Epic Authenticator vs Tin Can
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epic Authenticator
This app enhances security for your electronic health record system by providing two-factor authentication. It sends notifications to your phone for login verification or offers temporary passcodes for access.
- Two-factor authentication
- Login notifications
- Temporary passcodes
- Enhanced credential security
- Epic EHR system integration
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Epic Authenticator app provides two-factor authentication for your Epic electronic health record system. Two-factor authentication makes your Epic credentials more secure by requiring another step to verify that it's you when you log in. Periodically when logging into Epic you'll receive a notification on your phone. Tap the notification to indicate that it's you and finish logging in. In case you miss the notification, you can also log in by typing in a temporary passcode displayed in the Epic Authenticator app. Your organization must set up Epic two-factor authentication before you can use the app, and you'll need to enroll your Epic Authenticator device in Epic. To get started, refer to the directions provided by your organization, or contact your organization's help desk.
Tin Can
This app allows parents to manage a screen-free phone designed for children. It enables control over approved contacts, call hours, and call history, ensuring a safe communication experience for kids.
- Approve contacts
- Set call hours
- View call history
- Manage multiple devices
- Share device access
Read full descriptionHide full description
Tin Can: The Kid Phone That’s All Talk. Remember when phones just made calls? When your best friend’s number lived in your head and your social network was whoever answered the landline? Tin Can brings that freedom back — but for your kid. It’s a screen-free phone that runs on Wi-Fi and only calls approved contacts. No apps. No strangers. No doom scrolling. Just grandparent chats, playdate plans, and “Can I stay five more minutes?” calls. The Tin Can companion app gives parents (and only parents) the behind-the-scenes magic that controls their Tin Can phone: • Approve who they can call (and who can call them) • Set call hours (like bedtime is not party line time) • See call history • Share your Tin Can with friends to grow the crew • Control multiple cans from one place (power move) Tin Can: Built for kids. Approved by the same generation that made prank calls on rotary phones.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tin Can at 73% against Epic Authenticator's 27%. Tin Can also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). Epic Authenticator's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tin Can holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tin Can has 312 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Epic Authenticator's written reviews are positive against 73% of Tin Can's.
Epic Authenticator ships an update every 16 months, Tin Can every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epic Authenticator | Tin Can |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (39 ratings) | 4.1 (312 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 312 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #9 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Epic | Tin Can |
Customer experience
Epic Authenticator
Tin Can
In-app purchases
Epic Authenticator
No in-app purchases
Tin Can
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Epic Authenticator free?
Is Tin Can free?
Which has better reviews, Epic Authenticator or Tin Can?
Do Epic Authenticator or Tin Can have ads?
Which is updated more often, Epic Authenticator or Tin Can?
Other comparisons















