OptiExpert™ vs Progressive Identifier for ECP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OptiExpert™
This app assists eye care professionals in managing contact lens wearers. It offers tools for prescription calculation, axial length estimation, cost comparison, and grading contact lens complications with visual aids. It also supports patient education and secure record-keeping.
- Prescription Calculator
- Axial Length Estimator
- Cost Comparison Calculator
- Efron Grading Scale
- Patient Image Storage
- Multilingual Support
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OptiExpert™ is a free, multifunctional and multilingual app which has been designed to help eye care professionals deliver the best possible service to their patients who are contact lens wearers. Prescription Calculator Makes the fitting process for patients simpler and more efficient. Quickly calculate and evaluate myopic, hyperopic, astigmatic and presbyopic prescriptions, select lenses and save chair time. ToriTrack™ Accurately calculates rotation-adjusted next-lens options and provides a reliable, precise recommendation so you can fine-tune/refine each toric fit. Designed to be simple to use, it makes over-refractions easy, helping you quickly get patients into their optimal toric lens. Axial Length Estimator Can be used to help eye care professionals better understand the significance of ocular axial lengths. Cost Comparison Calculator This function clearly shows your patients the cost of upgrading their lenses. By simply selecting details from the dropdowns and adding the retail value of the products being compared by the eye care professionals, the calculator will demonstrate the difference in cost per wear, cost per week and cost per month. Efron Grading Scale Provides a simple reference for grading the severity of contact lens complications; aiding tissue change comparisons and helping patients understand the importance of their practitioner’s recommendations. Based on the traditional ‘Efron Grading Scale’, the app converts this information into an easy-to-use digital tool, which is always on-hand. It allows practitioners to grade patients against 16 sets of images and covers the key anterior ocular complications of contact lens wear. The conditions are illustrated in five stages of increasing severity from 0–4, with traffic light colour banding from green (normal) to red (severe), providing a straightforward and efficient aid for the optical professional. Available in 17 languages, OptiExpert™ enables practitioners to control what is shown to the patient so they only see the conditions and severity that is relevant to them. A visual representation of their condition also helps patients understand the importance of their ECP’s recommendations, such as upgrading to a silicone hydrogel contact lens to improve clinical signs of hypoxia or the importance of adhering to contact lens wearing schedules. Additional benefits of the app include the ability to securely store images of the patient’s eye condition - facilitating easy comparison to other images on the scale to aid accurate grading. Practitioners are able to add their own comments following each patient evaluation, allowing a comprehensive record to be compiled of each individual’s condition and any treatment prescribed. OptiExpert™ is an educational tool. Eye care professionals may choose to use the app as part of their patient evaluation. OptiExpert™ is not intended as and does not constitute medical or optometric advice and eye care professionals should rely on their own expertise.
Progressive Identifier for ECP
This app helps identify progressive lenses by their engravings or names. It provides detailed information on over 1200 lenses, including availability, materials, and fitting heights. Search visually or by text for engravings and lens details.
- Identify lenses by engraving or name
- Detailed lens information (materials, fitting height)
- Search engravings visually or by text
- Over 1200 lenses and engravings
- Data for USA, Canada, Germany, UK
- Includes digital, therapeutic, and anti-fatigue lenses
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Need to identify a progressive lens from its engravings? Or want to know what engravings a particular lens has. Look no further as ours is the only app that does it both ways in a swift and easy manner. Each progressive lens has its availability, materials, filters, recommended minimum fitting height and lots of other information. Over 1200 lenses and over 1200 unique engravings. New lenses added on a regular basis. • Lenses data for USA, Canada, Germany and the UK • Search engravings an symbols visually or by typing text • Search within lenses names or see by Manufacturer name • Minimum Fitting Height, Fitting Cross Position and discontinuation indication. • Now includes Digital Single Vision, Therapeutic and Anti-Fatigue Lenses in additional to Standard and Custom Progressive and Near Variable Focus Lenses. _____________________________________________ About Subscription: • You may subscribe to our service for a free trial. This subscription auto-renews yearly at the specified price. • This subscription provides you full access to all our current and future lens listings. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • You may manage the subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase the subscription. • Our Privacy Policy is available at http://www.lens-shapers.com/privacy • Our Terms of Use are available at http://www.lens-shapers.com/terms _____________________________________________ Disclaimer: All lens names, trademarks, logos and engravings are registered and/or common law trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OptiExpert™ at none against Progressive Identifier for ECP's 2. OptiExpert™ also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). Progressive Identifier for ECP's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (36 vs 7). On price, ads 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. Progressive Identifier for ECP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. OptiExpert™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Progressive Identifier for ECP holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Progressive Identifier for ECP has 36 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of OptiExpert™'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Progressive Identifier for ECP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OptiExpert™ ships an update every 2 months, Progressive Identifier for ECP every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | OptiExpert™ | Progressive Identifier for ECP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CooperVision, Inc. | Lens Shapers |
Customer experience
OptiExpert™
Progressive Identifier for ECP
In-app purchases
OptiExpert™
No in-app purchases
Progressive Identifier for ECP
- Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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