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKayur ShahmHealth Wellness LLC

Customer experience

EyeDropAlarm

All ratings135 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative6.9%

easyGlaucoma

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

EyeDropAlarm

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Alarm notifications fail to trigger for scheduled doses
  • Time shifts backward one hour when switching from daylight saving time
  • Military time display with no easy conversion to civilian time
  • App displays blank white screen and becomes unresponsive
  • Inconsistent behavior with multiple drops scheduled at same time
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  • Alarm still triggers after dose is marked complete
  • Time discrepancies when adding new schedules mid-treatment
  • App confusion during time zone changes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to add custom medications not in database
  • History/logging feature to track completed doses over time
  • Larger and bolder font options for visually impaired users
  • More comprehensive international medication database
  • Automatic alarm cancellation when dose is marked complete early
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  • Separate scheduling for same medication at different times per eye
  • Time range feature to limit reminders between specific hours
  • Louder or customizable alarm sounds
  • Data export capability to share with doctors
  • Dose history that can be sent to healthcare providers
  • Adaptation for other medications (not just eye drops)

easyGlaucoma

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

EyeDropAlarm

No in-app purchases

None

easyGlaucoma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EyeDropAlarm free?
EyeDropAlarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is easyGlaucoma free?
easyGlaucoma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EyeDropAlarm or easyGlaucoma?
easyGlaucoma is rated higher. EyeDropAlarm averages 4.5 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while easyGlaucoma averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do EyeDropAlarm or easyGlaucoma have ads?
Neither EyeDropAlarm nor easyGlaucoma shows ads.

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