TECNIS® Vision Simulator vs ModMed Practice
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
This medical application streamlines patient visit documentation in real-time for various specialties. It automates charting by capturing data from patients and medical staff, transmitting it back to a web service for efficient record-keeping.
- Real-time patient visit recording
- Automated documentation
- Web service integration
- Specialty-specific features
- Built-in photo documentation
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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's 2.8. TECNIS® Vision Simulator also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 26%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). ModMed Practice's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (345 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 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ModMed Practice has 345 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 26% of ModMed Practice's.
TECNIS® Vision Simulator ships an update every 9 months, ModMed Practice fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TECNIS® Vision Simulator | ModMed Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) — better | 2.8 (345 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 26.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — 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
ModMed Practice
Bugs and requests
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ModMed Practice
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes regularly and unexpectedly
- Login failures after app minimization
- Screen freezes and lag during data entry
- Updates fail to load properly
- Error 1005 causing data loss
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- Exam input data not matching output in notes
- Call button doesn't always appear or alert
- Sticky fields don't persist as intended
- Surgery templates disappear after creation
- Slow performance requiring app reinstallation
- Connection errors and server lag
- Overnight updates without advance notice
- IOP updates not syncing to eye log
- Duplicate plan names with conflicting information
- Notes disappearing with accidental clicks
- Biopsy results difficult to track and finalize
- Prescription SIG/DISP not flowing to med list
- Performance degradation over time requiring restart
Requested features
20 requests- Voice recognition that actually works
- Improved search with Soundex capability for ICD-10 codes
- Better note editing and amendment functionality
- Reduced number of clicks for common tasks
- Location-based call button routing
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- Sticky/persistent fields that carry forward properly
- Better biopsy and procedure results tracking
- Improved lab ordering interface
- Integration with drug formularies and pricing
- Better patient instruction printing with formatting options
- Automatic note routing to specific staff members
- Multi-patient e-prescription sending
- GoodRx integration for cash pricing
- Diverse patient diagram options (different skin tones)
- Removal of redundant/duplicate plan templates
- Better ROS (Review of Systems) and PMH workflow
- Audible alerts for call button notifications
- Stable performance without frequent updates
- Better photo management system
- Improved operative note templates for surgeons
In-app purchases
TECNIS® Vision Simulator
No in-app purchases
ModMed Practice
No in-app purchases
Questions
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