Eyefinity EHR vs ABO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eyefinity EHR
This app provides optometric professionals with a cloud-based electronic health record solution optimized for iPad. It allows for efficient patient exam documentation, secure data storage, and seamless integration with practice management software, freeing up valuable face time with patients.
- Accessible cloud storage for patient data
- Mobile exam documentation
- Adaptive exam protocol learning
- Patient portal for form pre-filling
- Integration with Eyefinity Practice Management
- Server-free operation
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Please note that use of this app requires a subscription to Eyefinity® EHR, an optometric web application service available from Eyefinity. The Eyefinity EHR iPad application is fully optimized for the iPad’s touchscreen, allowing you to spend more valuable face time with patients instead of at your keyboard and monitor, making each exam seamless and efficient. Eyefinity EHR for iPad includes features you’ll love: • Accessible and secure cloud storage for patient data • Exam documentation that moves with you throughout the visit • Adaptive technology that learns your exam protocol and contact lens preferences • A patient portal that allows patients to pre-fill forms, saving your staff time • Built-in integration with Eyefinity Practice Management for a holistic practice workflow • A server-free experience, which eliminates maintenance and IT costs! Eyefinity EHR is a cloud-based electronic health record solution that integrates with Eyefinity Practice Management. With a native iPad application, web browser interfaces, and an application for iPhone and Apple Watch, this powerful EHR solution goes where you go. You no longer have to worry about patient record security, hardware, and IT support costs.
ABO
Stay updated with your opticianry certifications and renewals. Access important documents, manage your digital wallet card with QR code, and register for exams. This app keeps you informed about news and events in the opticianry field.
- News Feed
- Event Calendar
- Digital Wallet Card with QR code
- Certification Hub access
- Certification Renewals
- Exam Registration
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The American Board of Opticianry and Notional Contact Lens Examiners (ABO-NCLE) is the largest and most prestigious Opticians' certification organization in the world, recongizing individuals whose Opticinary skills and knowledge meet predetermined standards of execellence. More than 96,000 certifications have been awarded since 1976, and more than 40,000 certifications are currently in force. The ABO-NCLE app will keep you informed on your certifications and renewals. Features include: News Feed Event Calendar Handbooks Personal Digital Wallet Card with QR code for CECs Easy access to Certification Hub Certification Renewals Exam Registration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ABO at ad-supported against Eyefinity EHR's subscription. ABO also leads on rating (3.4 vs 3.0) and device support (3 vs 1). Eyefinity EHR's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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.
ABO holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eyefinity EHR has 104 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Eyefinity EHR's written reviews are positive against 25% of ABO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Eyefinity EHR ships an update fortnightly, ABO every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eyefinity EHR | ABO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (104 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 415 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eyefinity | American Board of Opticianry & National Contact Lens Examiners |
Customer experience
Eyefinity EHR
ABO
In-app purchases
Eyefinity EHR
No in-app purchases
ABO
No in-app purchases
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