Comparison

Finger vs PDForms

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

Head to head
About

Finger

This app acts as a digital receptionist for medical practices, allowing patients to check in, book appointments, and fill out forms. It integrates with practice management systems like Cliniko, offering customizable forms with advanced logic and calculations.

Highlights
  • Patient self check-in
  • Appointment booking
  • Customizable forms
  • Pre-fill patient data
  • Forms with calculations
  • Visibility logic in forms
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Finger-Ink turns your iPad into a branded patient check-in station โ€” no receptionist required. Built for allied health clinics running on Cliniko. Patients arrive, check in on the iPad, and your team gets notified. Forms and check-in sync directly to the Cliniko patient record. No clipboards, no manual data entry, no chasing incomplete paperwork. Also available for Nookal & others! What your patients see A branded check-in screen that matches your clinic โ€” not a default template. Themed forms with your logo, colours, and typography. An interaction pattern patients already know from self-service kiosks elsewhere. What your team gets โ€ข Time back at reception โ€ข Notifications when patients arrive โ€ข Complete intake data, synced to Cliniko โ€ข Custom fields, referral sources, gender, pronouns, privacy policy โ€” all wired in โ€ข Conditional logic, calculation fields, body charts, video fields, signatures, and policy consent Why a native iPad matters Finger-Ink Kiosk is the only Cliniko connected app with a purpose-built native iPad kiosk. That means Apple Guided Access mode, so the iPad stays on the check-in screen. Offline form queuing, so check-ins never fail silently when the network drops. A web shortcut can't do this. Built for Cliniko. Also for Nookal & others Cliniko is the home ecosystem. The integration is deep, complete, and maintained. Nookal is supported, with further practice management system integrations in development. Reliable, simple, set and forget. Trusted by 550+ allied health clinics across Australia, NZ, UK and North America. 2,400+ practitioners. Over 1.5 million forms processed. More than 1 million patient check-ins.

About

PDForms

Features
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Now you can have your new patients fill out their paperwork from the iPad. Handover your iPad to have your patients sign their treatment consent forms electronically when in office.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PDForms at none against Finger's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finger ships an update monthly, PDForms every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Finger versus PDForms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingerPDForms
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthly โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.514.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size56 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFingerInk LimitedPavan Chakka

In-app purchases

None

Finger

No in-app purchases

None

PDForms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Finger free?
Finger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDForms free?
PDForms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Finger or PDForms have ads?
Finger shows ads; PDForms does not.
Which is updated more often, Finger or PDForms?
Finger ships an update monthly, and PDForms every 2 months. Most recently, Finger was updated on October 29, 2026 and PDForms on October 25, 2026.

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