Comparison

PatientEngine vs Lightning Beauty

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

Head to head
About

PatientEngine

Streamline patient communication and appointment scheduling with automated text messaging and a visual lead pipeline. Convert leads, re-engage past patients, and reduce no-shows with efficient, automated follow-ups.

Highlights
  • Automated text message follow-ups
  • Campaigns for past patients
  • Lead conversion tools
  • Google review generation
  • Appointment scheduling and confirmation
  • Visual lead pipeline management
  • Auto-booking calendar widget
Features
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Schedule Patients, on Demand. In todays world no one is is picking up the phone. Yet, “90% of people read a text message within the first 3 minutes” and 89% of your patients prefer them to phone calls and emails. So the next time your friend tells you they’re “just seeing this now” a day later, they’re lying. Take our word for it. We make texting easy, including enabling your current business phone number to text patients. With PatientEngine, you’ll be able to: Automatically follow up with leads via text, email, live call transfers, voicemail drops and Facebook messenger Create campaigns to bring back past patients Convert leads into patients Build Google reviews from satisfied customers Schedule and confirm appointments Save Time & Money Still making phone calls to confirm appointments or reach out to new customers? Today, phone calls are inefficient, and worse, ineffective. PatientEngine allows you and your patients to quickly exchange messages, without having to wait for a time when both parties are free. PatientEngine clients quickly see upwards of 50% time savings per staff member when using text vs the phone. Manage and Automate Your Lead Pipeline Tired of using messy spreadsheets to track all your leads? Or even worse you don’t know which lead came from which source and what part of the customer journey they’re in? Use our drag and drop, visual pipeline management tool to easily see what stage of the customer journey your leads are in, what source they came from as well as be able to automate follow up messages based on what stage they’re in! Calendar to Manage and Auto Book your Leads and Patients No longer do you have to chase leads to book their appointment. Now you can use our native calendar widget to have leads book themselves through your advertising campaigns and/or place it on your website so you can book more appointments from your website visitors. All of the confirmation and reminder messaging can now be completed automated and you can even create a voicemail reminder. This alone will drastically reduce your no show rates while simultaneously saving your staff hours per week of chasing and remind patients about their appointments!

About

Lightning Beauty

Manage client appointments and session history with customizable templates. This app helps you log appointments and track customer details efficiently, serving as a digital client session history book.

Highlights
  • Client session history tracking
  • Customizable session templates
  • Appointment logging
  • Customer tracking
  • Digital client book
Features
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Use Lightning Beauty as your go to client session history book! Easily create a template for your personal and customized session and log appointments and keep track of you customers.

Screenshots

PatientEngine4 screens
Lightning Beauty3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PatientEngine at 5.0 against Lightning Beauty's 4.5. PatientEngine also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Lightning Beauty's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Lightning Beauty sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PatientEngine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PatientEngine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PatientEngine ships an update every 2 months, Lightning Beauty every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PatientEngine versus Lightning Beauty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatientEngineLightning Beauty
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size341 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMedSpa Advertising LLCKED, LLC

Customer experience

PatientEngine

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lightning Beauty

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PatientEngine

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Lightning Beauty

Subscriptions4
  • Lightning Beauty+7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Lightning Beauty Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Lightning Beauty+ Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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  • Lightning Beauty Premium7 Days trial$199.001 Year

Questions

Is PatientEngine free?
PatientEngine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightning Beauty free?
Lightning Beauty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PatientEngine or Lightning Beauty?
PatientEngine is rated higher. PatientEngine averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Lightning Beauty averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do PatientEngine or Lightning Beauty have ads?
Neither PatientEngine nor Lightning Beauty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PatientEngine or Lightning Beauty?
PatientEngine ships an update every 2 months, and Lightning Beauty every 5 days. Most recently, PatientEngine was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lightning Beauty on October 24, 2026.

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