CAPTIV8 vs WINKemr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAPTIV8
This application provides 3D animation patient education and marketing tools for eye-care professionals. It allows interactive use of animations, drawing over video, and sharing content with patients via email links. Enhance patient understanding and practice marketing with this iPad-exclusive tool.
- 3D animation patient education
- Interactive dynamic toolbar
- Draw over video technology
- Share animations via email link
- Marketing application for eye-care professionals
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Requires a paid CAPTIV8 subscription to login. CAPTIV8 for iPad is an amazing 3D animation patient education and marketing application for all eye-care professionals. It allows you interact with state-of-the-art animations by using the Dynamic Toolbar and draw over video technology. What's more, you can even 'share' animations straight from the iPad to your patient's home by emailing them a link to specific animations. CAPTIV8 for the iPad takes patient education to every area of your practice.
WINKemr
Digitally manage patient optometry records with a user-friendly, cloud-based EMR solution. Securely access charts from anywhere, integrate with devices, and go paperless. Features dictation, stylus support, and customizable templates for efficient practice management.
- Digital patient chart entry
- Device integration (Auto-Refractor, Lensometer)
- Dictation and stylus support
- Customizable templates
- Patient history and graph views
- Referral and recall management
- Secure cloud backups
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Enter your patient charts digitally on our user-friendly, private cloud-based EMR solution and securely access your patient records from anywhere. Go paperless, free-up some space in your filing cabinets and never worry about having to take backups again! Features: • Two way device integration (Auto-Refractor, Lensometer, VisualField, etc) import directly into your EMR and export directly to your phoropter. • Accessible: Your patient charts available at your fingertips, at all times. • User-Friendly: Detailed overview of the entire consultation • Keyboard: Don’t like typing on an iPad? No problem, connect your bluetooth keyboard for faster input. • Dictation: Don’t like typing at all? Use our dictation mode and speak your mind! • Stylus: Use the apple pencil to annotate images or make handwritten notes. • Scan: Use the iPad camera to take a picture of autoref and other printouts. • Documents: Upload multiple files and merge them into one file. • Favourites: Favouritise your most common entries for fast and easy data entry • Customizable: Highly customizable to your specific needs by our expert team • Patient History: See test history from previous exams in a single click. • Graphs : View Rx and other health data in a series of graphs • Referrals : Create referrals based on your own templates in no time. Print email or fax them. • Recalls and Reminders : Set exam recall dates easily • Dispensary: Effortlessly provide final Rx and notes to dispensary team • Audit logs: All changes and access to your patient files are logged • Backups: No need to take back-ups, your information is safe and secure on our servers • Permissions: Limit access to your users and patient records. The WINKemr app is fully integrated with WINKpms (appointment calendar, invoicing, frame inventory management, insurance claims, lens ordering, e-commerce and so much more). WINKpms is practice management software for Opticians and Optometrists. You can download WINKpms for desktop free of charge at www.winksoftware.com.
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CAPTIV8 at 80% against WINKemr's 0%. CAPTIV8 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). 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.
CAPTIV8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of CAPTIV8's written reviews are positive against 0% of WINKemr's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAPTIV8 | WINKemr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3.6 GB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Optimed Limited | 8336083 Canada Inc. |
Customer experience
CAPTIV8
WINKemr
In-app purchases
CAPTIV8
No in-app purchases
WINKemr
No in-app purchases









