Comparison

IDEXX SmartFlow vs BT

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

Head to head
About

IDEXX SmartFlow

This medical practice management tool streamlines patient visits with digital forms, an electronic whiteboard, and digitized treatment sheets. It automates charge capture, enhances team communication, and provides analytics to identify workflow bottlenecks.

Highlights
  • Digital consent forms
  • Electronic whiteboard
  • Digitized treatment sheets
  • Digital dental charts
  • Anesthesia charting
  • Practice analytics
Features
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SmartFlow Patient Workflow Software offers six simple tools that work for users at every step of the patient visit by supporting seamless communication, automating charge capture, and streamlining patient documentation. • Digital consent forms enable your clients to review and sign from anywhere in the practice for faster and more simplified patient check-in. • The optimized electronic whiteboard offers seamless communication by providing a bird's-eye view of the patient visit from anywhere in the practice. • Digitized treatment sheets create better visibility among your team, faster communication, and more mobile access to critical treatment information. • Digital dental charts eliminate the need for paper charts, bringing you the ability to easily take before-and-after photos and standardize charting across your practice. • Intuitive charting for anesthesia, saving your team critical time with automated reminders, and a streamlined user interface. • SmartFlow software analytics helps your team Identify and remove bottlenecks in your practice.

About

BT

This application allows users to remotely monitor Bionet patient monitors from an iPhone or iPad. It displays numeric parameters, waveforms, and can capture data as images or save it to PDF files. Alarms from selected veterinary monitors are also received.

Highlights
  • Remote patient monitoring
  • View numeric parameters and waveforms
  • Receive monitor alarms
  • Capture data as images
  • Save data to PDF
Features
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BT-Link Mobile is a smartphone application that enables you to monitor one of the Bionet patient monitors using an iPhone or iPad (max: 10.4") on the same network and to receive alarms from the selected Bionet veterinary monitor including the BM3Vet Touch, BM7Vet, and BM7Vet Pro. The App receives all numeric parameters and waveforms while capturing the patient’s numeric data and waveforms as images. In addition, the App can record and save numeric data to a PDF file. Caution: BT-Link Mobile doesn't work in background mode.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BT at 5.0 against IDEXX SmartFlow's 3.1. BT also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 14.0). IDEXX SmartFlow's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

BT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IDEXX SmartFlow has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IDEXX SmartFlow ships an update every 4 days, BT every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IDEXX SmartFlow versus BT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIDEXX SmartFlowBT
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIDEXX LaboratoriesBionet America, Inc.

Customer experience

IDEXX SmartFlow

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

BT

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

IDEXX SmartFlow

No in-app purchases

None

BT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IDEXX SmartFlow free?
IDEXX SmartFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BT free?
BT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IDEXX SmartFlow or BT?
BT is rated higher. IDEXX SmartFlow averages 3.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while BT averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do IDEXX SmartFlow or BT have ads?
Neither IDEXX SmartFlow nor BT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IDEXX SmartFlow or BT?
IDEXX SmartFlow ships an update every 4 days, and BT every 6 weeks. Most recently, IDEXX SmartFlow was updated on October 11, 2026 and BT on October 3, 2026.

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