Comparison

OptiExpert™ vs Eye Recommend

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Prescription Calculator
  • Axial Length Estimator
  • Cost Comparison Calculator
  • Efron Grading Scale
  • Patient Image Storage
  • Multilingual Support
Features
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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.

About

Eye Recommend

Features
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The Eye Recommend Events app will give you quick access to key event information including: • Event location & times • Access to the event schedule • Presenter information • Event notifications • Direct messaging with attendees • Event surveys & polls

Screenshots

OptiExpert™3 screens
Eye Recommend3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OptiExpert™ at every 2 months against Eye Recommend's every 13 months. Eye Recommend's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OptiExpert™ ships an update every 2 months, Eye Recommend every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OptiExpert™ versus Eye Recommend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOptiExpert™Eye Recommend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB48 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCooperVision, Inc.Doctors Eye Care Co-op Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

OptiExpert™

No in-app purchases

None

Eye Recommend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OptiExpert™ free?
OptiExpert™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eye Recommend free?
Eye Recommend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OptiExpert™ or Eye Recommend have ads?
Neither OptiExpert™ nor Eye Recommend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OptiExpert™ or Eye Recommend?
OptiExpert™ ships an update every 2 months, and Eye Recommend every 13 months. Most recently, OptiExpert™ was updated on October 17, 2026 and Eye Recommend on October 11, 2026.

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