Comparison

Nextech vs TouchMD Consult

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

Head to head
About

Nextech

Access and manage patient information from your iPhone or iPad. View daily schedules, review charts, and document patient notes efficiently on the go. This mobile EHR enhances clinical workflow with anytime, anywhere access.

Highlights
  • Mobile EHR access
  • View daily patient schedules
  • Manage to-dos
  • Review charts
  • Access patient chart notes
  • Document with confidence
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Nextech’s iOS application offers an unparalleled mobile EHR experience. Anytime, anywhere access from your iPhone or iPad device adds an additional layer of mobility and efficiency to your clinical routine. At a glance, users can view patients for the day, manage to-dos and go over charts in need of attention. Users can also thumb through patient chart notes and review important information in a convenient, easily consumable format. With Nextech’s iOS app, you can document with confidence, knowing it has the technological backbone of one of the most widely used specialty-specific EHRs in the industry.

About

TouchMD Consult

This app enhances patient consultations by providing interactive visualizations and educational content. Staff can customize materials, draw on images, and create collages to explain procedures and treatment options, improving patient understanding and confidence.

Highlights
  • Customizable content (text, video, images)
  • Educational videos from accredited sources
  • Practice and staff introductions
  • Capture and draw on patient images
  • Advanced image editing and collages
  • Before & after patient galleries
  • Patient consultation review via web/app
Features
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TouchMD Consult is a revolutionary interactive visualization and patient education platform allowing doctors and their staff to maximize communication with patients before, during, and after the consultation. Give patients an unparalleled personal experience that elevates their level of confidence in your practice and treatment choices. Features: • Customized content. You decided what your patients see by fully customizing content via our web portal, including text, videos, images, weblinks, documents, etc. • Educational videos and content. TouchMD uses video content from accredited sources to help patients understand procedures and treatments. • Practice introduction. Highlight your medical practice using videos or images allowing the patient to become comfortable with the doctor and their staff. • Capture patient images or diagnostic information. Educate your patients visually using their own images or diagnostics for maximum impact. • Advanced drawing capabilities. Draw on images and illustrations using advanced drawing tools to educate and explain options clearly and more efficiently to the patient. • Advanced image editing. Quickly create image collages that tell a treatment story using custom layouts, 2-6 picture drop zone layouts, and split screen image layouts. • Before & after galleries. Doctors can communicate possible outcomes and illustrate how they achieved desired results using pictures of previous patients. • Patients relive the consultation. Patients can review assigned homework and saved images at home by using our secure web portal or free smartphone app. • Patient information is NOT stored on the device. Sensitive information and images are retrieved temporarily for use during the consult while the patient logged in.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TouchMD Consult at 4.1 against Nextech's 2.7. Nextech's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

TouchMD Consult holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextech has 83 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nextech ships an update every 6 weeks, TouchMD Consult every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nextech versus TouchMD Consult: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextechTouchMD Consult
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (83 ratings)4.1 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB55 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNexTech Systems, Inc.TouchMD

Customer experience

Nextech

All ratings83 ratings
Positive32.5%
Neutral14.5%
Negative53.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral23.9%
Negative56.5%

TouchMD Consult

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nextech

No in-app purchases

None

TouchMD Consult

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nextech free?
Nextech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TouchMD Consult free?
TouchMD Consult is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nextech or TouchMD Consult?
TouchMD Consult is rated higher. Nextech averages 2.7 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while TouchMD Consult averages 4.1 from 12 ratings.
Do Nextech or TouchMD Consult have ads?
TouchMD Consult shows ads; Nextech does not.
Which is updated more often, Nextech or TouchMD Consult?
Nextech ships an update every 6 weeks, and TouchMD Consult every 2 months. Most recently, Nextech was updated on September 8, 2026 and TouchMD Consult on June 20, 2026.

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