Comparison

Eye Handbook vs Smart Optometry

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

Head to head
About

Eye Handbook

A comprehensive eye care reference app for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and students. It offers diagnostic tools, treatment references, calculators, educational resources, and community forums to support eye care professionals.

Highlights
  • Diagnostic and treatment reference
  • Eye calculators (visual acuity, diabetic retinopathy, etc.)
  • Medication and pharmacopeia
  • Ophthalmology and optometry journals
  • Patient education tools
  • Peer-to-peer forums
  • Eye atlas and diagrams
Features
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Eye Handbook (EHB) is an eye care reference book and an all-in-one app for Ophthalmologists, Optometrists as well as Students/Residents pursuing the field of eye care. The Eye Handbook is a smartphone diagnostic and treatment reference app for Ophthalmologists and Optometrists. Below is a list of some of the common features. -Eye Calculators -Transposition Calculator -Visual Acuity Calculator -Age to bifocal -Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Calculator -Dry Eye Disease Calculator -Glaucoma Risk Calculator -Thyroid Eye Disease Calculator -Retinoblastoma Calculator -EHB Indirect Camera -Ocular Trauma Score -Plaquenil Dosing -IOP-CCT -Pupillary Distance -DDX -Testing -ICD9 coding -ICD9 to ICD10 converter -ICD10 coding -Audio, Video downloads -Directory -Eye Atlas -Eye Wiki -Peer-to-peer Forums -Connecting with patients -Ophthalmology and Optometry Journals -Medication and Pharmacopeia -Journals -Eye Diagrams -Patient Education tools -RSS Feeds -Acronym List -Dictionary -Eponyms -Genetics -Mnemonics -Workups -Treatment Reference -Vision Symptoms Cards If you have content that you would like to contribute; please contact us at eyehandbook@gmail.com. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. We are constantly striving to improve this application and welcome your feedback. www.eyehandbook.com The Eye Handbook Team

About

Smart Optometry

This app offers eye care professionals a suite of 15 interactive and precise digital eye exams for patient screening and testing. It simplifies the examination process with clear guidelines, fast execution, and automated calculations, supporting a more efficient and accurate diagnostic workflow.

Highlights
  • 15 interactive digital eye exams
  • Automated calculation and diagnosis
  • Multi-language support
  • Vertex and visual acuity calculators
  • Simple and fast user interface
  • Precise and reliable results
Features
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Smart Optometry is #1 choice for eye care professionals around the world! Give your patients’ best care with 15 FREE INTERACTIVE, PRECISE and SIMPLE eye exams in 9 languages. Join 100.000+ eye care specialists using Smart Optometry for eye examinations! Why should your customers undergo the same tests they always go through when they have their eyes tested? Why should this advanced industry stick with old and outdated practices? Smart Optometry includes 15 TESTS are available for FREE: – Colour Vision – Contrast – Visual Acuity – Worth Four Dot – Schober – OKN Stripes – Flourescin Light – Red Desaturation – Hirschberg – Accommodation – Duochrome – Aniseikonia – Amsler Grid – MEM Retinoscopy – Visual Acuity + To help you make your work simpler, we also included 2 CALCULATORS: – Vertex Conversion – Visual Acuity Conversion Because we know language barrier can be a problem, we localised our application to 11 LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Polish, Norwegian, Czech, Croatian and Slovenian! Want your language added? Let us know at: info@smart-optometry.com. Still not convinced? Read what sets us apart! Our solution is SIMPLE to use! Eye screening and testing shouldn’t be difficult and inconvenient for neither practitioner or customer! Smart Optometry application is very simple to use: just select the test, read through short guidelines for performing the test, execute it and let our application give you the basic diagnosis – final result or point you in the direction of possible problems that need more thorough examinations! Tests are FAST! While you are filling out paperwork for a patient, he or she can already test his or her eyesight with basic tests provided by Smart Optometry application. There is no logistics involved in performing the tests: just pick up your iPad and test-away! Results provided are PRECISE and reliable! Eye testing and screening often requires eye-care professionals to make calculations – giving the room for error. Eliminate this risk with precise calculations and interpretations done by our Smart Optometry application. Our tests are as precise if not more than the currently used on-the-wall testing equipment. All tests are INTERACTIVE and fun! Wouldn’t it be easier to let patients do the things you ask them, rather than try to explain what they see to you? Smart Optometry application is uniquely interactive: user presses buttons, draws on the screen and this way provides precise results – while having fun! Interactive handling with the Smart Optometry application also enables it to give you result interpretations.

Screenshots

Eye Handbook4 screens
Smart Optometry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Eye Handbook at 81% against Smart Optometry's 42%. Eye Handbook also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Smart Optometry's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.5). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. Smart Optometry sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Eye Handbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eye Handbook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 529 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Eye Handbook's written reviews are positive against 42% of Smart Optometry's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eye Handbook ships an update every 2 weeks, Smart Optometry every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Eye Handbook versus Smart Optometry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEye HandbookSmart Optometry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.4 (529 ratings)
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews — better42.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better529
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513 — better
Further details — not scored
Size479 MB28 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCloud Nine Development LLCHundred Vision d.o.o.

Customer experience

Eye Handbook

All ratings1,154 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative13.5%

Smart Optometry

All ratings529 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

Eye Handbook

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful information and tools
  • 🚀 Comprehensive and efficient
  • 💡 Great resource for eye care professionals
  • 😊 Excellent app overall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 📢 Intrusive ads and pop-ups
  • 🔍 Poorly organized interface
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Smart Optometry

From 529 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent product
  • 👍 Beautifully designed
  • 👍 Highly accurate results
  • 👍 Super easy to use
  • 👍 Masterfully engineered

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 App does not open
  • 🐛 App stops working
  • 🐛 Requires payment for tests
  • 🐛 App is full of ads

Bugs and requests

Eye Handbook

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Registration process issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Incorrect medication information

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Tumbling E and Landolt C charts
  • Improve search functionality
  • Provide a paid ad-free version
  • Optimize for larger screens (iPad)

Smart Optometry

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App closes automatically after login
  • App stops working after update
  • Tests demand payment for Pro version
  • Visual acuity unit converter plus button not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update visual acuity unit converter plus button
  • Add inches option for measurement
  • Provide explanations for test procedures and expected results
  • Make Arabic language available
  • Allow calibration of acuity test for different distances

In-app purchases

None

Eye Handbook

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Smart Optometry

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly Subscription$22.991 Year
One-time8
  • Visual Acuity + Test$1.99
  • Red Desaturation Test$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
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  • Generous Tip!$4.99
  • Smart Optometry PRO$9.99
  • PRO Bundle$9.99
  • Massive Tip!$9.99
  • Amazing Tip!$14.99

Questions

Is Eye Handbook free?
Eye Handbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Optometry free?
Smart Optometry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Eye Handbook or Smart Optometry?
Eye Handbook is rated higher. Eye Handbook averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Smart Optometry averages 4.4 from 529 ratings.
Do Eye Handbook or Smart Optometry have ads?
Eye Handbook shows ads; Smart Optometry does not.
Which is updated more often, Eye Handbook or Smart Optometry?
Eye Handbook ships an update every 2 weeks, and Smart Optometry every 4 months. Most recently, Eye Handbook was updated on September 16, 2026 and Smart Optometry on September 20, 2026.

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