Healthy Vision vs IOL Reference
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Healthy Vision
This app offers eye exercises and tests to help prevent vision problems and relieve eye strain from screen time. It provides professional advice and is suitable for the whole family.
- Eye exercises for stress relief and muscle training
- Eye test to identify common symptoms
- Preventive exercises for children
- Professional advice from ophthalmologists
- Multilingual support (Ukrainian, English, Russian)
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Our eyes have to withstand enormous loads: we work at the computer and relax watching television. This lifestyle adversely affects our vision. Particularly acute arises this issue to schoolchildren: eye problems often begin exactly at the school desk. Nowadays, there are many ways to correct vision, from glasses to soft lenses. But it is much better to make sure that there is no need in them. Follow the advice of experts, and save your eyesight by exercises for the eyes! And mobile app «Healthy Vision» from "Kyivstar" will help you! In the Kyivstar mobile app «Healthy Vision» you will find special exercises to relieve stress and train your eye’s muscles, as well as the eye test. This app is based on the techniques of the Ophthalmology Institute of Eye Disease and Tissue Therapy of National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine named after P.V. Filatov. The app "Healthy Vision" was awarded the Gold Award at the prestigious International Prize Digital Communication Awards-2014 in the category Mobile & Apps. The app offers 3 languages: Ukrainian, English and Russian. With this app you will be able: • To pass the test in order to identify the most common symptoms of diseases to take the necessary precautions in time. • Doing exercises for the eyes - to prevent eyesight problems. • Effectively relieve tension after long hours of working on computer. • Have fun and to enjoy doing preventive exercises together with your child. • Receive professional advice from ophthalmologists on how to preserve the health of your children’s eyes. Eyes are not only the mirror of one’s soul but also our communication with the world! Therefore, take care of them! The application «I have good eyesight» helps you to preserve good eyesight of your whole family! «Kyivstar» takes care about you! Attention! This app is not a medical consultation and does not replace medical survey. The app is a versatile informative navigator and does not consider individual factors and peculiarities of a human being. Please, consult your ophthalmologist if you have any questions about your eyesight and the eyesight of your child!
IOL Reference
This ophthalmology utility helps surgeons find FDA-approved intraocular lenses. It features a searchable database of nearly 10,000 lenses, updated with new approvals and changes. The app also serves as a social media and networking platform for eye care professionals.
- Searchable IOL database
- FDA-approved lens catalog
- Database updates
- Ophthalmology networking
- Eye care tools
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IOL Reference is a cross-platform ophthalmology utility, social media, and networking service that provides users with a wide array of eye care tools to optimize their outcomes. This unique app allows surgeons to quickly search for an FDA-approved, currently marketed intraocular lens (IOLs) that meets their needs and specifications. The database contains almost 10,000 individually cataloged lenses and will be updated to include newly FDA-approved IOLs, changes to current lenses, and corrections. This app was created by Gurpal Virdi, MD and Matt Hirabayashi, MD
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IOL Reference at 89% against Healthy Vision's 46%. IOL Reference also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Healthy Vision's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.5). 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.
IOL Reference holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IOL Reference has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Healthy Vision's written reviews are positive against 89% of IOL Reference's.
Healthy Vision ships an update every 2 months, IOL Reference weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Healthy Vision | IOL Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.7% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 823 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Private Joint Stock Company Kyivstar | Gurpal Virdi |
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Healthy Vision
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In-app purchases
Healthy Vision
No in-app purchases
IOL Reference
No in-app purchases
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