Comparison

UDILink vs MediScans

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

Head to head
About

UDILink

Features
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UDILink provides medical professionals with easy, instant and accurate communication channels for medical device complaints and feedback to manufacturers as recommended by the FDA and similar authorities. Professionals can use their smartphone to: 1. Scan the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) barcode, instantly identifying the manufacturer, device model and serial / batch data. 2. Register themselves and/or the hospital as verified users, saving repeated self-identification. 3. Set communication preferences and urgencies – from detailed tracking to just outcome notification. 4. Provide easy to fill the description of the problem. 5. Upload photo and video evidence straight from your smartphone. With UDILInk, you can create and edit a full report on the spot using your smartphone, and send it to your usual company representative or the manufacturer specified call centre. UDILink is intended for hospital clinical and technical staff as well as consumers of medical devices who may not have easy access to the manufacturer. UDILink complies with security and privacy laws and helps companies fulfil compliance with post-market surveillance and reporting. Benefits for users: • Quick, efficient, accurate complaint and feedback reporting platform for users – hospital nurses, unit managers, technicians, service staff, consumers. • Make report at the time of the problem, when memory fresh, witnesses are present, and data is available, not days later. • Identify full device details with one snapshot using the mandated UDI barcode on every device. • Capture evidence of malfunction which may not be easily reproducible later. • Easily capture and upload photo and video evidence at the time of the problem – product appearance, software behaviour or error messages. • Guided complaint description – ensures key descriptive, risk and urgency information avoiding multiple inquiries for details, phone calls, representative visits. • Instant lookup of manufacturer contacts • Instant updates on complaint progress within the App. • Update complaint data any time • Multimedia text with a company representative Benefits to Manufacturers • Obtain more and higher quality postmarket feedback, improving product safety, performance. • Improve ISO13485 / 21CFR820 post-market feedback compliance given the increasing regulatory focus on this area; including platform in PMS Plan and data in PMCF / PSUR. • Obtain timely feedback that is well described, complete, accurate and supported by actionable evidence. • Reduce call centre and support staff load from chasing customers with phone calls for details and follow up. • Reduce multiple Field Engineer callouts to identify the device, get the full story from witnesses and then still often fail to define or reproduce the problem. • Improve reliability of postmarket trend analysis, reduce uncertainty and false investigations. • Use complaint handling as promotion; Improve customer satisfaction and loyalty. Benefits to Patients: • Safer, more effective medical devices.

About

MediScans

Features
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MediScan is an ISO Medical Symbol Translator that helps healthcare professionals, medical device manufacturers, and regulatory teams quickly identify and understand the symbols found on medical device labels and packaging. WHAT MEDISCAN DOES: - Camera Scanning — Point your camera at any medical device label to identify ISO symbols in real time - Barcode & QR Detection — Automatically reads barcodes, QR codes, and UDI codes on device packaging - OCR Text Recognition — Recognizes abbreviations like LOT, REF, STERILE EO, and more from device labels - Full Symbol Library — Browse all ISO 15223-1 symbols organized by category with plain-English explanations PERFECT FOR: - Hospital and clinical staff handling medical devices - Medical device manufacturers and QA teams - Regulatory and compliance professionals - Anyone who needs to quickly decode an unfamiliar symbol on device packaging MediScan takes the guesswork out of medical device labeling — giving you fast, accurate translations of ISO 15223-1:2021 symbols right from your iPhone.

Screenshots

UDILink3 screens
MediScans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: UDILink at 14.4 against MediScans's 17.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
UDILink versus MediScans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUDILinkMediScans
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIC Technology Pty LtdChristopher DeOrio

In-app purchases

None

UDILink

No in-app purchases

None

MediScans

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UDILink free?
UDILink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MediScans free?
MediScans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UDILink or MediScans have ads?
Neither UDILink nor MediScans shows ads.

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