GVS vs myACPNY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GVS
This app serves as a leading administrator for vision care benefits, offering eye care plans to millions of members. It connects users with a network of providers for comprehensive eye health services.
- Vision care benefits administration
- Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) network
- Nationwide eye care plans
- Serves union, HMO, and corporate members
- Over 60 years of experience
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Since its inception more than 60 years ago, General Vision Services (TM) has been proudly serving more than 3 million members of unions, HMOs and corporations. GVS continues to be a leading Eye care Benefits Administrator and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) provider of eye care plans nationally.
myACPNY
Manage your health conveniently with this app. Securely message your care team, schedule appointments, and conduct virtual visits. Access test results, request prescription renewals, and manage family health all in one place.
- Secure messaging with provider
- Online appointment scheduling
- Virtual visits
- Express check-in
- Online payments and statements
- Prescription renewal requests
- View test results
- Manage family health
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At AdvantageCare Physicians we care for the whole you. That’s why our myACPNY app features a variety of tools to help manage your overall health, anytime and anywhere. By logging in to myACPNY you can: • Securely message your provider and Care Team anytime you have questions. It's the perfect way to keep in touch! • Schedule your own appointments. Use our easy online appointment scheduler to make regular or follow-up appointments with your primary care provider and certain specialists. • Conduct virtual visits. You will need a myACPNY account in order to conduct a virtual visit with one of our providers (for many appointment types). • Express Check-In. Verify address and contact information, medications and allergies, and pay your co-pay all prior to your appointment. • Make online payments and review paperless statements. Homepage notifications show your outstanding balance which you can now pay online with your credit card. You also have the ability to pay your copays and sign up for paperless statements. • Request prescription renewals. Simply log into your account, click on the medications that you need refilled and your Care Team will take care of the rest. • Get referral authorizations as soon as they're ready. No more waiting for them to arrive in the mail! • See your test results. They're online for you to review! (In some instances, your Care Team may want to discuss certain results with you before making them available in myACPNY.) • Review your health history and check your annual screenings. • Manage your family's health. You can even link your family's accounts and keep everyone on the same page. • Upload health and fitness data, including data from the Apple Health app, when enrolled in self-tracking programs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: myACPNY at 78% against GVS's 0%. myACPNY also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 44). GVS's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
myACPNY holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myACPNY has 1.9K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of GVS's written reviews are positive against 78% of myACPNY's.
GVS ships an update every 7 months, myACPNY every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | GVS | myACPNY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (44 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 78.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | General Vision Services, LLC | AdvantageCare Physicians |
Customer experience
GVS
myACPNY
Bugs and requests
GVS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
myACPNY
Reported bugs
2 issues- Appointments not showing up in the app
- Inability to message doctors or schedule/change appointments
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to communicate directly with primary care provider
- Integration with external imaging and lab results
- Option to delete old medical history
In-app purchases
GVS
No in-app purchases
myACPNY
No in-app purchases
