Comparison

MEDITECH Expanse Now vs Virtualis

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

Head to head
About

MEDITECH Expanse Now

This application allows physicians to securely access and manage their electronic health record workload remotely. It provides anytime, anywhere access to essential patient data and task management features, enabling efficient care delivery without needing a desktop computer.

Highlights
  • Remote EHR workload access
  • Task management
  • Patient data viewing
  • Prescription refill requests
  • Message and task creation
  • Call management
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Expanse Now enables physicians to securely access their Expanse EHR workload and perform tasks remotely using intuitive mobile device conventions and voice commands. Providers on call or covering for others can remotely manage routine tasks wherever they are, without the need to connect to the full EHR from a desktop or laptop computer, ensuring anytime/anywhere access to the most essential elements of their Expanse EHR. With Expanse Now, physicians can: • View their own workload items, and items of providers for whom they are covering • Receive notifications of new workload items • View patient result notifications • View patient demographics, allergies, medications, and problems • Review relevant patient clinical data • Manage prescription refill requests • View and return patient calls, and call care team members • Create, forward messages/tasks • Mark items as read/unread To use Expanse Now, please contact your organization’s IT department.

About

Virtualis

This AI-powered communication app helps healthcare teams streamline patient care. It allows nurses and physicians to create consultation requests, automatically grades patient acuity, and recommends specialties. Users can also engage in direct and group chats.

Highlights
  • AI-powered acuity grading
  • Consultation request creation
  • Specialty recommendations
  • Direct and group chat
  • Patient condition assessment
Features
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Virtualis is a AI-powered clinical acuity graded communication application conceived by healthcare practitioners for healthcare and hospital teams. The mobile application enables healthcare nurses and physicians a communication and chat solution that allows users to: - Create consultation requests to physicians and nurse practitioners based on patient disposition. - Virtualis uses a proprietary LLM to automatically grade inputted patient condition based on low, moderate or high acuity levels - Acuity levels are graded red, yellow or greeen and users can be recommended a specialty based on acuity scope - Users can also direct chat and group chat with other users of the platform.

Screenshots

MEDITECH Expanse Now4 screens
Virtualis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virtualis at 100% against MEDITECH Expanse Now's 0%. Virtualis also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). MEDITECH Expanse Now's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Virtualis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MEDITECH Expanse Now has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MEDITECH Expanse Now's written reviews are positive against 100% of Virtualis's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MEDITECH Expanse Now ships an update every 5 weeks, Virtualis every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MEDITECH Expanse Now versus Virtualis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMEDITECH Expanse NowVirtualis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMeditechLiveMed Health

Customer experience

MEDITECH Expanse Now

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Virtualis

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

In-app purchases

None

MEDITECH Expanse Now

No in-app purchases

None

Virtualis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MEDITECH Expanse Now free?
MEDITECH Expanse Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtualis free?
Virtualis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MEDITECH Expanse Now or Virtualis?
Virtualis is rated higher. MEDITECH Expanse Now averages 4.2 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Virtualis averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MEDITECH Expanse Now or Virtualis have ads?
Neither MEDITECH Expanse Now nor Virtualis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MEDITECH Expanse Now or Virtualis?
MEDITECH Expanse Now ships an update every 5 weeks, and Virtualis every 8 days. Most recently, MEDITECH Expanse Now was updated on October 16, 2026 and Virtualis on September 25, 2026.

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