CompTracker vs EPview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CompTracker
This app streamlines practicum management for health science colleges. It replaces manual logbooks with electronic documentation and competency tracking for students, preceptors, and program coordinators. Features include remote progress management, skill demonstration recording, and automated reporting for accreditation.
- Electronic student documentation
- Competency tracking
- Remote progress management
- Skill demonstration recording
- Automated reporting
- Digital sign-offs
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CompTracker is a practicum management solution for health science colleges, replacing student log books and journals for documentation and competency tracking. Students have the option to download courses to their PDA, where they can then submit all of their documentation electronically during classes and practicums. Afterwards, syncing the PDA with the secure network server sends everything to the website. Preceptors and supervisors may sign-off student forms on the mobile device, or online. With CompTracker, program coordinators remotely manage students on practicums and track their progress through custom report generation on the website. Friendly mobile software allows student to record their medical skill demonstrations. Preceptors and supervisors can securely validate and give valuable feedback. Instructors will cut their marking time through automation features and can view class progress at a glance. Custom reports simplify program accreditation for administrators. Auditing features streamline accreditation maintenance. Track attendance and broadcast messages in hospitals, pharmacies, ambulances, or wherever students are learning. CompTracker is ideal for accredited health science colleges with using mandated skills heuristics, notably programs for: Paramedicine, Practical Nursing, Pharmacy Technicians, Respiratory Therapy, Dental Hygiene, Medical Technologists, X-ray Technicians.
EPview
Stream high-resolution microscopic images and Full HD videos from your camera. Capture, annotate, and measure specimens, then share your findings. Ideal for creating a digital classroom experience for collaborative learning.
- Stream high-resolution images and Full HD videos
- Take snapshots and make annotations
- Perform measurements on specimens
- Share images and videos
- Connect up to six students simultaneously
- Control EP50 camera on mobile device
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Stream high-resolution images and Full HD videos of your microscopic specimen, take snapshots, make annotations and measurements, and share them using the EPview App. Simple and intuitive operation enables you to comfortably control the EP50 camera on your mobile device. Up to six students at a time can connect to a microscope equipped with a WLAN-enabled OLYMPUS EP50 digital camera. They can learn about and discuss microscopic specimens, snap images, make videos, store the data on their devices, and share the images with others. Images can be enriched with annotations, and specimen structures can be analyzed using the interactive count and measurement functions. Use EP50 digital microscope cameras and the EPview App to setup a digital classroom optimized for your needs and make teaching more powerful and effective using these digital tools. For more information visit https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/camera/color/ep50/ Intended use: EPview is for research use only. EPview is solely intended for research and education purposes and not for any form of in vitro diagnostics or clinical use. Olympus is a registered trademark and EPview is a trademark of EVIDENT CORPORATION.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EPview at 3.3 against CompTracker's 2.0. EPview also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). CompTracker's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
EPview holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 6% of CompTracker's written reviews are positive against 0% of EPview's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CompTracker ships an update every 6 weeks, EPview every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CompTracker | EPview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) | 3.3 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Big Solutions Ltd. | Evident Technology Center Europe GmbH |
Customer experience
CompTracker
EPview
In-app purchases
CompTracker
No in-app purchases
EPview
No in-app purchases









