Easy Eye vs TECNIS® Vision Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Eye
This app serves as a patient education tool for eye care professionals. It features a 3D eye model for interactive demonstrations, a vision simulator to illustrate corrections and disturbances, and tools to visualize visual field defects and light effects like halos and glare.
- Interactive 3D eye model
- Vision simulator for corrections
- Halo & glare simulation
- Visual field defect simulator
- 3D animations for explanations
- Drawing comments on 3D model
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The best patient education system for ophthalmologists. Start today and work more productively, save time in patient education and offer your services in the best possible way! 3D EYE MODEL Use your fingers to move the new 3D eye model on your iPad or use your fingers or a compatible pen to draw your comments directly on the 3D model. Choose different camera perspectives, cloud the lense with a simple tap and move an IOL in the capsular bag of the eye. Ideal for an individual patient education. VISION SIMULATOR Starting from the personal vision of the patient, you can show different correction procedures (IOL) and visual disturbances with the Vision Simulator. HALO&GLARE SIMULATOR With the new Halo & Glare simulator, you can simulate halo, glare and starburst around light sources at dawn / night. Inform your patients about possible side effects of premium lenses in a personal conversation. VISUAL FIELD DEFECT SIMULATOR With the new visual field defect simulator, visual field defects can be simulated more realistically for a better patient understanding. This facilitates patient education and helps you to emphasize the need for early detection. ANIMATIONS A wide variety of easy to understand 3D animations help you to explain complicated issues. WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY: "Compulsory download for ophthalmologists." - Ophthal-Optics.de "Patient education was never so easy, vivid, comprehensible and efficient." - Dr. Stefan Bültman (Deputy County Chairman BaWü, Professional Association of ophthalmologists (BVA) Baden-Württemberg, Germany) "The perfect education assistent for optometrists, ophthalmologists and physician assistants." - Dr. Klostermann (Auregio GmbH, Germany) "Easy Eye is ideal to ensure a consistent quality of education across multiple practice locations." - Prof. Dr. med. Fabian ("AugenCentrum" Rosenheim, Germany) "My opinion of patient education systems has turned 180 ° to the positive." - Dr. Sachers (eye Centre Basel, Switzerland) "Can´t do it without Easy Eye." - Dr. Oancea (ophthalmologist, Germany) Learn more about IKONION® and our products on our homepage. Terms of Use: http://ikonion.com/privacypolicy.html
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
This app helps medical professionals educate patients about eye conditions and intraocular lens (IOL) options. It features a vision simulator to demonstrate the benefits of different lens types, aiding in patient understanding of vision correction.
- Patient education on eye conditions
- Overview of IOL types
- Vision simulator for lens benefits
- Country-specific content selection
- Information on medical devices
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The TECNIS Family of IOLs Vision Simulator is designed to assist physicians and their staff in educating patients about the common eye conditions that they may be experiencing, as well as an overview of the different type of IOLs available to address these conditions, and a vision simulator that helps illustrate the different performance benefits of each lens type. Content within this app is intended for residents of a particular country or region. The application will prompt you to select the available country that applies to your location on launch. It may contain information on medical devices and products that are not approved in other countries or regions.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Easy Eye at 4.5 against TECNIS® Vision Simulator's 4.0. Easy Eye also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). TECNIS® Vision Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Easy Eye sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TECNIS® Vision Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Easy Eye holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Easy Eye's written reviews are positive against 67% of TECNIS® Vision Simulator's.
Easy Eye ships an update monthly, TECNIS® Vision Simulator every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Eye | TECNIS® Vision Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | IKONION | Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. |
Customer experience
Easy Eye
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
In-app purchases
Easy Eye
- Easy Eye Premium$99.99
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
No in-app purchases
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