Comparison

Epic Canto vs ModMed Practice Add

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

Head to head
About

Epic Canto

Securely access patient information, schedules, and notes from Epic's Electronic Health Record. Supports dictation and In Basket for authorized clinical users.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

ModMed Practice Add

This companion app enhances a subscription-based medical practice management system. It offers additional functionality for users, enabling real-time data recording by patients and staff during visits to automate documentation.

Highlights
  • Companion application
  • Additional user functionality
  • Real-time data recording
  • Patient data capture
  • Automated documentation
  • iPad native application
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EMA Add-On is a companion application to EMA by Modernizing Medicine. It provides our Users with additional functionality that is sometimes necessary for proper usage. Please note that EMA can only be used in conjunction with a subscription-based Web Application Service. Modernizing Medicine introduces the first native iPad application designed for medical surgical specialities — EMA by Modernizing medicine for iPad. Each relevant part of the visit can be recorded in real time by the patients in the waiting room and by the medical assistants, physician extenders, or physicians in the exam room. At the end of each patient visit, data is transmitted back to the server automating documentation without costing the doctor a second.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Epic Canto at free against ModMed Practice Add's subscription. ModMed Practice Add's advantage is rating (2.4 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (27% vs 9%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ModMed Practice Add holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 145 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Epic Canto's written reviews are positive against 27% of ModMed Practice Add's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, ModMed Practice Add every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Epic Canto versus ModMed Practice Add: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpic CantoModMed Practice Add
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (122 ratings)2.4 (145 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.9% of reviews26.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings122145 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size559 MB425 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEpicModernizing Medicine, Inc.

Customer experience

Epic Canto

All ratings122 ratings
Positive13.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative75.4%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive8.9%
Neutral16.5%
Negative74.7%

ModMed Practice Add

All ratings145 ratings
Positive30.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative64.1%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative73.1%

In-app purchases

None

Epic Canto

No in-app purchases

None

ModMed Practice Add

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epic Canto free?
Epic Canto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ModMed Practice Add free?
ModMed Practice Add is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Epic Canto or ModMed Practice Add?
ModMed Practice Add is rated higher. Epic Canto averages 2.0 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while ModMed Practice Add averages 2.4 from 145 ratings.
Do Epic Canto or ModMed Practice Add have ads?
Neither Epic Canto nor ModMed Practice Add shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Epic Canto or ModMed Practice Add?
Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, and ModMed Practice Add every 9 days. Most recently, Epic Canto was updated on September 21, 2026 and ModMed Practice Add on September 15, 2026.

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