ZZ.Fraesen vs Optishade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZZ.Fraesen
Monitor and control your CAD/CAM milling units remotely. Track milling progress, view status updates, and receive notifications for tool changes or interruptions. Manage multiple units simultaneously from different locations.
- Simultaneous control of multiple milling units
- Real-time milling status and progress
- Notifications for tool replacements and interruptions
- Overview of pending and closed tasks
- Maintenance interval indication
- Compatible with Zirkonzahn M1, M2, M2 Dual, M4 units
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With Zirkonzahn.Mobile you are able to control at any time the milling process on your CAD/CAM milling unit. The app displays at a glance which file is being milled, the current progress of the process and the remaining times. The application also displays milling stops or interruptions caused by the necessary tool replacements. Users can check several milling units simultaneously, even if they are installed in different places. The app’s functions at a glance: • Simultaneous control of several milling units • Compatible with Zirkonzahn’s M1, M2, M2 Dual, M4 CAD/CAM milling units • Overview of pending and closed tasks • Display of the milling status (processing, milling interruption, ending of the milling process) • Display of the milling progress percentage and remaining time • Reports on milling interruptions, errors and tool replacements through push notifications • Indication of maintenance intervals Minimum requirements: • Software Zirkonzahn.Fräsen version 4.0.0033
Optishade
This app precisely measures dental colors using an external device and offers extensive file management for dental cases. It allows for color analysis, shade matching against commercial guides, and sharing of data to optimize clinical and laboratory workflows.
- Precise dental color measurement
- External device integration
- Color coordinate analysis
- Shade guide database comparison
- Dental image archiving
- Case file management
- Cross-platform sharing
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Optishade App uses an external device that precisely measures the colours inside the dental color space. The device is available from Styleitaliano, SmileLine and Matisse retailers. Optishade App has several functions even if the external device is not connected: it can receive and send Optishade files, open, analyse, read color coordinates, archive dental images, compare them with the database information, share and do side-by-side comparisons. Optishade is able to compare and calculate the closest shade match of the color readings using databases of commercial shade guides downloadable from Styleitaliano website. With Optishade you can have a file management for your cases, predict and control the quality of your restorations. Color readings can be shared easily through several channels, like email and messaging systems, optimising the clinical and laboratory workflow to have perfect color matches. Optishade is compatible with the ceramic mixing software Matisse and with the Micerium composite layering app CompoShade.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Optishade at 100% against ZZ.Fraesen's 50%. Optishade also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). ZZ.Fraesen's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Optishade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ZZ.Fraesen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Optishade's.
| Parameter | ZZ.Fraesen | Optishade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zirkonzahn Srl | Styleitaliano S.r.l. |
Customer experience
ZZ.Fraesen
Optishade
In-app purchases
ZZ.Fraesen
No in-app purchases
Optishade
No in-app purchases








