ModMed Practice vs ViewMedica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
ViewMedica
Access a library of award-winning patient education videos to explain complex medical information. Healthcare professionals can use these visual aids to enhance patient understanding of conditions and procedures. The app allows for annotation and saving of video frames.
- Access patient education videos
- Print related brochures
- Draw on video frames
- Save annotated images
- Favorite frequently used videos
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The ViewMedica On-Demand app gives subscribers of ViewMedica On-Demand videos a convenient way to use our award-winning patient education content. Our industry-leading, highly-visual videos help physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals explain complex medical information in a patient-friendly way. PATIENT EDUCATION VIDEOS • Hospitals and Practices that subscribe to ViewMedica On-Demand for their patient education videos can view all of their content in this app. • Print the patient education brochures that relate to your licensed videos. • Use Markup Mode to draw on any frame of your videos. Then save those images to your screenshots library. • Add your most-used videos or presentations to your Favorites menu for easy access. ABOUT SWARM INTERACTIVE AND VIEWMEDICA The maker of ViewMedica, Swarm Interactive, Inc., has been producing award-winning medical animations since 1998. Visit the ViewMedica website to learn more about the ViewMedica patient education system, and see how ViewMedica can enhance your patient education efforts. A ViewMedica video subscription gives you access to thousands of patient education videos. These industry-leading, highly-visual videos have been used by physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals for more than 20 years. Videos cover all the major medical specialties describing the conditions and procedures that you care most about.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ViewMedica at 5.0 against ModMed Practice's 2.8. ViewMedica also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). ModMed Practice's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (345 vs 2). 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.
ViewMedica holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ModMed Practice has 345 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ModMed Practice ships an update fortnightly, ViewMedica every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ModMed Practice | ViewMedica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (345 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 345 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 444 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Modernizing Medicine, Inc. | Swarm Interactive, Inc. |
Customer experience
ModMed Practice
ViewMedica
Bugs and 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
ViewMedica
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ModMed Practice
No in-app purchases
ViewMedica
No in-app purchases
Questions
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