Comparison

mRay vs Cercare Mobile

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

Head to head
About

mRay

Access and communicate about radiological images from your mobile device. Securely view CT, MR, and other image data, share cases with colleagues via instant messaging or VoIP, and integrate with existing hospital infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Radiological image viewing (CT, MR, PR)
  • Instant messaging and VoIP communication
  • Secure data encryption (AES-256)
  • Local data storage for offline access
  • PACS integration
  • Annotations and measurements
Features
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Would you like to move your hospital’s image viewing techniques to the next century? How about you take your patients’ image data with you on your mobile device wherever you go? With mRay you can now connect your entire hospital or doctor’s office with just one app that enables instant case based communication! We developed mRay to combine the power and mobility of modern mobile devices to access your radiological images anywhere and anytime. In contrast to other solutions, mRay is specifically designed for mobile devices. Important tools like annotations and measurements are available as well as an adaptable level window. Image data is encrypted and stored temporally locally on the device, removing the need of a permanent Internet or Wi-Fi connection while ensuring highest security standards. Most notably, mRay implements well-established security measures to protect your image data and privacy. An individual user and device authentication controls the image access of every user for every image. With mRay you are ensuring a high standard of networking with your colleagues anytime and anywhere. The integrated Instant Messenger offers a secure communication platform to share DICOM images as well as key images, audio and text messages. E.g. now you can easily share the current state of your viewer with another colleague to get a secondary opinion. Moreover the app offers a telephony feature using VoIP enabling every aspect of mobile devices without compromising patient confidentiality. Last but not least, mRay works seamlessly with your existing infrastructure. A minimal server application needs to be installed which reads DICOM files from the disk and is able to receive files directly from your PACS. That’s all you need to start simplifying your everyday life at work! You can check out the app in a demo mode. Do you want to view your patients’ image data anywhere and at anytime? mRay enables physicians to access images at home while on background duty or on the go. Contact us on how to access your image data with mRay. Details: - Viewer for radiological images (CT, MR, PR etc.) - Full functional client, no remote desktop viewer - Communication through messaging, audio messages or VoIP. - Intelligent connection management - MPRs - Optional pseudonymization - Query/Retrieve functionality - High security due to AES-256 based encryption - Server works seamlessly with every PACS Intended purpose: The software mRay as a radiology instrument can be used by medical specialists for the visualization of image data. Image processing allows the calculation and visualization of healthy and abnormal tissues. The patient group, for which mRay can be used, includes all patients from whom radiological image data has been created for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment. In a worst-case scenario the medical condition of the patient may be critical. mRay can be operated in hospitals, medical practices, on the go or at home. The software is dedicated for mobile devices for fast and immediate access to radiologic images for informational purposes. When using mRay for diagnostic purposes, national regulations must be considered and an appropriate display must be used. mRay allows the display of images and data types that are defined by the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard (e.g. computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), fluoroscopy (XA), digital x-ray (CR), ultrasound (US)). The software offers common radiological software tools (e.g. windowing, measurements, thick slices and annotations).

About

Cercare Mobile

Features
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Cercare Mobile is a case-notification and team-coordination companion for radiologists and clinical teams. When Cercare's on-premise processing platform at your hospital finishes analysing a scan, you get a push notification and can preview pre-rendered images and maps — including plain CT, CT angiography, CT perfusion, ASPECTS and LVO findings, MR images, MR angiography and MR perfusion maps — depending on your institution's Cercare configuration. The app is explicitly NOT a diagnostic tool. Every image-viewing screen carries an "For informational purposes only — refer to PACS for diagnostic review" disclaimer. Cercare Mobile is a fast case-awareness and coordination layer that sits on top of your existing PACS workflow; it does not replace it. What's inside • Pre-rendered image and map previews — CT perfusion, ASPECTS, LVO findings, CTA rotation, MR perfusion, depending on your Cercare on-premise configuration • Team coordination: per-case chat with attached images, on-call routing, read/unread state • Push notifications scoped per study, with batching and deduplication during high-frequency notification windows Security and data flow DICOM studies are processed in-hospital. A locally-running Cercare agent extracts derived PNG images and JSON metadata only — raw DICOM never leaves the hospital network. Derived data is pushed over TLS to Cercare Medical A/S infrastructure (AWS eu-north-1, Cloudflare-proxied), behind JWT authentication and institution-scoped role-based access control. The mobile app caches no patient images locally, stores no PHI on the device, and supports biometric unlock plus configurable auto-lock to satisfy hospital session-timeout policies. Who this is for Hospital-employed radiologists, stroke physicians, and other clinicians at institutions running Cercare's on-premise processing platform. Not intended for diagnostic interpretation, primary image review, patients, or general consumers. This app is professional clinical tooling and requires institutional credentials to function.

Screenshots

mRay4 screens
Cercare Mobile2 screens

Verdict

The call

mRay and Cercare Mobile are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mRay ships an update every 2 months, Cercare Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
mRay versus Cercare Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermRayCercare Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB36 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developermbits imaging GmbHCercare Medical A/S

In-app purchases

None

mRay

No in-app purchases

None

Cercare Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mRay free?
mRay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cercare Mobile free?
Cercare Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do mRay or Cercare Mobile have ads?
Neither mRay nor Cercare Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mRay or Cercare Mobile?
mRay ships an update every 2 months, and Cercare Mobile every 3 months. Most recently, mRay was updated on October 9, 2026 and Cercare Mobile on October 1, 2026.

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