Best optical shop software in 2026: five options compared

Who wrote this, and how to read it

This page is published by Techwine Solutions, the company that makes Asaan Optics. Asaan Optics is one of the five products below, so this is not an independent ranking and nothing here is placed first, second or last. The products are listed alphabetically.

We have not installed or tested the other four products. What we say about them is limited to what each maker states on its own website, which we read in October 2026 and link to as the source. Where a maker's site did not state something, we left it out. Features and prices change, so treat this page as a starting list and confirm the details with the vendor.

Most of the value is in the last two sections: what to check in any optical shop software, and how to shortlist.

The five products at a glance

What each product is for

Asaan Optics

Asaan Optics is our own product, so read this part as the maker's description. It has two parts that share one shop account. The Windows program (Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit) handles the order form with the prescription for both eyes, stock for frames, lenses, contact lenses and accessories, counter sales with staff shifts, vendor ledgers, reports and staff logins. The Android app handles prescriptions, repairs, quick sales and receipts on the phone.

Both keep working without internet. The desktop holds unsent records in a queue on the PC until you press Pending Sync; the phone saves them and sends them when it reconnects.

Its limits are worth knowing before you shortlist it:

• There is no iPhone, iPad, Mac or browser version.
• Stock is managed on the desktop only. The phone sells from that stock but cannot add or edit it.
• Stock is one list per account. It is not kept separately per branch, and stock cannot be moved between branches.
• It is a shop management tool. It does not file insurance claims and it is not a clinical record system.

The desktop page and the Android app page show every screen.

FlexOptical

FlexOptical is made by FlexSys. Its website describes it as one system for an optical department's inventory, lab orders, patient history and financial reporting, with a point of sale and orders sent directly to labs. The site also mentions cloud or web hosting. We did not find a price on the page we read, so ask the vendor for a quote. A shop that sends most jobs to outside labs may want to look at how its lab ordering works. Source: flexoptical.com.

Lightspeed Retail

Lightspeed Retail is a cloud-based point of sale for shops in general. Its website lists sectors such as clothing, jewellery, electronics, beauty and sporting goods, and describes use on an iPad. Its pricing page shows three monthly plans with a lower rate for annual billing, and offers a free trial. The retail pages we read do not mention eye prescriptions or lens orders, so if you are considering it for an optical shop, ask the vendor to show how a prescription and a frame-plus-lenses order would be recorded. Source: lightspeedhq.com.

OptoSoft

OptoSoft's website describes web-based optical retail software with billing, prescription management, customer follow-up through WhatsApp, barcode inventory and multi-store management, plus an Android point-of-sale app. Its billing is built around Indian GST. The pricing page shows a yearly fee per store with no extra charge per user, quoted separately for India and for other countries, and it lists a free online prescription tool. Source: optosoft.in.

RevolutionEHR

RevolutionEHR describes itself as a cloud-based platform for optometry practices that brings together exam records, scheduling, billing and insurance claims, payments and patient reminders. Its pricing page shows monthly subscription tiers, a lower starting price for exam-only or optical-only locations, and separate one-time fees for setup and for converting data from another system. It is built around a practice where an optometrist examines patients and bills insurers; a shop that only dispenses would use a small part of it. Source: revolutionehr.com.

What to check before you choose

These are the points where optical shops differ from other retail, and where products differ from each other. Ask each vendor to show them on screen, with one of your own orders.

Does it keep working without internet?

Ask what exactly happens when the connection drops in the middle of a sale. Can you still save an order and print a receipt? Where is the record kept, and how does it reach the server afterwards: by itself, or only when someone presses a button? A cloud-only product needs a dependable connection at the counter.

How does it store a prescription?

Look for separate fields for each eye: sphere, cylinder, axis, the near addition and the pupillary distance. A single notes box cannot be searched or printed neatly, and it invites typing mistakes. Check that an old prescription can be found again by the customer's name or phone number. If the terms are unfamiliar, the guide to reading an eye prescription explains them.

Can one bill hold a frame, two lenses and an advance?

A spectacle order is not a single product. It is a frame, a right lens, a left lens, sometimes a coating, an advance paid today and a balance paid on delivery. Check that the software handles this as one order with one receipt, and that it can list every customer who still owes a balance.

Can it hold lens stock by power?

Frames are counted by model and colour. Lenses are counted by type and power, and contact lenses also by base curve, diameter and expiry date. Ask how a lens of a given power is added to stock, and whether selling it reduces the count.

What does it print on?

Ask which paper sizes are supported: a 58 mm or 80 mm thermal roll, A4 or A5. Ask whether the prescription can appear on the receipt, and whether the receipt can be sent to the customer's phone. If you label frames, ask about barcode label sizes.

Does it meet your local tax rules?

Tax rules are local. A product built for one country may print the right invoice there and the wrong one elsewhere. Write down what your tax authority requires on a receipt (a tax number, a rate, a QR code, a link to a government system) and ask each vendor to show exactly that.

What is the real price?

Compare like with like. Is the price per month or per year, per shop, per counter or per user? Are there setup, training or data conversion fees? What happens to your records if you stop paying, and can you export them?

Who answers when something breaks?

Check the support hours against your opening hours and time zone, and the language support is given in. Check whether the program itself is available in the language your counter staff read most easily.

The optical shop software guide goes through these questions in more detail and includes a glossary.

How to shortlist

1. Decide what kind of business you are. A shop that sells and dispenses needs order, stock and receipt tools. A practice that examines patients and bills insurers needs clinical records and claims as well.
2. Write down the devices you already own. Software that needs hardware you do not have costs more than its subscription.
3. Pick two or three products that match, and use each one's free trial or demo with a real order from your own shop.
4. Print a receipt on your own printer, then disconnect the internet and try to make a sale.
5. Ask each vendor the price questions above in writing.

If Asaan Optics is on your list, its pricing page sets out what each plan includes and how the free periods work.

Questions

Is this an independent ranking of optical shop software?

No. Asaan Optics is made by Techwine Solutions, which also publishes this page, so the products are listed alphabetically and not ranked. The notes on the other four products come from each maker's own website, checked in October 2026.

Can a general retail POS run an optical shop?

It can take payments and count boxed stock such as cases and solutions. Check how it would store a prescription for each eye and how it would bill a frame and two lenses as one order, because a general POS is not designed around those tasks. Ask the vendor to show both in a demo before you decide.

Which of these products publish their prices?

When we checked in October 2026, Lightspeed, OptoSoft and RevolutionEHR showed prices on their websites, and Asaan Optics shows its prices on its pricing page. FlexOptical did not show a price on the page we read. Prices change, so read the vendor's own pricing page before you compare.

Does Asaan Optics run on iPhone, Mac or in a web browser?

No. Asaan Optics is a Windows 10 or 11 desktop program and an Android app. There is no iPhone, iPad, Mac or browser version.

What should I test during a free trial?

Enter one real order from start to finish: the prescription for both eyes, the frame and lenses, the advance and the balance. Print the receipt on your own printer, disconnect the internet and make a sale, and look at the report you would read at the end of the day.