Epic Canto vs WinScan eSign
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epic Canto
Securely access patient information, schedules, and notes from Epic's Electronic Health Record. Supports dictation and In Basket for authorized clinical users.
- Secure EHR access
- Clinic schedules
- Patient lists
- Health summaries
- Test results
- Dictation support
- In Basket access
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Canto provides authorized clinical users of Epic’s Electronic Health Record with secure access to clinic schedules, hospital patient lists, health summaries, test results and notes. Canto also supports dictation and In Basket access. Your organization needs to license Canto and will determine the exact feature set and any applicable charges for your use of Canto. If you are unsure whether you can use Canto, please contact your administrative staff.
WinScan eSign
Collect HIPAA and pick-up signatures from pharmacy patients, whether in-store or via drive-thru. Seamlessly integrates with WinScan point-of-sale software for efficient record-keeping. Ideal for pharmacies needing a quick and organized signature solution.
- Collect HIPAA signatures
- Collect pick-up signatures
- Drive-thru patient collection
- Integrates with WinScan POS
- Organized signature collection
- Emergency signature collection
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Use WinScan eSign to collect signatures from your pharmacy drive-thru patients! The WinScan eSign app features easy-to-use technology and is compatible with your WinScan point-of-sale software. It can be used to collect both HIPAA and pick-up signatures from your pharmacy patients in the store or coming through the drive thru. Once a patient confirms their signature on your Apple device the signature is imported into your WinScan program. Effective uses: -Easy and organized signature collection for your drive-thru patients -Emergency signature collection in case of signature pad malfunction In order to use WinScan eSign you must: -Be using WinScan version 6.9 or newer as your pharmacy’s point-of sale software -Be connected to Wi-Fi
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Epic Canto at every 3 weeks against WinScan eSign's every 44 months. Epic Canto also leads on ratings volume (124 vs 3). WinScan eSign's advantage is rating (2.3 vs 1.9). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WinScan eSign holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Epic Canto has 124 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, WinScan eSign every 44 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epic Canto | WinScan eSign |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (124 ratings) | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 44 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 559 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epic | Computer Rx |
Customer experience
Epic Canto
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In-app purchases
Epic Canto
No in-app purchases
WinScan eSign
No in-app purchases
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