TECNIS® Vision Simulator vs ModMed Practice Add
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
This app helps medical professionals educate patients about eye conditions and intraocular lens (IOL) options. It features a vision simulator to demonstrate the benefits of different lens types, aiding in patient understanding of vision correction.
- Patient education on eye conditions
- Overview of IOL types
- Vision simulator for lens benefits
- Country-specific content selection
- Information on medical devices
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The TECNIS Family of IOLs Vision Simulator is designed to assist physicians and their staff in educating patients about the common eye conditions that they may be experiencing, as well as an overview of the different type of IOLs available to address these conditions, and a vision simulator that helps illustrate the different performance benefits of each lens type. Content within this app is intended for residents of a particular country or region. The application will prompt you to select the available country that applies to your location on launch. It may contain information on medical devices and products that are not approved in other countries or regions.
ModMed Practice Add
This companion app enhances a subscription-based web application for medical professionals. It allows for real-time data recording during patient visits, automating documentation and improving efficiency. Designed for medical surgical specialties, it streamlines the patient visit process.
- Companion to EMA web application
- Real-time patient data recording
- Automated documentation
- Streamlined patient visit process
- Designed for medical surgical specialties
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EMA Add-On is a companion application to EMA by Modernizing Medicine. It provides our Users with additional functionality that is sometimes necessary for proper usage. Please note that EMA can only be used in conjunction with a subscription-based Web Application Service. Modernizing Medicine introduces the first native iPad application designed for medical surgical specialities — EMA by Modernizing medicine for iPad. Each relevant part of the visit can be recorded in real time by the patients in the waiting room and by the medical assistants, physician extenders, or physicians in the exam room. At the end of each patient visit, data is transmitted back to the server automating documentation without costing the doctor a second.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TECNIS® Vision Simulator at 3.8 against ModMed Practice Add's 2.4. TECNIS® Vision Simulator also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 27%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). ModMed Practice Add's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (145 vs 8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TECNIS® Vision Simulator holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ModMed Practice Add has 145 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of TECNIS® Vision Simulator's written reviews are positive against 27% of ModMed Practice Add's.
TECNIS® Vision Simulator ships an update every 9 months, ModMed Practice Add every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TECNIS® Vision Simulator | ModMed Practice Add |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) — better | 2.4 (145 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 26.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 145 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | Modernizing Medicine, Inc. |
Customer experience
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
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In-app purchases
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
No in-app purchases
ModMed Practice Add
No in-app purchases
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