NEW YORK—The start-up company Simple Contacts, which offers an app-based eye test and refill service for contact lens wearers, has raised $2 million in seed funding that it will use to fund further development, an executive of the company confirmed to VMail this week.

The iOS-based app (and Android version in development) directs consumers through a vision test that they complete while wearing their contacts. Next, they input their current prescription and brand information. The results are reviewed within a day by an ophthalmologist licensed in the consumer’s state, who verifies the results and prescription and directs the reorder. The exam is priced at $10.

“We're transparent that our service is in no way a substitute or replacement for an in-person eye health examination and, to that end, we’re very careful about the terminology we use to refer to the service we’re offering patients,” director of clinical services Alex Bargar told VMail in an email message.

The test and ordering feature is available in 20 states, which are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin.

According to Simple Contacts, it is “critical [for consumers] to understand that we are not fitting you for new contact lenses or objectively evaluating your refractive error. We are simply determining whether or not your existing lens prescription is still right for you.”

Simple Contacts will not provide a new prescription to any consumer whose vision has changed, nor will it provide an eye test to anyone who has gone more than four years since their last in-person dilation, according to Bargar.

Bargar added, “There is significant clinical nuance here, with many edge cases presenting. Each patient is different. There are many instances in which stricter rules are applied than the above depending on the patient's medical history. It’s up to the ophthalmologists and optometrists [who] treat patients on our platform.”

Joel Wishkovsky, a co-founder of the 3D printing company SOLS Systems, is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Simple Contacts. Autonomous Ventures and Richard Park, founder of the walk-in urgent care company CityMD, were among the participants in the financing round.