Backline+ vs Cerner Camera Capture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backline+
This HIPAA-compliant platform offers real-time collaboration and workflow automation for healthcare professionals. It centralizes communications and provides virtual patient rooms to enhance care team coordination and improve efficiency.
- Real-time collaboration
- Workflow automation
- Secure messaging
- HIPAA-compliant
- Virtual patient rooms
- Centralized communications
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Intelligent Workflow Management & Collaboration for Healthcare Professionals Backline+ is a cloud-based platform delivering real-time collaboration, workflow automation and secure messaging for the healthcare industry. Designed for healthcare professionals, Backline+'s HIPAA-compliant clinical collaboration platform intuitively mirrors the workflow, collaboration and communication needs of clinicians and administrative staff and delivers them in one, easy-to-use integrated experience. Deployed in healthcare systems across the US, Backline+ has become a platform of choice for hospitals and health systems wanting to go beyond secure messaging and embrace the efficiencies that come with real-time collaboration and workflow automation. • Designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals • Centralizes all communications in one HIPAA-compliant hub • Virtual patient rooms for ultimate care team collaboration With the Backline+ platform, you can: • Increase Profitability • Improve Productivity • Increase Clinician and Patient Satisfaction • Decrease Re-admittance Rates
Cerner Camera Capture
Securely capture and store clinical photos from an iOS device directly to a patient's record. This app enables clinicians to access the EHR remotely, streamlining workflows outside of facility walls.
- Secure clinical photo acquisition
- Store photos in patient record
- Remote EHR access
- Streamlined clinician workflows
- iOS device support
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Cerner Camera Capture for iPad® and iPhone® supports fast, easy and smart workflows for the clinician. Cerner Camera Capture enables users to securely acquire and store clinical photos to the patient record from an iOS device. Cerner Camera Capture also provides secure access for users needing access to the EHR outside of the facility's walls. IMPORTANT: Cerner Camera Capture requires your organization to have a valid license and be on release 2012.01 or higher. A CareAware MultiMedia license is also required. If you are unsure about the availability of Cerner Camera Capture at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cerner Camera Capture at 3.9 against Backline+'s 2.4. Backline+'s advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
Cerner Camera Capture holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Backline+'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Cerner Camera Capture's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Backline+ ships an update monthly, Cerner Camera Capture every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backline+ | Cerner Camera Capture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (33 ratings) | 3.9 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Diagnotes Inc | Cerner Corporation |
Customer experience
Backline+
Cerner Camera Capture
In-app purchases
Backline+
No in-app purchases
Cerner Camera Capture
No in-app purchases
Questions
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