Comparison

Epic Canto vs Vital Sync

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

Vital Sync

Access real-time patient physiological data from connected medical devices on your mobile device. Receive alerts and monitor multiple patients remotely within your hospital's network to enhance clinical workflow and patient care.

Highlights
  • Remote patient monitoring
  • Real-time physiological data
  • Device alerts
  • Multi-patient view
  • Mobile-optimized interface
  • Clinical workflow enhancement
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The Vital Sync™ mobile application takes the next step to give clinicians the right information, in the right place, at the right time to support clinicians in busy clinical environments. The Vital Sync™ mobile application delivers physiological information from your Medtronic patient monitors and ventilators and delivers it to your device. With a view designed specifically for mobile devices, the Vital Sync™ mobile application increases accessibility to data from your connected devices, so you can: • Gain immediate access to timely data and take appropriate action • View patient physiological information remotely • Receive alerts anywhere within the hospital’s network The Vital Sync™ mobile application allows you to access continuous monitoring data for multiple patients from a smart phone, anywhere within the hospital’s network. Building on the value of the Vital Sync™ virtual patient monitoring platform, the Vital Sync™ mobile application gives you more flexibility in your clinical workflow and helps you manage your respiratory patients’ care needs. The Vital Sync™ mobile application delivers: • Near real-time data and high-fidelity waveforms for patient monitoring devices • Patient and device alerts • A display that is unique for each clinician, showing only their assigned patients This application should not be used to make medical decisions without consulting a physician. The Vital Sync™ mobile application should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis or therapy and is intended only as an adjunct in patient assessment.

Screenshots

Vital Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vital Sync at 5.0 against Epic Canto's 1.9. Vital Sync also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Epic Canto's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (124 vs 6). 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

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

Vital Sync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Epic Canto has 124 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, Vital Sync every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Epic Canto versus Vital Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpic CantoVital Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (124 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings124 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size559 MB40 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEpicMedtronic, Inc.

Customer experience

Epic Canto

All ratings124 ratings
Positive12.9%
Neutral11.3%
Negative75.8%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive8.9%
Neutral16.5%
Negative74.7%

Vital Sync

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Epic Canto

No in-app purchases

None

Vital Sync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epic Canto free?
Epic Canto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vital Sync free?
Vital Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Epic Canto or Vital Sync?
Vital Sync is rated higher. Epic Canto averages 1.9 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while Vital Sync averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Epic Canto or Vital Sync have ads?
Neither Epic Canto nor Vital Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Epic Canto or Vital Sync?
Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vital Sync every 9 months. Most recently, Epic Canto was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vital Sync on November 3, 2026.

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