Comparison

DermaValue vs handyscope pro

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

Head to head
About

DermaValue

This app provides a digital platform for patients and doctors to track and manage skin disease outcomes. It allows for personalized data saving, form completion, and monitoring of treatment progress, complementing professional medical consultations.

Highlights
  • Electronic outcome measures for skin diseases
  • Personalized patient data saving and management
  • Form completion and result saving
  • Treatment monitoring
  • Doctor overview of patient condition
Features
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DermaValue was developed by dermatologists and scientists from the University Medical Center Hamburg/Germany and the German Network for psoriasis (PsoNet) lead by Professor Matthias Augustin. DermaValue was requested by national and international societies for dermatology in order to support clinical practice and patient care. DermaValue offers doctors and patients a fast and personalized access to electronic outcome measures in skin diseases. The tools are provided web-based and by a multi-platform app. By using our platform, individual patient medical data can be saved and managed at any time. Patients can select the tools individually, fill out the forms, save results, follow treatment and monitor outcomes. The results permit doctors to get a more precise overview of the development of their patient condition. It doesn't aim to replace a visit to a doctor, rather complement it.

About

handyscope pro

This app transforms your smartphone into a mobile dermatoscope, allowing you to capture and analyze high-quality images of skin lesions. It offers AI-powered risk assessment, patient data management, and optional expert second opinions for comprehensive skin health monitoring.

Highlights
  • Capture dermoscopic photos
  • AI mole risk assessment
  • 20x lesion magnification
  • Session-based patient management
  • Virtual patient lesion localization
  • FotoFinder Hub cloud sync
  • Optional expert second opinion
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handyscope pro – eDermoscopy app Explore the most comfortable, inimitably flexible and truly mobile app solution for dermoscopy. The FotoFinder® handyscope pro app allows you to capture dermoscopic images with your smartphone and the handyscope devices of FotoFinder or DermLite. Get supported in your daily practice routine by the new convenient and absolutely intuitive workflow and manage your patients session-based. Using Artificial Intelligence for mole risk assessment has never been easier before. Features: - Captures dermoscopic photos and lets you evaluate them on-screen. - The optional Artificial Intelligence Score supports you in the risk assessment of melanocytic and non-melanocytic skin lesions. Note: This function might not be available in any country. - Magnifies lesions with 20x. - Automatically stores image date and time. - Lets you add, share, delete and modify patients and relevant data. - Provides for localization of a lesion via a virtual patient. - Optionally tags photos with patient data. - 'FotoFinder Hub' cloud service: for maximum protection for your patient data. - Synchronize your patient database between FotoFinder Hub and handyscope app. Or store images and data on your personal device securely, though such data may be lost. - Optionally use the Second Opinion service and receive the evaluation of an internationally renowned skin cancer expert. Attaching the handyscope device to your smartphone converts it into a digital dermatoscope. Capture and save dermoscopic photos of lesions during skin cancer screening. Zoom in on photos and tag pictures with patient demographics. Access your photos from your handyscope pro app, email them to your computer or synchronize with the FotoFinder Hub. The report is automatically returned into your FotoFinder Hub account and can be downloaded as PDF document. Now with improved integration of FotoFinder Hub services. Directly access previously uploaded images for each patient inside the app. 
 Read more on www.fotofinderhub.com Requirements: 
- iOS 11 or higher (preselect)

Screenshots

DermaValue4 screens
handyscope pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: handyscope pro at 25% against DermaValue's 0%. DermaValue's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DermaValue ships an update every 2 weeks, handyscope pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
DermaValue versus handyscope pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDermaValuehandyscope pro
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB77 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerswiss4ward Europe S.L.FotoFinder Systems GmbH

Customer experience

DermaValue

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

handyscope pro

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

DermaValue

No in-app purchases

None

handyscope pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DermaValue free?
DermaValue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is handyscope pro free?
handyscope pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DermaValue or handyscope pro have ads?
Neither DermaValue nor handyscope pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DermaValue or handyscope pro?
DermaValue ships an update every 2 weeks, and handyscope pro every 5 weeks. Most recently, DermaValue was updated on November 2, 2026 and handyscope pro on November 5, 2026.

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