Epic Canto vs ModMed Practice
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.
ModMed Practice
This application streamlines medical documentation by allowing real-time data entry during patient visits. It automates the process, transmitting information back to the server to reduce the time physicians spend on paperwork.
- Real-time data recording
- Automated documentation
- Designed for medical surgical specialties
- iPad native application
- Data transmission to server
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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 clearest difference is rating: ModMed Practice at 2.8 against Epic Canto's 1.9. ModMed Practice also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 9%). Epic Canto's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ModMed Practice holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 345 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Epic Canto's written reviews are positive against 26% of ModMed Practice's.
Epic Canto ships an update every 3 weeks, ModMed Practice every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epic Canto | ModMed Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (124 ratings) | 2.8 (345 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | 26.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 559 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Epic | Modernizing Medicine, Inc. |
Customer experience
Epic Canto
ModMed Practice
Bugs and requests
Epic Canto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ModMed Practice
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes regularly and unexpectedly
- Login failures after app minimization
- Screen freezes and lag during data entry
- Updates fail to load properly
- Error 1005 causing data loss
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- Exam input data not matching output in notes
- Call button doesn't always appear or alert
- Sticky fields don't persist as intended
- Surgery templates disappear after creation
- Slow performance requiring app reinstallation
- Connection errors and server lag
- Overnight updates without advance notice
- IOP updates not syncing to eye log
- Duplicate plan names with conflicting information
- Notes disappearing with accidental clicks
- Biopsy results difficult to track and finalize
- Prescription SIG/DISP not flowing to med list
- Performance degradation over time requiring restart
Requested features
20 requests- Voice recognition that actually works
- Improved search with Soundex capability for ICD-10 codes
- Better note editing and amendment functionality
- Reduced number of clicks for common tasks
- Location-based call button routing
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- Sticky/persistent fields that carry forward properly
- Better biopsy and procedure results tracking
- Improved lab ordering interface
- Integration with drug formularies and pricing
- Better patient instruction printing with formatting options
- Automatic note routing to specific staff members
- Multi-patient e-prescription sending
- GoodRx integration for cash pricing
- Diverse patient diagram options (different skin tones)
- Removal of redundant/duplicate plan templates
- Better ROS (Review of Systems) and PMH workflow
- Audible alerts for call button notifications
- Stable performance without frequent updates
- Better photo management system
- Improved operative note templates for surgeons
In-app purchases
Epic Canto
No in-app purchases
ModMed Practice
No in-app purchases
Questions
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