POL Guide vs Optical Calculator for ECPs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POL Guide
This app helps opticians visually demonstrate the distinctions between various lens materials, index types, and coatings to their clients. It serves as a professional tool for optical practices to enhance customer understanding and sales.
- Demonstrate lens material differences
- Explain index types
- Showcase lens coatings
- Professional tool for opticians
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POL Guide is an application created by Pol Optic to help opticians to demonstrate the differences between lens materials, index types and coatings.
Optical Calculator for ECPs
This medical app provides a suite of specialized optical calculation tools for eye care professionals. It offers features like lens thickness, vertex compensation, and prism compounding, with a focus on accuracy and ease of use. A subscription unlocks all current and future calculators.
- Stock Lens Cutout
- Lens Thickness Calculation
- Vertex Compensation
- Rx Transpose
- Prism Compounding
- Contact Lens Rx
- Tilt & Wrap Compensation
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The best Optical Calculator on the App Store. • Stock Lens Cutout • Lens Thickness • Vertex Compensation • Rx Transpose • Intermediate Rx • Prism Compounding • Contact Lens Rx • Induced Prism • Tilt & Wrap Compensation • Crossed Cylinders • Resolving Prism • Spectacle Magnification • Vertical Imbalance Compensation • Power in Oblique Meridians If you want another calculator, let us know and we will add it. The app is easy to use and to the point. ______________________________________________ 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 optical calculators. • 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. • Privacy policy: http://www.lens-shapers.com/privacy • Terms of use: http://www.lens-shapers.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: POL Guide at none against Optical Calculator for ECPs's 2. POL Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Optical Calculator for ECPs's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 3). 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. Optical Calculator for ECPs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. POL Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
POL Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Optical Calculator for ECPs has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
POL Guide ships an update every 16 months, Optical Calculator for ECPs every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | POL Guide | Optical Calculator for ECPs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.5 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POL DOO BEOGRAD | Lens Shapers |
Customer experience
POL Guide
Optical Calculator for ECPs
In-app purchases
POL Guide
No in-app purchases
Optical Calculator for ECPs
- Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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