BiteFX vs Spear Patient Education
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BiteFX
This app aids dentists in explaining complex dental concepts like occlusion and sleep apnea to patients. It utilizes animations and presentations to improve patient understanding and treatment acceptance. A free version offers basic content, with a full library available via subscription.
- Patient education animations
- Explains occlusion and TMD
- Improves treatment acceptance
- Increases patient referrals
- Monthly content updates
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BiteFX helps dentists communicate the concepts of occlusion, TMD, sleep apnea and other difficult to grasp topics. It helps patients understand their issues so they can make informed decisions on what is best for their health. The BiteFX app is designed for presenting BiteFX animations to dental patients. Some example animations, photos and presentations are provided with the free app. The full set of animations is available to BiteFX subscribers with subscriptions available through in-app purchase. Periodic updates containing new animations, photos or presentation templates are included in the monthly subscription.
Spear Patient Education
Enhance patient communication with an extensive library of HD videos covering conditions, procedures, and home care. This app offers an intuitive interface, annotation tools, and customizable branding to improve case acceptance and patient satisfaction.
- 220+ HD patient-tested videos
- Intuitive interface
- Video sharing via email/SMS
- Drawing and annotation tool
- Customizable practice branding
- Condition and procedure videos
- Home care and post-operative videos
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Transform every patient conversation with the Patient Education app from Spear. Available on phones and tablets, the app gives your team instant access to engaging educational content that helps patients better understand their oral health and recommended treatment. For the first time, you can access both Chairside and Lobby videos in a single app. Review videos together with patients using built-in drawing and annotation tools, create personalized playlists, and easily share videos or handouts via email or text so patients can continue learning at home. Key Features NEW! Available on both phones and tablets NEW! Access Chairside and Lobby videos in one app Library of 250+ professionally produced patient education videos Draw and annotate videos to personalize treatment discussions Create custom playlists for each patient's needs Share videos, playlists, and handouts via email or SMS Search, filter, favorite, and quickly access the content you need Customize emails and video landing pages with your practice branding View sharing history to track patient engagement Empower your team with the tools to communicate more effectively, improve patient understanding, and help patients make informed decisions about their care. Available exclusively to eligible Spear members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spear Patient Education at none against BiteFX's 3. Spear Patient Education also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). BiteFX's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. BiteFX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $74.99 per month. Spear Patient Education asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BiteFX against 5.0 for Spear Patient Education. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
BiteFX ships an update every 10 months, Spear Patient Education every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiteFX | Spear Patient Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | D2Effects LLC | Spear Education, LLC |
Customer experience
BiteFX
Spear Patient Education
In-app purchases
BiteFX
- Monthly BiteFX Subscription1 Month trial$74.991 Month
- 6 Months Subscription$449.99
- 1 Year Subscription$899.99
Spear Patient Education
No in-app purchases
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