Epic Canto vs Aiva Assistant
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.
Aiva Assistant
This AI-powered assistant helps healthcare professionals interact with health records, manage smart rooms, and access educational content using natural language. It streamlines daily tasks and enables remote access to various enterprise systems, improving efficiency and satisfaction.
- Natural language interaction with health records
- Control smart room features
- Trigger workflows and automation
- Access educational content
- Streamline daily tasks
- Remote access to enterprise systems
- Integrates with EHRs and other health systems
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Nurses, physicians and caregivers use natural language and conversational AI to interact with health records, trigger workflows, control smart rooms and play education – from anywhere. Control, Access, Communicate and Automate across a wide range of enterprise integrations built on a secure cloud platform. Allows staff to streamline daily tasks via a smart, responsive all-in-one personal assistant. Enables remote access for accomplishing many tasks that require physical trips or complex logins. Seamless access to Assistant via Single Sign-on and SAML. Aiva Assistant leverages integrations with your existing systems, including EHRs, Dietary, Clinical Communications, IoT and Patient Experience systems. Suddenly you can interact with all of these systems using natural language voice and text – improving utilization and satisfaction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aiva Assistant at 5.0 against Epic Canto's 1.9. Epic Canto's advantage is ratings volume (124 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
Aiva Assistant 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, Aiva Assistant every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epic Canto | Aiva Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (124 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 559 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Epic | Aiva, Inc. |
Customer experience
Epic Canto
Aiva Assistant
In-app purchases
Epic Canto
No in-app purchases
Aiva Assistant
No in-app purchases
Questions
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