COA Vision vs Doc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COA Vision
This app promotes the optometry profession and advocates for quality eye healthcare for Californians. It serves as a resource for professionals and the public.
- Promotes optometry profession
- Advocates for eye healthcare
- Resource for Californians
- Professional development
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The California Optometric Association (COA) is dedicated to protecting and promoting the profession of optometry to assure quality healthcare for all Californians.
Doc
This application enhances clinical workflow by providing real-time visibility into doctor and staff locations within a facility. It aims to improve efficiency and patient care by reducing time spent searching for personnel. The tool helps healthcare providers manage resources more effectively.
- Real-time staff location visibility
- Improved clinical workflow
- Enhanced patient care
- Resource management
- Better staff communication
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Doc Alert Where is the doctor? Is there someone in that room? Which room can I use? Have you seen so and so? Even as a patient I hear these things and know they take time, energy, and they detract from providing care to your patients. Empower your doctors and employees while you watch clinical workflow improve. If your clinic could stand to benefit from some simple visibility…or maybe you want to simply provide a better experience than that “other clinic down the road”. We don’t care and won’t judge. Feel free to share your success story or just how good you have become while using Doc-Alert!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: COA Vision at 88 against Doc's 2. Doc's advantage is iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for COA Vision against 5.0 for Doc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COA Vision has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
COA Vision ships an update every 6 weeks, Doc every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | COA Vision | Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (88 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | California Optometric Association | DocAlert, LLC |
Customer experience
COA Vision
Doc
In-app purchases
COA Vision
No in-app purchases
Doc
No in-app purchases
