Shareable Forms vs Logical Ink 8.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shareable Forms
This app digitizes clinical documentation for healthcare professionals, replicating familiar paper workflows on iPad. It offers intuitive data entry, real-time decision support, and powerful analytics for reporting and operational efficiency. Data can be captured offline and synced later.
- Digitizes paper-based clinical documentation
- Intuitive data entry and Freestyle Documentation™
- Real-time decision support with Co-Pilot Guidance™
- Multi-user support
- Offline data capture
- Powerful analytics and reporting module
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Shareable Forms for iPad® transforms point-of-care clinical documentation to structured data and analytics through an approach that is immediate, actionable and effortless. Fast familiar paper-based work flows are replicated on the iPad® providing an easy to use solution that enables physicians to improve productivity. Shareable Forms for iPad® includes features such as Freestyle Documentation™ (a fast and physician-intuitive documentation option), Co-Pilot Guidance™ (real-time, situation-specific decision support), multi-user support, and more. Data captured on the iPad® can be queried and analyzed to support current CMS reporting requirements, operational efficiency analyses and additional regulatory reporting needs. Can only be used with a subscription to Shareable Forms' cloud services. Shareable Forms for iPad® supports: • Efficient and fast data entry with familiar paper forms. • Simple, graphical documentation of drug administration and vitals monitors. • Data capture is available even when disconnected. • Powerful analytics module with real-time alerts. • Much more.
Logical Ink 8.0
This application allows healthcare organizations to digitize patient data and signatures, replacing paper forms. It streamlines workflows, reduces errors, and enhances patient safety through an intuitive mobile interface. Integration with existing systems is seamless.
- Electronic signature capture
- Discrete data and photo capture
- Reduces errors and improves patient safety
- Streamlined registration workflow
- Enables mobility and bedside care
- Drag-and-drop form design tool
- Integrates with EMR/ECM workflows
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Logical Ink® makes it easy for healthcare organizations to allow patients and caregivers to capture data and signatures electronically, eliminating the need for paper forms. Seamlessly compatible with any downstream system, Logical Ink helps improve documentation, decrease medical errors, and simplify processes. It leverages mobile devices, digital ink and a pen/touch-based interface to provide a simple and intuitive user experience that is as natural and unrestrictive as paper. You must be a licensed user of Logical Ink to use this app. Logical Ink customers enjoy the following benefits: • Intelligent and interactive forms for capturing electronic signature, discrete data and photos • Reduces errors and improves patient safety by eliminating paper forms and scanning • Increased staff and patient satisfaction • Reduces wait times in Registration with a more streamlined workflow • Enables mobility and bedside care • Easy-to-use, drag/drop design tool for enterprise forms management • Integrates with any EMR or ECM workflow for fewer clicks 8.0 Highlights: • Introduced the ability to deploy the Logical Ink Worker Service to support server architectures with distributed workloads • Improved device tracking to better record client devices connecting to server environments • Patients can scan their ID or passport to onboard themselves through PreBoard in desktop, tablet and mobile environments • Added session tracking to PreCapture and PreBoard for logging user progress through the application and forms • Added settings for PreBoard ID Scan configuration • Dropped support for Internet Explorer 11 and added support for Microsoft Edge • Added a Device Login report • Patient Search in the Windows and HTML clients have a quick link to search all areas • Improved search results count reporting when Query Record on Load is disabled • Support for multiple email addresses when sending PreCapture emails • Enhanced support for ordered and unordered lists in label controls with Markdown enabled • Updated color scheme and icons in Designer • Introduced the ability to import forms from local or server form files • Added shortcuts for navigating up and down through form pages • Form designers can move forms between form folders within dialogs in Designer • Image controls have an Alternate Text property for use in the PreCapture and PreBoard form fill screens • Added a quick link to search all areas in the Patient Search screen • Improved search results count reporting when Query Record on Load is disabled • Support for multiple email addresses when sending PreCapture emails • Dropped support for Internet Explorer 11 and added support for Microsoft Edge Chromium • Added Topaz integration support for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Chromium • Navigating to a required form control from the Items Remaining dialog now sets focus on the control in PreCapture • Increased the height of the signature dialog buttons in the iPad client • The PatientEmail field can now be defined as a String Array data type
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Logical Ink 8.0 at 5.0 against Shareable Forms's 4.3. Logical Ink 8.0 also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). Shareable Forms's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Logical Ink 8.0 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shareable Forms has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shareable Forms ships an update every 2 months, Logical Ink 8.0 every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shareable Forms | Logical Ink 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shareable Ink | Bottomline Technologies |
Customer experience
Shareable Forms
Logical Ink 8.0
In-app purchases
Shareable Forms
No in-app purchases
Logical Ink 8.0
No in-app purchases








